Just when you thought it was safe to change channels....
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The second season of this show picks up where the first left off.... or doesn't, exactly. But that is all part of the joke as more genres of film and TV get sent up in a second season of a show that survived tough competition, a nuclear blast, and even an assault by heavily armed Amish farmers.

In our second season, there are plenty of sendups both of 1980s era stuff and other classic material. Hitchcock gets it in "Vertical," and there is a loving tribute to Bela Lugosi in the Halloween episode "Last of the Red Hot Vampires." Fans of the first season will like the chance to see Harrison Page take charge in "They Call Me Mr. Trunk" and everything from 1940s Bogart detective movies to Paul "Crocodile Dundee" Hogan to Paul Verhoeven's ultraviolent "RoboCop" right on to the 1980s pop culture (and dark future) touchstone "Max Headroom" get sent up in this second season. Also, "Dressed to Call" spoofs the phone call horror film genre seen most recently with "Scream."

On a more serious note, the show continued the powerful dramatic arc which made it unique among other comedies of the time, most nobatly in the final episode of the season, and, as it turned out, the series.

The 1940s detective episode is a personal favorite of mine, and lovers of good spoof comedy and film in general will find interesting takes on the material. "Hammer" fans who liked the first set should get a kick out of these as well.

Fnally, I will love the chance to complete the set. There are very few shows I have been able to watch once, then remember so much for years, as this one - and most of those shows are dramas. It wil be fun to see these again. Another nice touch is that some comedy and film buffs who didn't catch the show's first run will be able to catch some of these. Kudos to ABC for giving the show the shot (I had to have some firearms reference in here!) for a second season, as the DVDs will show, it was a well-deserved one which the "Sledge" writers and players played very, very well.
2013155
The TV skip from a channel and come back to the same channels when trying to change the channels and get locked in to a lop for these few channel hope they can find and up date to fix the problem!
4469785
Worked Great but the bolts on one of the pieces were installed upside down.  They were riveted and I was not able to fix it.  I left two tabs floating instead of securing them.  I had about 15 channels before and now I have over 56 channels.  I used to get 1 or 2 of the main stations without adjusting the antenna.  Now I get all the channels in perfect clarity without having to move the antenna.

It was very easy to install i am very pleased overall.
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I was fortunate enough to be 20 in 1968 when WBCN was reborn as a free form station. Notice I didn't say rock station because they played many forms of music. We had it all....a great radio station, local bands, bands coming in to Boston before they became recognized worldwide and great clubs and music venues like The Tea Party. WBCN was the soundtrack to our lives then....at home, in the car and at work (if you had a hip boss). Then the Cancer of Corporations and need and greed of the dollar came in and ruined music and radio. I felt betrayed and sad when they changed their format. They lost all us old timer listeners. Syndicated talk with David Lee Roth? Please. What were they thinking? We had no choice but to go to the formatted robotic classic rock stations. Now I can't listen to radio anymore. We were spoiled by WBCN during its golden age. I couldn't bear to watch WBCN's death on 8/12/09. In fact, I just watched last week on YouTube. Almost brought to tears after I Feel Free and Shine On You Crazy Diamond ended, then there was just static and white noise. It was like the death of an old friend. Oh well, they had a good run, great music, personalities and memories. Thanks Carter for bringing it all back. The story of WBCN and the Boston music scene was  long overdue to be told.  Over and Out
686004
In the East Bay of SF, we have an issue where the local NBC affiliate does not have their transmitter in the same location as all the other stations (at Sutro Tower). For years, I pretty much wrote off getting NBC on our second TV which we use an antenna. On occasion, we'd even have issues with the stations we typically could receive. All that changed when we purchased this antenna. A full strong signal from NBC, with no artifacts, loss of signal, or any other major issue. And it's surprising since it is such a simple looking design. I seriously thought we had been scammed when I pulled out what I thought was a laminated piece of paper (the antenna) but right after plugging it in, the improvement was obvious.d
3988426
Don't do what I did and wait until your network is hacked to buy this. Get it now, and lock it every time you are not using it!
2649833
I had two different people trying to get to work, to no avail. Went to a local electronic store and purchased a much less expensive antena, connected it to the TV and right away found a whole bunch of channels in HD locally. Go figure.
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I knew I was going to lock myself out sooner or later, so I bought this gadget. And a week or so later, I was glad I did. I've resorted to it several times over the course of the year and it's worked in all weathers. Good for your peace of mind.
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I bought this and the Channel Master CM-3000HD antenna in preparation to cut the cable. I chose this model to avoid clutter the clutter of an external disk. (Hint: I bought it directly from Channel Master website, where it is less expensive.) Considering how many shows are available through streaming, it is unlikely the 1TB disk will ever be used to full capacity, but that is besides the point.

