OTA: On-Line Parts, Sales - Page 5 - Canadian TV, Computing and Home Theatre Forums

ScaryBob · 2010-01-08, 03:22 PM

I believe they are featured in the Wacky, Tacky OTA Gear (What NOT To Buy!) thread. See posts 19, 40 and 50 in particular. It's a good read, even if you only want a few laughs.

You might also want to review OTA Clone, Coat Hanger, and Junk Antennas.

PicklesRichard · 2010-04-17, 10:01 AM

I just noticed on the Walmart Canada website, they are selling Channel Master antennas. I guess you could say that OTA is now popular LOL.

stampeder · 2010-04-17, 10:40 AM

EDIT: See Post #4!

Yep, its true, Wal-Mart Canada has joined the OTA supplier gang. Here's a brief overview of their OTA product line:

The RCA VHF-HI/UHF ANT-751 model is the same one carried at Costco that I've put on the Antenna Chart. It and the similar CM2016/CM2020 models are only suitable for Urban to Near Fringe use, so I'll add the CM's to the next Chart version since they're obviously commonly available now.
The RCA VHF/UHF/FM ANT3036W is a medium-size combo antenna sourced from a company called Gemini that also supplies them under the Philips/Magnavox brand. It would be suitable for Suburban to Fringe use, but I'd go with something much bigger for Deep Fringe. Deepest Fringe would be way out of this antenna's league.
They carry the CM4228HD 8-bay UHF but oddly I don't see the CM4221HD 4-bay in there.
They also have CM's flying wing antenna for RVs.
As I sort-of expected, Wal-Mart continues to carry a retinue of garbage indoor antennas and noisy signal amplifiers.

I hope that DHC members will post comments in the Wal-Mart product reviews pointing Canadians to our site!

EDIT: See Post #4!

joshh · 2010-04-17, 11:02 AM

Sounds great ... but I checked walmart.ca just now and found nothing. I searched for "antenna", "channel master", "channelmaster", "RCA", etc.

stampeder · 2010-04-17, 11:25 AM

Okay I see what happened - this morning the Wal-Mart Canada site was unfortunately redirecting its electronics section to the main U.S. Wal-Mart dot com site!

So, now that the Canadian site is showing its own content again there is no OTA gear for sale there to speak of. I wish I was wrong.

Nothing left to see here folks, move along, the show's over...

PicklesRichard · 2010-04-17, 11:26 AM

The products won't be listed online if you are searching using a store locator as your browse path. You need to search Wal Mart Canada using web only sales as the search.

stampeder · 2010-04-17, 11:27 AM

When you do that it takes you to the U.S. site, so I'll try it again and see what happens.

PicklesRichard · 2010-04-17, 11:44 AM

You are correct, as usual LOL, and I recant my excitement. I work at an online store and our webserver would not allow advertising from other countries to be attached to our main pages if we were unable to ship to said location. I saw the links for Canadian Tire, Future Shop and so on and, ahem, assumed, that the order server would flip the orders to the Canadian distribution ctr. for shipping. WOW...

Moving on, Sorry about that.

sdilullo · 2010-08-17, 11:29 AM

Anyone have a good source for purchasing some CM-3075 baluns?

It seems a bit excessive to spend $9.75 (Summit Source) or even $5.95 (Solid Signal, though that's much more reasonable) to ship a <$3.00 item.

ota_canuck · 2010-08-17, 11:51 AM

Also known as cm94444 high performance, low loss outdoor matching transformer. If you call one of those more reputable suppliers, they may agree to simply mail it. Some of these online suppliers make more profit-margin on charges for shipping and handling, so they advertise stuff a nearly wholesale pricing as a means to generate shipping&handling fees. If you bought very the same item in person at an electronic store, it would cost you $5+.

sdilullo · 2010-08-17, 12:00 PM

Good idea on calling - Summit's only about 150 miles away from me here so regular mail would be just fine. I understand they're selling at a big discount already but sometimes S&H is quite crazy. Anyway, thanks for the reply. I've grown so accustomed to just accepting the shipping charges online that I didn't even think of the obvious step of calling them - yay for modern communication.

