[GTALUG] ot: sort of, is it really impossible to get real cable anymore?

[Karen Lewellen]

well, shaped the same is not an issue really for me, speaking personally.
for me it is having the button actually do something other than put me in 
a menu with choices the button does not impact.
One can mark creatively, if large enough, and my memory is understandably 
quite  good.
Scott's mediasonics box suggestion is sitting in my cart..providing the 
manual was a deal maker.



On Wed, 29 Nov 2023, Lennart Sorensen wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 29, 2023 at 06:33:42PM -0500, Karen Lewellen via talk wrote:
>>  make that atss..spelling is everything.
>
> Assuming there is signal where you are, you would need an ATSC tuner box
> (many exist at $50 or so price, and they tend to have HDMI, composite
> and RF outputs) as well as an antenna to connect to it.
>
> I guess the design of the remote for the tuner box would be somewhat
> important if you need to be able to find buttons by feel.  Some companies
> stupidly seem to think a remote with a rectangle of identical shape
> buttons is good design.
>
> -- 
> Len Sorensen
>