Portable Digital TVs?

[Jim Hall]

I used to have one of those little 2.5-inch watchman-type analog portables
that I would use during power failures. With analog transmissions, the pole
antenna was good enough. Actually, the Boston UHF stations came in quite
well on it 35 miles from the towers. 

I was hoping to find a similar digital set, but most of the reviews online
for the various models warn you to try them out before buying. It seems kind
of silly to have to have a big antenna on a set the size of a paperback
book.

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[mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of
George Allen
Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 12:44 PM
To: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org
Subject: Re: Portable Digital TVs?

An idea -- consider a laptop with one of those usb tuners.  But 
you're still going to need something more than whatever antenna comes 
with it to get decent signals away from the source.  Any built-in is 
probably good for 10-20 miles at best, and maybe less, regardless of the
tuner.
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