Affiliate Link to the HD Modulator 👉 amzn.to/3XGCsD1 📡Reception problems? Consider an antenna recommendation from me below! antennamanpa.com/antenna-recommendations.html
That potential for "maybe" could come in handy for those of us who produce live events and need to position screens in places where running cables is impractical.
I ordered one yesterday just to play around with. I have some other commercial grade ATSC modulators that cost considerably more. Used the “Antenna Man” discount and went through your link to order it. As a retired Broadcast Engineer, I enjoy your videos. You seem to keep up with the latest technology on tv reception products and I appreciate the quality of your videos. Thanks for the Channel Master information on this product👍
This really looks very neat! I'm sure that there are a lot of people that could really find a lot of uses for this thing. Thank you for reviewing this. Great job!
I was extremely fortunate to be able to order this unit from the link provided. Now, thanks to Antenna Man’s great coverage of this product, it quickly sold out and is on back order❗️
Like I mentioned before, I did something simpler with 2 Radio Shack amps, and broadcasted my (Super) Nintendo to be seen anywhere in the house (since my parents were OTA-people). Best part is my Sister could not disable it because if she did, she lost the signal on the playing TV as well. :)
I love these digital modulator, you can have your own channel. I use both an analog and digital modulator for HBO, Netflix and RUclips. Important! Make sure the digital modulator has HDCP feature if you want to watch content from HBO, Netflix also from Blu-ray Discs and satellite receiver, otherwise you will have a blank screen depending on the modulator.
At 4:07, I was thinking that it could be used like that as well. Reminds me of, years ago, when I tried experimenting with something similar using a VCR & indoor amplified TV antenna.
cool now if i was to buy some thing like this say 4 ch just local if the feed is online is thear any that can feed data over ethernet on a pc server i whant to upgrade my setup i give free tv to the rv park i stay at
I have 3 of the MiniMod units and just bought the Channel Master unit. Both are very well made units that produce broadcast quality video and audio. A major difference in the units is the MiniMod, as you know outputs both “over the air” and cable channels whereas the Channel Master unit only outputs “over the air” channels.
Channel 37 is unused because on the RF band that corresponds to, it's blocked off for radio telescope usage. So if you're the type to push "maybe"s, perhaps be extra careful around there.
I have a few custom channels set up using an old Channel Plus modulator. I snagged a 4 channel modulator for about $40, but it is analog only. The analog modulators are super cheap and honestly the quality isn't too bad.
Channel Master ought to give you a sponsorship bonus. Within less than a week they sold out, and they have been out of stock for nearly a month...If they could pump out more of these they could make a fortune based on demand.
Well I got sick of waiting for these to get stocked again and found a 45dBmV ATSC modulator $100 cheaper on ebay...Channel Master lost a customer by staying sold out over a month now with no end in sight.
Yeah I remember the genie that broadcasted on UHF during the C band boom back in the early eighties. You just hook up your satalite receiver to the genie and pick up satalite tv in all rooms.
If anyone is interested to add to what Ty is saying about how you might be able to add an antenna to this modulator you may be able to extend its range with a commercial cable amplifier available on Ebay. You also might be able to just add an audio source to the audio input and use a channel such as analog channel 6 and it might be possible to broadcast music or talk radio around your town. Just saying it might be possible.
With your own private digital channel, I assume that you can adjust the aspect ratio of your streaming device on that private digital channel. I believe this also works with digital TV converter boxes so you can stretch your 4:3 RUclips video from the ATSC modulator.
That’s cool you can now broadcast digital videos in your house. I wish there was an analog modulator so I can put my portable Sony Watchman TVs to good use.
I hope to buy one of these someday. I have a DVD VCR with HDMI out. This looks like it would allow me to use a DTV converter with a record function to archive videotapes.
