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07-23-2009, 09:54 AM
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#1 | | WOAH! i think Vtec just kicked in!
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| Can i buy a HDTV USB receiver or receiver box from HK and use it in Vancouver???
I see all these pretty cheap USB HDTV receivers in Hong Kong and I am thinking of buying one.
right now at home I am using plain Shaw Basic Cable + Chinese channels + High Speed internet. I am using a couple years old digital receiver for one tv (for the chinese channels) and all the other tvs are directly connected to the cable, with no digital receiver. One of my frds told me that you dont need to pay for Shaw Hi Def to receive it, you just need to buy the ~$500 receiver and then you can receive a couple HD channels.
Is my frd correct??
Would the USB HDTV receivers from Hong Kong (various brands) work in Vancouver?? Does it act like those Shaw HD Receivers so that it receives the free HD channels???
Would the HDTV receiver boxes (ones that just plug into the tv without the need for USB or a computer) from Hong Kong (various brands) work in Vancouver??
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07-23-2009, 10:25 AM
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#2 | | Trollollolloing RS sine 2005
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ur friends half correct i think. yes u can receive FREE HD channels, but it's only CBC Vancouver HD, and that is VIA over the air antennas. u dont even need a HD box to get that 1 CBC channel, ur tv just need the right tuner to receive the channel.
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Originally Posted by 1exotic Vtec doesn't kick in on Reverse. | Quote:
Originally Posted by Ulic Qel-Droma its like.. oh yeah oh yeah.. ohhhh yeah... OOoooOohh... why's it suddenly feel a bit better... ohhhh yeahh... ohhh...oh..fuck... it probably ripped. | | |
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07-23-2009, 10:35 AM
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#3 | | WOAH! i think Vtec just kicked in!
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cani receive free HD channels thru the cable connection?
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07-23-2009, 12:46 PM
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#4 | | reads most threads with his pants around his ankles, especially in the Forced Induction forum.
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^^ the anser is no. In order to get HD channels u cann to use a DCT that is compiate with with ur service provider and they have to put that DCT into your account.
U get like I think 5 to 8 free HD channels when u have a receiver though.
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07-23-2009, 02:05 PM
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#5 | | Trollollolloing RS sine 2005
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read this if u want FREE HD. http://members.shaw.ca/hdtvantenna/
u cannot use a SHAW DCT because that wont be over the air signals(free).
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Originally Posted by MajinHurricane I had some girl come into the busser station the other day trying to make out with every staff member and then pull down her pants and asked for someone to stick a dick in her (at least she shaved). | Quote:
Originally Posted by 1exotic Vtec doesn't kick in on Reverse. | Quote:
Originally Posted by Ulic Qel-Droma its like.. oh yeah oh yeah.. ohhhh yeah... OOoooOohh... why's it suddenly feel a bit better... ohhhh yeahh... ohhh...oh..fuck... it probably ripped. | | |
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07-23-2009, 02:39 PM
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#6 | | Resident Bullshitter
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No, north ameria uses ATSC over the air signal and HK is DMB-T/H
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07-23-2009, 06:54 PM
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#7 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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yup, it wont work.
it's cheaper to buy one on ebay.
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