My mini head end -- a report

[Doug E.]

Originally Posted by kf4rca

So, how many channels are you running total? Have you seen any of those UHF modulators that are out there?

Just 3 channels. I don't really have need for any more at this point. All the modulators are agile so I can switch them around occasionally to use all the channels on the tuner. The third channel was going to be more of an experiment to see whether I could get decent NTSC video from a laptop, playing mp4's or YouTube videos as well as using it as another DVD source. But...before I knew it, I had "proof of concept" & now I use the laptop more often than the 2 DVD players. It's fun to make up my own program schedule, including test patterns, commercials, bumpers & promos, & keep it running continuously during the day. You wouldn't believe what you can snarf off the internet, or maybe you would... :-)

The Blonder Tongue mini-modulators can do any UHF channel up to 69, I believe, as well as those cable channels that are sometimes in between the broadcast frequencies.

Doug E.