Thank you. I had done a search earlier today on this exact thing. I was headed down the DAC route but this solves the problem. I’m in the middle of an electronics upgrade in our 2006 camper ( 4.3 CRT TVs and all programming distributed over coax). I’ve got the two LED 1080p TVs but wanted to upgrade without pulling HDMI from the front to the back. This will allow me to send OTA and my DVD player output to the back using existing coax. The question is, can I get SWMBO to agree to the price tag.
Several of the hyperband CATV channels line up with the US 70cm (420 - 450 MHz) amateur band. Channel 57 is 420-426 MHz, 58 is 426-432 MHz, 59 is 432 - 438 MHz, 60 is 438-444 MHz and 61 is 444 - 450 MHz,. We had a 33cm/70cm cross band ATV repeater at the 1270 foot level on the KTVT tower in Cedar Hill, TX back in the 1990's. The input was 915 MHz FMTV. The output was 421.250 MHz AM-VSB. The output could be picked up with a television or VCR set to cable mode tuned to channel 57 but hooked to an outside antenna horizontally polarized pointed at Cedar Hill. So yes, you could put this thing on the air quite legally in the amateur bands. But it won't go very far with such low output . The guys at downeast microwave might have something that could get it up into the 1 to 10 watt class. The only thing counterintuitive is using an external antenna but having the receiver set to cable mode. DE WY5V
If each one can be assigned its own channel and also passses the antenna signal theough, how well would chaining a few of these together to put multiple channels on the line, as long as you tune the outputs accordingly of course. Basically goes ANT - MOD - MOD - etc. - TV(s)
A more typical configuration is to have each modulator feed a combiner, and then distribute the combiner’s output. A small system can use a passive splitter as the combiner.
@@jeffhartman7000 That's pretty much what I was going for... whether something simple or for a more enthusiast setup. Basically your own cable TV service.
Hi Tyler, have you tried to combine the output of the Channel Master modulator and your OTA antenna into the AirtTV Anywhere (from another of your video reviews)? This would allow adding the HDMI output from another source (PC, DVR, cable box, etc.). Also does the Channel Master modulator accept HDCP input allow rebroadcasting?
I tried this out a couple of years ago. In order for the airtv add it to its stream, some of the parameters in the channel master must be just so. I don't know what is needed.
Here is the big question, I live in a bigger city and would never try this for obvious reasons, but 'if' you had your antenna channels coming into the box, had an amplified mini-tower connected..... would it also be 're-broadcast' the other television channels to TVs in your house using a smaller antenna? That being said, if the box 'injects' the hdmi input on a designated channel, does it pass-through the antenna channel signals as well? Being sort of a 'mini repeater broadcast transmitter' of sorts? My house does not allow for cables to be ran to certain areas where televisions are located, hence the question that I would like to have all the antenna channels available. But...I think I already know the answer, but would make for an interesting video on why you cannot do it on many levels.
Tyler, one feature my wife would like is to sync up all the TV’s in the house to one input signal such as NBC, Netflix, etc., so when she’s working from room to room doing this and that, she’ll see the same program on all of the TV’s. Is this the kind of device to use for that application? Is there something else out there that would do a better job than this modulator? You’re the best!
If my understanding is correct, you're basically asking for a single tuner to feed multiple TV sets. I don't believe that's what this device would do on its own; you would have to connect a separate tuner to THIS device's HDMI input. The antenna input on THIS device is simply a pass-through, as I understand it; it would not allow you to choose a single channel to distribute to all TV's.
Depends on your wiring but if you have a coax network in the house already between TVs, yes. You would install this device where the antenna feeds that coax network.
Quite a bit it may just be possible to say purchase a commercial cable amplifier and really extend the range. I would check Ebay. You may also be able to purchase an used commercial modulator for longer range. Make sure you use 75 OHM rated coax cable to feed your antenna.
And make sure that whatever output you send to an antenna with a balun on it will not exceed more than a watt or so total or you could cause the balun to fail. Better to use a home-brew direct-coax-fed horizontal (for bi-directional signal) or vertical (for uni-directional signal) dipole which will match directly to 75 ohm coax without a balun.
