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> "Dave Oldridge" <doldridg@leavethisoutshaw.ca> wrote in message
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>> "n2ogb" <n2ogb@aol.com> wrote in news:3385863bfca14cc8cde8c1fb08016078
>> @localhost.talkabouttelevision.com:
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>>> http://www.sylvaniaconsumerelectro [...] b/stb.html
>>> Funai makes the Sylvania STB with a smart antenna connector.
>>
>> Any idea what the physical dimensions of the actual antenna are? I
>> couldn't find them in a search.
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> http://www.accessoryexperts.com/An [...] A-5000.asp
> http://www.hififorless.com/categor [...] oryid=1192
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>> A false witness is worse than no witness at all.
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My thanks to n2ogb and Mudd Bug for the links. I searched everywhere trying
to find any kind of a review for the Sylvania 6900DTE STB or for the
DTA-5000 antenna to no avail.
Has any one used either the Sylvania 6900DTE set top box or the Sylvania
DTA-5000 Smart Antenna? Better yet, has any one used them both together?
Neil
Salem, MA USA
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> "Dave Oldridge" <doldridg@leavethisoutshaw.ca> wrote in message
> news:Xns961AD59B2EA10doldridgsprintca@24.71.223.159...
>> "n2ogb" <n2ogb@aol.com> wrote in
>> news:3385863bfca14cc8cde8c1fb08016078
>> @localhost.talkabouttelevision.com:
>>
>>> http://www.sylvaniaconsumerelectro [...] b/stb.html
>>> Funai makes the Sylvania STB with a smart antenna connector.
>>
>> Any idea what the physical dimensions of the actual antenna are? I
>> couldn't find them in a search.
>>
> http://www.accessoryexperts.com/An [...] na-DTA-500
> 0.asp
> http://www.hififorless.com/categor [...] oryid=1192
Nope....no dimensions in those ads.
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A false witness is worse than no witness at all.
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> "Mudd Bug" <muddbug@cox.net> wrote in
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>> "Dave Oldridge" <doldridg@leavethisoutshaw.ca> wrote in message
>> news:Xns961AD59B2EA10doldridgsprintca@24.71.223.159...
>>> "n2ogb" <n2ogb@aol.com> wrote in
>>> news:3385863bfca14cc8cde8c1fb08016078
>>> @localhost.talkabouttelevision.com:
>>>
>>>> http://www.sylvaniaconsumerelectro [...] b/stb.html
>>>> Funai makes the Sylvania STB with a smart antenna connector.
>>>
>>> Any idea what the physical dimensions of the actual antenna are? I
>>> couldn't find them in a search.
>>>
>> http://www.accessoryexperts.com/An [...] na-DTA-500
>> 0.asp
>> http://www.hififorless.com/categor [...] oryid=1192
>
> Nope....no dimensions in those ads.
>
Sorry.
Try this one. May be the box size.
a.. Dimensions
19 X 18 X 3
http://www.dsmiller.com/html/Elect [...] A-5000.htm
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>
> --
> Dave Oldridge+
> ICQ 1800667
>
> A false witness is worse than no witness at all.
>
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> "Dave Oldridge" <doldridg@leavethisoutshaw.ca> wrote in message
> news:Xns961B57A03A986doldridgsprintca@24.71.223.159...
>> "Mudd Bug" <muddbug@cox.net> wrote in
>> newsGVZd.11588$N15.8446@okepread06:
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>>>
>>> "Dave Oldridge" <doldridg@leavethisoutshaw.ca> wrote in message
>>> news:Xns961AD59B2EA10doldridgsprintca@24.71.223.159...
>>>> "n2ogb" <n2ogb@aol.com> wrote in
>>>> news:3385863bfca14cc8cde8c1fb08016078
>>>> @localhost.talkabouttelevision.com:
>>>>
>>>>> http://www.sylvaniaconsumerelectro [...] b/stb.html
>>>>> Funai makes the Sylvania STB with a smart antenna connector.
>>>>
>>>> Any idea what the physical dimensions of the actual antenna are? I
>>>> couldn't find them in a search.
>>>>
>>> http://www.accessoryexperts.com/An [...] enna-DTA-5
>>> 00 0.asp
>>> http://www.hififorless.com/categor [...] oryid=1192
>>
>> Nope....no dimensions in those ads.
>>
> Sorry.
> Try this one. May be the box size.
> a.. Dimensions
> 19 X 18 X 3
> http://www.dsmiller.com/html/Elect [...] Accessorie
> s-DTA-5000.htm
Thanks, that pretty much at least puts limits on it. I wonder what its
performance is like. The only UHF I can get here is Channel 14,
Vancouver BC, analog French CBC!
I get all my HDTV by satellite. But the time will come when there are
some stations around that are digital and readable and I'll probably want
an antenna out on the balcony to sort them out. Too many mountains
around here that bounce the signals.
--
Dave Oldridge+
ICQ 1800667
A false witness is worse than no witness at all.
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