Recent content by BobH

Sorry, sloppy writing. I should have said a high gain UHF multidirectional antenna (not HDTV). Yes, AntennaWeb tells me that I need UHF with one red, four blue, and five violet antenna types. Clearly I need lots of gain. I guess the size of your (antenna) matters.

I just ordered (from a sponsor site, AntennasDirect) a new antenna that is specific to HDTV. In other words, a high gain (13.7dB)UHF antenna (DB4). I hope it's not a hoax. The antenna I am using is a Home Depot combination VHF/UHF with no mention of gain. Is gain the right measure? Anybody...

I have an HD receiver (Samsung) but am having trouble getting stations reliably with my antenna (standard mast type). Is this the place to ask these questions? If so, I get good reception of 8 stations (in Phoenix) when the antenna is in an upstairs bedroom. I put it in the attic directly...

This is interesting. When I lived in Oregon, one of my friends was an engineer at the Trojan Nuclear Plant there. He told me that Michael Douglas came to film views of their control room, claiming that he was making a film that was "friendly" to the industry. When "China Syndrome" came out, my...

Good luck Ron! Another angle on the surround music swap: Does John Williams know what LucasFilm "intentionally" did to his sound track? If anybody would have some pull on this issue I would think it would be the person most invested with the music for this classic. If it were my...

Just a question: Has Ron or any other person with contacts at THX or the sound lab that did ANH asked the question again about possible fixing or replacing of the sound-switch error? Perhaps a friendly question from a friendly source might get a new answer? (If I remember correctly...

Yep, I can see that a "dark" ST would no longer be a ST. And there would be little audience. After all these years I had not realized how safe and comforting ST was . . . And no question why ST-IV was the most popular. Bhagi; I think your movie is "Star Troopers."

My own preference for science fiction are those stories that allow us to look at ourselves or our societies through the eyes of others from another planet or some radically different society (usually allowed by technology). Sometimes it's the advance of technology right here on Earth that makes...

Hey, thanks Sam. Can you be more specific about episodes and seasons? I can get individual disks from Netflix and see if I like it. I love that latin title too.

Good point Rex and you may be right about ST being about comfort because I was feeling rebellious about the comfort level of the recent shows and movies. I was trying to say that science fiction offers the ability to build a scenario with no inherent restrictions on morality, technology or...

Sam: sorry I didn't see that. I gave up on DS9 early. It seems there are two (or more) types of ST shows and movies: adventure and morality. This discussion has gotten me thinking about what made good ST and what didn't. Some of my favorite TOS were the political shows because they were...

And the allusions of TOS were subtle? I will never forget the racist two-sided colored men. At that time it was shocking. I still think a dark future ST would be interesting. A real break seems necessary to flagging interest.

Plot suggestion for new series of movies (and new direction for ST): ( Note: There is precedence in the TOS episodes where a ship captain makes over a planet along Roman lines; a ship captain makes over a planet along Nazi lines; Kirk splits into two characters where one is a warrior-captain...

Do I understand this right? I already have an HDTV-ready set but no tuner. If I buy a $300 tuner and use a rabbit-ear antenna I can get HD signals of up to 1080i quality right off the air? I live in Phoenix and all the local channels broadcast HD. This sounds too easy. Is there some limit to...

So what was cut from Malena? Good movie. Might tip me over to buy the SE . . . And what was cut from Like Water for Chocolate? Might double dip here. Very sensual flik.