I'm curious how DTV transition era converter boxes handle this box. Some local OTA stations lock aspect ratio so you can't select whether to display a 16x9 program cropped to 4x3 or letter boxed to 4x3. I could see this box being a solution to a problem I have where I want to run an HDMI signal to display on an HDTV while simultaneously feeding the HDMI signal to a resolution down converter to feed 4x3 cropped to my Antique TVs...The down converters are a bit kludgy and don't perform as good as I'd like (without making the HDMI feed to the HDTV look wrong). I may buy this to test it out late next week.
@Antenna Man, suppose you had several of these and Daisy chain the rf sockets with patch cords. Then use the 2nd hdmi on several raspberry pi 4's as inputs to the cluster and then tweek all the levels so only the last RF out is on Max Db output into a tx antenna you could literally create a majorly over complicated technical marvel of a ad-hoc multi-channel TV station on a whole new level. For no other reason then because it is possible.
HOW well dose this work with shared RF over the air tv signals can you please do atsc over the air full scan video also how sensitive is this for over the air --is it a free dvr ? built in
How does this work if you connect a DVD or cable/sat box? Does it work, or does the copyright protection system stop the signal from the HDMI cable. I am refering to HDCP.
TM70 TV LINK MODULATOR (UHF), EUROPEAN UHF CHANNELS IN 8 MHz bandwidth, can modulate US/Japan UHF OVER THE AIR CHANNELS AND US CABLE TV CHANNELS. Different channels, but uses the same frequencies. Channel 21 in EU, same as UHF 13 in Japan, UHF 14 in the US.
could you combine multiple modulators somehow and make your own cable headend? A place my wife used to work at explored doing an information monitor network but wanted some areas to have a different feed at times.
Yes, but there’s a caveat. If you’re combining this with over-the-air signals, that’s fine. But cable systems use different modulation (QAM, not 8-VSB), and have a different channel plan compared to over-the-air ATSC. Very few TVs will allow you to mix CATV and ATSC channels... you generally have to pick one format or the other when you do a channel scan.
Looks like this product has pretty much been sold out since this video has come out, at least every time I've looked the product up. I was wondering, is there any way to move a digital RF channel (and all of its subchannels) to another RF channel?
I'm a little confused on the internet access to it. Does this let you stream the channel over the internet (outside the home) and if so how many people could connect and I assume this would be connecting via a laptop?
I get cable included with my rent, so I have a cable box in my living room and an antenna in my bedroom/office. I spend a lot of time in the bedroom and I'd like to be able to watch cable there as well without having to install another box. I don't expect or need to be able to change the cable channel while in my bedroom. I'm perfectly fine with doing so in the living room and having whatever is screening in the living room also show in the bedroom. It sounds like this device is a possible solution, but I wonder if there's a cheaper way?
I purchased this unit after watching your video. I love this unit but I am having issues with the audio dropping out and it also sounds slightly distorted kind of like the volume levels are being overdriven by this unit. I am having to constantly restart the unit. Maybe you or someone can research this.
Does this have the ability to do cable channels so it could theoretically tune to the 420 MHz section for amateur radio operation with a ham license of course
No, this doesn’t do QAM modulation or use a cable channel plan... it mimics over-the air broadcast. That makes it unsuitable as part of a MATV head end, but very suitable to combine with a antenna system to supplement local channels.
So, is it possible to take the output of a streaming box like XUMO and input it to this and mimic an OTA video channel that will allow for OTA Pause on my TCL TV? We in my community (HOA) have switched from cable to FIOS (Spectrum) and a XUMO stream device but lost the ability to Pause live video which was provided by our Spectrum DVR's before this disastrous change in equipment. Thanks in advance
I'd like to try one of these out and see how it goes for amateur tv. I know digital amateur TV is not too much of a thing because a lot of ham still used analog TV modulators and such. I'd love to see channel Master come out with a version for the amateur radio market. DE WZ9O 73
Make a pirate TV station? Be visited by FCC men in Black? I'd guess the transmission power of the device is under the level of FCC concern. I'd also guess that Channel Master had to clear the device through the FCC to put it on the market. My third and last guess is that the power output may be so low as to barely reach beyond one's home.