I am about one week into the cable-cutting project; I still have cable TV, but I am far enough along to decide that I am definitely will cut cable. If you want to cut cable and are unwilling to give up convenience of time shifting, this is the way to do it. TiVo probably provides a better user interface, but the $15 per month subscription charge eats into the cost advantage of cutting cable TV.

The quality of the picture is great. The DVR+ quickly scans all available channels provides a convenient program listing for most.

So, I am very happy with the unit. The user interface is more frustrating than it need be, because it has a belts-and-suspenders approach to prevent you from doing something accidentally wrong. This is not a fatal flaw, but I hope CM will read this and provide some software upgrades down the road.

For example, consider the process of Hiding/Unhiding Channels.

There are broadcast channels for every possible taste, religion, culture, language, etc. You are likely to want to hide most of these channels. The process of doing this is not difficult, but CM made it cumbersome.

First go to the appropriate submenu, which is easy enough to find.

To hide a channel, click on the channel.
A pop-up window appears, which gives you a choice to "Hide this channel" or "Tune to this channel". (Why give this choice? You are in the submenu to hide/unhide channels!)
Click on "Hide".
Amazingly, now you have the choice to "Confirm" or "Cancel" this choice, with the default being "Cancel".
Move the selection to "Confirm" and click.
Now, you get a message that the channel is hidden and you have to click "Confirm" once more.

Do this around a hundred times to hide all of the channels you do not want to watch...

Hint to CM: This is just a DVR, not a nuclear reactor. Do not prevent mistakes, just make it easy to undo the damage of a wrong action! This change would take this unit from "Very Good" to "Great". All it takes is a simple software upgrade for the user interface....
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DISH TV lies about how many channels of TV you can select to record.  Every time I've gotten rid of Comcast, they've insisted that I hadn't returned their equipment, and the last time, they charged me to send a replacement their cable box died after just six weeks. And I like DirecTV, but my new digs are on the north side of an apartment house, and they won't let me have a dish on the roof.

So I tried to get along with just Amazon Prime Video, but getting local news from websites is a drag.  When you're tired, you don't want to sit at a desk and keep clicking, or even sit back and keep clicking.  It's nice to tune into a channel, and just let it wash over you.

So I got a new HDTV and this antenna.  I was sdaying with my sister when they arrived, and tried it out there.  It's about 454 miles to the nearest ABC/CBS/ABC stations, and I didn't expect much.  When I was growing up, we needed an antenna high on a 35'mast to get those three stations - but on the ground floor, with this antenna about 6 feet off the ground, I not only got great pictures from those three stations, but from PBS stations iun two cities, the FOX station, a low power TV station about 20 miles away, and a religious station from (irony intended) heaven knows where.

Not only that, but there were sub-channels on those stations, giving me about 20 channels, instead of the 3-5 I expected.  At my new apartment, the ABC/CBS/NBC signals are 1080p, the FOX was 760p, and subchannels are 480i.  The CBS and ABC each have a weather radar channel, with CBS having Antenna TV (think TVland), ABC having CW, and FOX having Bounce (which is supposed to be Blacxk programming,but it's more like Spike).  The PBS statrion has subchannels of PBSkids, Create (cookig, gardeninfg, crafting shows, etc) and PBS4U (a general interest station that sometimes mirrors the primary channel).  The one religious channel has five 480i signals, and the other has a single NSTC signal.  That tells me that the NBC station can still add a 480i channel, and the FOX station at least two, so I might get further improvements in the future.

