These guys are amazing , nothing but great customer service and top notch proffessional people i purchased my antenna from them late last year! The guy in the store does not upsell and i found him to be very knowledgable and honest. Im so glad to see them get such good publicity they deserve it! Thank you save and replay and thanks sean

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My Name is Karim from SaveAndReplay.com just to help for some of the FAQs

1. What channels can i get?

On our website we have posted the list of channels and also have a link if you type in your postal code you can see what you can get. I take a pessimistic approach always for example in the GTA (toronto area) you can get up to 25 channels i always say to customer if you can get 14 channels then be happy. That way when people get more they are very happy, if you promise 25 and you get 24 then they are not as happy. In realty most of my customers get all the channels if they mount the antenna outdoors and point it south east. Some need to use a preamp to get them all. Problem with human nature is if you get 21 channels and you know you are missing a handful you want to pick them all up. Most people in the GTA use one antenna and get all channels a small number will come back to us and purchase additional OTA gear to ensure they get all the available channels.

What is the reception like in bad weather?

Its actually pretty good, fog is the worse and usually effects the channels that are further away like NBC, CBS, ABC!

Are all channels in HD?

No, All channels are digital , 16 are in HD, but even HD channels like Global will play HD in peak time and may not be in HD during the day time.

What if i am not happy with the channels i get?

Then subscribe to cable or satellite, OTA is a great hobby a great product that delivers TRUE 1080i HD of all the basic networks if you live in a good location, it is not speciality tv and you will not get TSN, CNN , Discovery and other speicaility stations with over the air. Over the air (OTA) gives you better picture quaility then any satellite or cable provider can currently deliver but is very similar in line up in the GTA toronto area as basic cable with 16 HD channels! The only difference is there is no monthly bills and you can free yourself of basic cable or satellite services! We dont take returns as we dont sell second hand equipment as everyone wants to get a brand new antenna for $55!

Why is the picture so good?

OTA is nothing new it has been here in Canada for 60 years and all that has changed is its gone from VHF (snowy picture) to UHF Digital also known as DTV, the technology of antennas have changed very little the only thing that is different is the VHF to UHF!

What do i need besides the Antenna to get DTV (Digital TV)?

Older style tv's only have an NTSC tuner which will get the VHF not the UHF so for older TV's you need a digital converter box, for anyone that has purchased a HDTV within the past couple of years they in the most part have a built in ATSC tuner (digitial tuner) so you can automatically plug your antenna to the back of your tv to receive HD or DTV over the air without any further equipment!

Hi Sean,

We ditched cable in 1986 when we got married. We could not evenget Global at that time which had Channel 22 for Toronto, though later came Channel 41. We were never able to get the 2, 4, or 7 from Buffalo.

We bought our house in 1991, and again declined cable - the local provider sends mail to us as "Resident/Tenant", which always returned. I installed a UFO antenna and have been happy with it for nearly 20 years. Still the same reception as before. We have saw the start and end of WNEQ; both conversions of WNYB-WNYO, and would occasionally get Toronto's TV pirate StarRay on Channel 15.

In December 2008 I got our first digital convertor, a really cheap thing - the picture quality blew me away. I then went and got two better convertors at The Source - the channel selection and image quality was terrific.

Then came the US shut down and the selection jumped dramatically.

We get 32 over the air channels, four of them are religious, three all kids, and a mixed bag of other junk. Reception comes from Jamestown NY to Buffalo NY to Rochester NY; not to mention good old Toronto. CICA does not have a transmitter (their loss), CKXT comes and goes, as does CIII. When the switch comes with CIII going to 41, CKXT goings to 40, and CICA to 19, the sub channels Stateside will going big time.
Then another catch-up will happen: what will Canadian channels offer on their sub channels?
All in all the $125 for the antenna in 1991 was well spent - how many thousand dollars have we saved? Don't know, but if cable firms can take a signal 'off-air' and resell it without first paying the provider, that is why we do not have cable.
Regards

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