Affiliate Link to the HD Modulator 👉 amzn.to/3XGCsD1
📡Reception problems? Consider an antenna recommendation from me below! antennamanpa.com/antenna-recommendations.html
HOW ABOUT CHANNEL 37? Mexico also banned of use Channel 37 transmitters.
would be considering it, but the product is sold out :/
If you have like ATSC 3.0 receiver, you might want to try with DVB-T2 modulator? They use the same frequency (UHF 14 uses 473 MHz).
Still on backorder 5 months later.
Do you recommend any other modulators?
That potential for "maybe" could come in handy for those of us who produce live events and need to position screens in places where running cables is impractical.
Watch out NBC, the Antenna Man channel is on the air!
That would be cool antenna man pa tv
He might get more views than the nightly news.
@@dankrist5395 He might also get more viewers than Hannity and Tucker Carlson 😳
@@friesareyummy anyone who pays for cable and gives the MSM any money is a idiot. Plain and simple
@@dankrist5395 Fax.....they all suck, it goes both ways.
I ordered one yesterday just to play around with. I have some other commercial grade ATSC modulators that cost considerably more. Used the “Antenna Man” discount and went through your link to order it.
As a retired Broadcast Engineer, I enjoy your videos. You seem to keep up with the latest technology on tv reception products and I appreciate the quality of your videos. Thanks for the Channel Master information on this product👍
This really looks very neat! I'm sure that there are a lot of people that could really find a lot of uses for this thing. Thank you for reviewing this. Great job!
The Albert Einstein of tv antennas. Keep up the good work ,Tyler.
I was extremely fortunate to be able to order this unit from the link provided. Now, thanks to Antenna Man’s great coverage of this product, it quickly sold out and is on back order❗️
I MUST find some kind of excuse to buy this very cool device!!! The technolust is overwhelming!!!
Yes, you can do a lot of fun nerd stuff with it!
Same here, I can think of so many different projects I could do with it
@@AntennaMan The temptation overcame me!
You should try an used commercial modulator such as a Blondie Tongue available on Ebay.
Tyler,your TV set has made you into a Marvel superhero-long live Ant Man. That device is fantastic,btw.
I recommend your channel all the time.
Thanks!
Cool modulator! I’ve made my own TV channels with other modulators on my channel. Really fun! Great video!
awww man... you get to play with all the cool toys.
❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊🎉🎉🎉🎉 👏 One Love from Africa. Been following 3 years now 😊😊😊
Like I mentioned before, I did something simpler with 2 Radio Shack amps, and broadcasted my (Super) Nintendo to be seen anywhere in the house (since my parents were OTA-people). Best part is my Sister could not disable it because if she did, she lost the signal on the playing TV as well. :)
😂😂😂😂
I love these digital modulator, you can have your own channel. I use both an analog and digital modulator for HBO, Netflix and RUclips. Important! Make sure the digital modulator has HDCP feature if you want to watch content from HBO, Netflix also from Blu-ray Discs and satellite receiver, otherwise you will have a blank screen depending on the modulator.
We strip the HDCP data off the cable when we rebroadcast it. :)
Do you have one of these? What kind of distance can you get? Does this model have the features you were talking about?
Also can be used to hook up your ISDB-T or DVB-T2 set top boxes for overseas.
Well done Channel Master ! Way cool indeed . Good job Antenna Man. Thank you
Sounds like a handy little modulator. Thanks for the info.
Thanks good information.
I love the way you answer your own question. MAYBE
I must have this device. Thank you Tyler for the information.
I know this was sponsored content, but this was actually a good video about a product I'm interested in
At 4:07, I was thinking that it could be used like that as well. Reminds me of, years ago, when I tried experimenting with something similar using a VCR & indoor amplified TV antenna.
