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After reading, I was thinking of a better and much cheaper solution but I'm unsure if it would work. I believe that the tiny holes in your microwave oven's glass are that size because the microwave wavelength cannot shoot through them (the waves are too big). Is that correct? Therefore, why...

BTW, in 2007 for a long roadtrip, I loaded a full PC into my trunk powered by a 900W DC->AC power inverter (not all 900 was used, heh), and with an LCD plus KBD/MSE in the front cab area. In the PC, I installed a DVICO OTA ATSC card and mounted an all-weather antenna atop the vehicle (a cheapo...

Thanks again all. I just get this strange feeling that OTA ATSC will be pressured to "go away" due to streaming media suppliers (which charge a monthly fee). I now understand the technical hurdles to overcome but still would like to see OTA ATSC receivable on smart phones. No fees, hahaha...

(I wrote): "I don't understand the copyright issues. I would think that ANY and ALL devices capable of receiving and displaying a publicly available and freely transmitted signal could do so with no penalty." Ooops, I did forget the now infamous requirement by the NFL to obtain (how is it worded...

Very interesting and excellent answers! Thanks! As for the "larger antenna" problem, my assumption was that since cell/smartphones no longer have that 3" extendable antenna but rather the antenna shrunk down and is now inside the device, that the same could be done with OTA ATSC. I recall the...

I am not usually a laptop PC user and have never really even used a "smart phone" because I just don't need one that badly. Anyway, I have used PCI and PCIe connected cards (add-on cards) inside many tower PC's over at least the past decade for receiving/tuning, hardware decoding, and lastly...