And of all these subchannels, DirecTV only carries CW, meaning you really ought to have an antenna like this, EVEN IF YOU INTEND TO KEEP your satellite/cable provider.  I've only had this antenna two weeks, and I'm already money ahead, compared to what I was paying before.

Those are all reasons for buying AN antenna.  THIS antenna?  I can't say how it compares to others, but the name says it all:  it provides the BASICS and it does that very well. I cannot imagine what more I could get from a more expensive antenna, nor can I say it outperforms the cheaper Amazon Basics antenna.  I would like to fasten this antenna to the wall with a couple of push pins, but I don't know where I can safely run a pin through it, so I've taped it up with painters tape.  I*t's so lightweight, the tape for delicate surfaces is quite adequate, and I'm sure my landlord will have no reason to complain about that.

I miss seeing Dan Patrick on DirecTV's "Audience" channel, and "Larry's Country Diner" on RFDTV, but Dan Patrick is on the radio, and $100/year for Prime Instant Video is a lot more appealing than paying $90/month for DirecTV.  I'm thinking about getting a big TV and an antenna for the living room once I've bought some nice furniture for entertaining, but maybe not; I'm using my Fire HD a lot, and it travels around to the kitchen, the bathroom, etc., with me, so I may not bother with another TV.

But if I do, there's no question but I'll buy another antenna identical to this one.  All those channels and perfect reception for such a low price?  This is a wonderful deal! .
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Thanks for writing this guide Andrea!  I'd been contemplating OTA/Roku set-up for a few months but was intimidated by the technical jargon.  Your book explained things very clearly and gave me the confidence I needed to get started.  I'm now the proud owner of:
1. Mohu Leaf 50 (didn't really need that much amplification, but better safe than sorry) and easily picked up over 30 local channels;
2. Roku 3 love the free "Crackle" channel;
3. Subscription to Netflix (may cancel after free trial and give Amazon Prime a try);
4. Subscription to SlingTV (may upgrade to add HBO when that becomes available) and took advantage of their free Roku Stick offer (for MIL's TV).
I'm now looking for a simple universal remote, a relatively cheap DVR for the OTA programs, and the knowledge necessary to take all of my cheap entertainment on the road with us to our vacation home.
If I could get my husband as excited about all this as I am it would be a perfect world!
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Careful, you could get captured by it and spend too much time watching TV and doing nothing else. I warned you!
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The experience of changing a channel with your finger is delightful. Setup was pretty fast, I think they could have done a better job with a better guide, but all in all, it's pretty simple. You still need a remote for less common functions, but honestly, if you use the on/off button, volume and channel selection buttons on a regular remote control, you should be more than happy with the singlecue.
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It's not what I thought it was I would not order it if you looking to get more channels.
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<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Channel-Master-CM-7777-TITAN2-UHF-VHF-PREAMPLIFIER-CM7777/dp/B000GGKOG8/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Channel Master CM 7777 TITAN2 UHF/VHF PREAMPLIFIER CM7777</a>I purchased and installed the Channel Master CM 7777 Titan 2 VHF/UHF Preamplifier with Power Supply in early November, 2011.  I'm in a fringe area and can get only one TV station without the preamp.  With the preamp. I can get 4 additional channels in addition to 2 PBS channels.  I thought that the unit had failed after only 6.5 months of operation, but discovered a faulty end on one of my coax cables.
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I got tired of paying for cable channels that I never watch, but when they raised my monthly bill I asked myself "are there channels on here that I can't live without"? The answer was no so I cancelled cable hooked up an outdoor antenna and ran new cable to a splitter to cover all my TV's and am very satisfied with that decision. The cable performed as I hoped it would and I would recommend it.
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IT wants to change channel on its own.????
Small and compact and is simply amazing unit for its size.
Would buy again