Thank you for the demonstration and the code. I purchased one from your link. I will enjoy exploring the possibilities.
Pretty cool. I'd consider using it for CCTV.
I am wondering how this compares to the Vecoax MiniMod, a more expensive version of this that I have actually installed at a hotel.
cool now if i was to buy some thing like this say 4 ch just local if the feed is online is thear any that can feed data over ethernet on a pc server i whant to upgrade my setup i give free tv to the rv park i stay at
I have 3 of the MiniMod units and just bought the Channel Master unit. Both are very well made units that produce broadcast quality video and audio. A major difference in the units is the MiniMod, as you know outputs both “over the air” and cable channels whereas the Channel Master unit only outputs “over the air” channels.
Channel 37 is unused because on the RF band that corresponds to, it's blocked off for radio telescope usage. So if you're the type to push "maybe"s, perhaps be extra careful around there.
Mexican government bans any channel 37 transmitters. But Dominican Republic have channel 37.
A pretty cool modulator to use
I have a few custom channels set up using an old Channel Plus modulator. I snagged a 4 channel modulator for about $40, but it is analog only. The analog modulators are super cheap and honestly the quality isn't too bad.
Channel Master ought to give you a sponsorship bonus. Within less than a week they sold out, and they have been out of stock for nearly a month...If they could pump out more of these they could make a fortune based on demand.
Well I got sick of waiting for these to get stocked again and found a 45dBmV ATSC modulator $100 cheaper on ebay...Channel Master lost a customer by staying sold out over a month now with no end in sight.
Thanks Tylor- Great video!!
It's about time to see an ATSC modulator. I had a NTSC micro-transmitter, but it is obsolete. Thanks for the information.
Thanks for the information, another great video!
I remember people made bootleg tv stations by putting like 5 cable tv amplifiers on the output on peoples Nintendo consoles in Philadelphia.
It works you just need one with an used commercial cable modulator. Works well.
Yeah I remember the genie that broadcasted on UHF during the C band boom back in the early eighties. You just hook up your satalite receiver to the genie and pick up satalite tv in all rooms.
Lol The Video Game Channel
@@ArtieArchives NintenTV.
I'm curious what it does with HDCP. For reasons. :-)
If anyone is interested to add to what Ty is saying about how you might be able to add an antenna to this modulator you may be able to extend its range with a commercial cable amplifier available on Ebay. You also might be able to just add an audio source to the audio input and use a channel such as analog channel 6 and it might be possible to broadcast music or talk radio around your town. Just saying it might be possible.
That's very interesting that TVs (or at least yours) can tune channel 37, even though it's never used!
Yes it is interesting!
Channel 37 is reserved for radio astronomy. It’s easier to design a tuner to work in 6MHz channel steps without skipping 37.
This is really cool! Might as well run a 24/7 TV station 😂 Hope they make one for other standards as well!
Thanks for the video information
With your own private digital channel, I assume that you can adjust the aspect ratio of your streaming device on that private digital channel.
I believe this also works with digital TV converter boxes so you can stretch your 4:3 RUclips video from the ATSC modulator.
We use DVB-T version of this to send a VLC-generated multi-window screen in 1080P to 230 televisions around a multi-story building.
Taiwan uses 6 MHz bandwidth on most NTSC countries like Taiwan and Bermuda. 473 MHz on UHF 14 (DVB-T Taiwan).
That’s cool you can now broadcast digital videos in your house. I wish there was an analog modulator so I can put my portable Sony Watchman TVs to good use.
There is. I'll have a video on the topic in the future.
@@AntennaMan thanks, that would be a fun video on analog modulators.
I just wanna know when Channelmaster will come out with a 3.0 ATSC Set Top Box?
I hope to buy one of these someday. I have a DVD VCR with HDMI out. This looks like it would allow me to use a DTV converter with a record function to archive videotapes.
If that's the case you can probably just use an HDMI recorder - like one at the link below. amzn.to/3h4i2yK
Thank you. I had done a search earlier today on this exact thing. I was headed down the DAC route but this solves the problem.
I’m in the middle of an electronics upgrade in our 2006 camper ( 4.3 CRT TVs and all programming distributed over coax). I’ve got the two LED 1080p TVs but wanted to upgrade without pulling HDMI from the front to the back. This will allow me to send OTA and my DVD player output to the back using existing coax. The question is, can I get SWMBO to agree to the price tag.
Several of the hyperband CATV channels line up with the US 70cm (420 - 450 MHz) amateur band. Channel 57 is 420-426 MHz, 58 is 426-432 MHz, 59 is 432 - 438 MHz, 60 is 438-444 MHz and 61 is 444 - 450 MHz,.
We had a 33cm/70cm cross band ATV repeater at the 1270 foot level on the KTVT tower in Cedar Hill, TX back in the 1990's. The input was 915 MHz FMTV. The output was 421.250 MHz AM-VSB. The output could be picked up with a television or VCR set to cable mode tuned to channel 57 but hooked to an outside antenna horizontally polarized pointed at Cedar Hill.
So yes, you could put this thing on the air quite legally in the amateur bands. But it won't go very far with such low output . The guys at downeast microwave might have something that could get it up into the 1 to 10 watt class.
The only thing counterintuitive is using an external antenna but having the receiver set to cable mode.
DE WY5V
I wish there was something like this for FM-HD to create your own part 15 FCC radio station.
Same
I was looking for something like this a decade or two ago.
ALSO FOR USE WITH ATSC HDTVs connected from ISDB-T or DVB-T set top boxes.
If each one can be assigned its own channel and also passses the antenna signal theough, how well would chaining a few of these together to put multiple channels on the line, as long as you tune the outputs accordingly of course.
Basically goes ANT - MOD - MOD - etc. - TV(s)
A more typical configuration is to have each modulator feed a combiner, and then distribute the combiner’s output. A small system can use a passive splitter as the combiner.
@@jeffhartman7000 That's pretty much what I was going for... whether something simple or for a more enthusiast setup. Basically your own cable TV service.
I wonder if there are any really tiny pirate tv stations operating.....something that would encompass a block of two....might be fun to try....
Is the RF output in true stereo left & right or is it mono like 99% of modulators?
That's a good question. I believe it is stereo.
Would this work with Tablo ? Can it mix OTA and a HDMI source and feed it to tablo ? Would tablo be able to see the new channel and record it?
Yes!
Hi Tyler, have you tried to combine the output of the Channel Master modulator and your OTA antenna into the AirtTV Anywhere (from another of your video reviews)? This would allow adding the HDMI output from another source (PC, DVR, cable box, etc.). Also does the Channel Master modulator accept HDCP input allow rebroadcasting?
I tried this out a couple of years ago. In order for the airtv add it to its stream, some of the parameters in the channel master must be just so. I don't know what is needed.
Here is the big question, I live in a bigger city and would never try this for obvious reasons, but 'if' you had your antenna channels coming into the box, had an amplified mini-tower connected..... would it also be 're-broadcast' the other television channels to TVs in your house using a smaller antenna? That being said, if the box 'injects' the hdmi input on a designated channel, does it pass-through the antenna channel signals as well? Being sort of a 'mini repeater broadcast transmitter' of sorts? My house does not allow for cables to be ran to certain areas where televisions are located, hence the question that I would like to have all the antenna channels available. But...I think I already know the answer, but would make for an interesting video on why you cannot do it on many levels.
4:23 oh-oh, it's the FCC
Yeah if the individual isn't careful.
Cool little device! Also, you look like Ivanka with the Goya beans in your thumb. 😄
I’d like to get an ntsc modulator and set it to channel 6
Why 6? I have one that's on ch 10
@@joshm264 because the audio can be picked up at 87.7 on an fm radio
@@canadianpsycho1867 yeah but if your goal is radio, then just get an FM modulator
@@joshm264 but with a channel 6 ntsc modulator I can broadcast over both tv and radio
smart
Tyler, one feature my wife would like is to sync up all the TV’s in the house to one input signal such as NBC, Netflix, etc., so when she’s working from room to room doing this and that, she’ll see the same program on all of the TV’s. Is this the kind of device to use for that application? Is there something else out there that would do a better job than this modulator? You’re the best!
If my understanding is correct, you're basically asking for a single tuner to feed multiple TV sets. I don't believe that's what this device would do on its own; you would have to connect a separate tuner to THIS device's HDMI input. The antenna input on THIS device is simply a pass-through, as I understand it; it would not allow you to choose a single channel to distribute to all TV's.
Depends on your wiring but if you have a coax network in the house already between TVs, yes. You would install this device where the antenna feeds that coax network.
I wonder how much the gain is to “maybe” broadcast a signal to a very small RV park.
Quite a bit it may just be possible to say purchase a commercial cable amplifier and really extend the range. I would check Ebay. You may also be able to purchase an used commercial modulator for longer range. Make sure you use 75 OHM rated coax cable to feed your antenna.
And make sure that whatever output you send to an antenna with a balun on it will not exceed more than a watt or so total or you could cause the balun to fail. Better to use a home-brew direct-coax-fed horizontal (for bi-directional signal) or vertical (for uni-directional signal) dipole which will match directly to 75 ohm coax without a balun.
I'm curious how DTV transition era converter boxes handle this box. Some local OTA stations lock aspect ratio so you can't select whether to display a 16x9 program cropped to 4x3 or letter boxed to 4x3. I could see this box being a solution to a problem I have where I want to run an HDMI signal to display on an HDTV while simultaneously feeding the HDMI signal to a resolution down converter to feed 4x3 cropped to my Antique TVs...The down converters are a bit kludgy and don't perform as good as I'd like (without making the HDMI feed to the HDTV look wrong). I may buy this to test it out late next week.
@Antenna Man, suppose you had several of these and Daisy chain the rf sockets with patch cords. Then use the 2nd hdmi on several raspberry pi 4's as inputs to the cluster and then tweek all the levels so only the last RF out is on Max Db output into a tx antenna you could literally create a majorly over complicated technical marvel of a ad-hoc multi-channel TV station on a whole new level. For no other reason then because it is possible.
@Antenna Man is their a cheaper option ?
Thank you Tyler! Question, will the HDHomerun box pick up the signal, which will allow it to be broadcast over the air seen thru HDHomerun app?
It should.
Cool...
look interesting to set up an camera system at home and watch it as simple as switch of channel
Does it play nice with HDCP?
Just put this on my Facebook to those who might want to use it!
HOW well dose this work with shared RF over the air tv signals can you please do atsc over the air full scan video also how sensitive is this for over the air --is it a free dvr ? built in
would I still need a digital tv converter to still use this?
Really cool! Thanks for the review.
Will any of this bring Milton Berle back?
How does this work if you connect a DVD or cable/sat box? Does it work, or does the copyright protection system stop the signal from the HDMI cable. I am refering to HDCP.
@Antenna Man, is there a analog tv modulator?
TM70 TV LINK MODULATOR (UHF), EUROPEAN UHF CHANNELS IN 8 MHz bandwidth, can modulate US/Japan UHF OVER THE AIR CHANNELS AND US CABLE TV CHANNELS. Different channels, but uses the same frequencies. Channel 21 in EU, same as UHF 13 in Japan, UHF 14 in the US.
Will 37 ever be used
Prolly not
could you combine multiple modulators somehow and make your own cable headend? A place my wife used to work at explored doing an information monitor network but wanted some areas to have a different feed at times.
Yes, but there’s a caveat. If you’re combining this with over-the-air signals, that’s fine. But cable systems use different modulation (QAM, not 8-VSB), and have a different channel plan compared to over-the-air ATSC. Very few TVs will allow you to mix CATV and ATSC channels... you generally have to pick one format or the other when you do a channel scan.
Looks like this product has pretty much been sold out since this video has come out, at least every time I've looked the product up. I was wondering, is there any way to move a digital RF channel (and all of its subchannels) to another RF channel?
What kind of range could you get by using this to broadcast a signal? Any chance it might burn up the transmitter?
Can you do low VHF from this modulator as display in the virtual?
Where can you get these at maybe that might help me get more channel's with my clearstream antenna
Is it correct that if one boosted the output with a regular tv amp than it would not work as the amp is not too linear in ampification?
I'm a little confused on the internet access to it. Does this let you stream the channel over the internet (outside the home)
and if so how many people could connect and I assume this would be connecting via a laptop?
I'm planning that since I was 13
I get cable included with my rent, so I have a cable box in my living room and an antenna in my bedroom/office. I spend a lot of time in the bedroom and I'd like to be able to watch cable there as well without having to install another box. I don't expect or need to be able to change the cable channel while in my bedroom. I'm perfectly fine with doing so in the living room and having whatever is screening in the living room also show in the bedroom. It sounds like this device is a possible solution, but I wonder if there's a cheaper way?
If you have an ethernet cable running between those two locations you could get an HDBaseT HDMI extender instead, which should be cheaper than this.
So I can set my TV to channel 3 again to watch content from a set-top box.
You can Use this for Ham Radio TV, We Ham Radio Operater also Transmit Video to!
This particular device has been out of stock for awhile.
Do you have another recommendation that also supports sub channels?
I purchased this unit after watching your video. I love this unit but I am having issues with the audio dropping out and it also sounds slightly distorted kind of like the volume levels are being overdriven by this unit. I am having to constantly restart the unit. Maybe you or someone can research this.
are there analog tv modulators in PAL so i can make my own movie station locally
NTSC/PAL video is just AM modulated "composite" but the spacing is a little different. If your feeling lucky, you can try and DIY it.
im too dumb
Does this have the ability to do cable channels so it could theoretically tune to the 420 MHz section for amateur radio operation with a ham license of course
No, this doesn’t do QAM modulation or use a cable channel plan... it mimics over-the air broadcast. That makes it unsuitable as part of a MATV head end, but very suitable to combine with a antenna system to supplement local channels.
Hi, how do you tell if the signal is overamplified?
Please show a schematic for hookup on this device.
So, is it possible to take the output of a streaming box like XUMO and input it to this and mimic an OTA video channel that will allow for OTA Pause on my TCL TV?
We in my community (HOA) have switched from cable to FIOS (Spectrum) and a XUMO stream device but lost the ability to Pause live video which was provided by our Spectrum DVR's before this disastrous change in equipment.
Thanks in advance
Is there a new coupon code for this product? antman10 is expired.
I'd like to try one of these out and see how it goes for amateur tv. I know digital amateur TV is not too much of a thing because a lot of ham still used analog TV modulators and such. I'd love to see channel Master come out with a version for the amateur radio market. DE WZ9O 73
How many watts does that device put out? I might use one of those to launch a competing NBC affiliate in my neighborhood. Please don't tell the FCC.
It doesn't show the wattage on the unit or on the tech specs. Only 12 volts input.
It would be less than 1W, but you can use the dB rating to calculate it more specifically
I wouldn’t be surprised if Channel Master has a record of customer addresses that the FCC can access so they can monitor you.
@@AntennaMan I was just wondering if it would outperform that 4 watt analog station you found in upstate New York.
Make a pirate TV station? Be visited by FCC men in Black?
I'd guess the transmission power of the device is under the level of FCC concern. I'd also guess that Channel Master had to clear the device through the FCC to put it on the market. My third and last guess is that the power output may be so low as to barely reach beyond one's home.
So, a digital/HD Blonder-Tongue?
Can it be viewed somewhere else then your home
Damn.for a second there i thought i could finally air my own guerilla station.
How about QAM 256 Digital cable ??
Connecting it to a TV antenna amp on its input and output to the antenna, might increase it's range hmmm :-)