El Gran Chico · 2010-12-31, 01:39 PM

While SaveAndReplay is my preferred OTA parts supplier, occasionally they don't carry something I need. Recently I turned to SolidSignal in Michigan for a part.
At first I was a little hesitant since SolidSignal ships via Fedex (having a few previous UPS customs fee nightmares

) but I risked it and it was a marvelous experience.

My part arrived in 3 business days and Fedex had left it at the door just like it was part of the regular mail. No fee applied either!

smadden · 2011-01-31, 09:01 PM

While I haven't looked at ALL the posts, I haven't seen anybody mention tigerdirect which carries several channel masters, unfortunately no 4228. They do have some of the really big buggers (170") and all seem more reasonably priced than the numbers I'm seeing on the forum.

newegg has a DB8 from antennas direct, but I haven't seen anyone mention those here.

Steve

flavoie · 2011-01-31, 10:19 PM

It is because there is an online parts thread.
You will mainly find offline stores in the Ontario dealers thread.
EDIT: I see your post has been moved to the online thread now.

stampeder · 2011-01-31, 11:04 PM

Yep, and I've moved the post here where it belongs.

One of the reasons that tigerdirect and newegg don't get much discussion around here is that most of the people who have dealt with saveandreplay.com (our sponsor) say that they are the best, and that is not something I'm saying out of any sort of bias. See for yourself.

2010-01-08, 03:22 PM	#61
ScaryBob Veteran Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: The Dandelion City Posts: 7,133	EBay 100+ mile antennas I believe they are featured in the Wacky, Tacky OTA Gear (What NOT To Buy!) thread. See posts 19, 40 and 50 in particular. It's a good read, even if you only want a few laughs. You might also want to review OTA Clone, Coat Hanger, and Junk Antennas. __________________ At 20 I had a good mind. At 40 I had money. At 60 I've lost my mind and my money. Oh, to be 20 again. --Scary

2010-04-17, 10:01 AM	#62
PicklesRichard Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Oshawa Posts: 61	Wal-Mart Canada Begins Selling Outdoor OTA Gear? Not Yet! I just noticed on the Walmart Canada website, they are selling Channel Master antennas. I guess you could say that OTA is now popular LOL.

2010-04-17, 10:40 AM	#63
stampeder OTA Forum Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: North Delta, BC (96Av x 116St) Posts: 23,338	Wal-Mart Canada Begins Selling Outdoor OTA Gear EDIT: See Post #4! Yep, its true, Wal-Mart Canada has joined the OTA supplier gang. Here's a brief overview of their OTA product line: The RCA VHF-HI/UHF ANT-751 model is the same one carried at Costco that I've put on the Antenna Chart. It and the similar CM2016/CM2020 models are only suitable for Urban to Near Fringe use, so I'll add the CM's to the next Chart version since they're obviously commonly available now. The RCA VHF/UHF/FM ANT3036W is a medium-size combo antenna sourced from a company called Gemini that also supplies them under the Philips/Magnavox brand. It would be suitable for Suburban to Fringe use, but I'd go with something much bigger for Deep Fringe. Deepest Fringe would be way out of this antenna's league. They carry the CM4228HD 8-bay UHF but oddly I don't see the CM4221HD 4-bay in there. They also have CM's flying wing antenna for RVs. As I sort-of expected, Wal-Mart continues to carry a retinue of garbage indoor antennas and noisy signal amplifiers. I hope that DHC members will post comments in the Wal-Mart product reviews pointing Canadians to our site! EDIT: See Post #4! Last edited by stampeder; 2010-04-17 at 11:29 AM.

2010-04-17, 11:25 AM	#65
stampeder OTA Forum Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: North Delta, BC (96Av x 116St) Posts: 23,338	Uh-oh! No Such Luck! Okay I see what happened - this morning the Wal-Mart Canada site was unfortunately redirecting its electronics section to the main U.S. Wal-Mart dot com site! So, now that the Canadian site is showing its own content again there is no OTA gear for sale there to speak of. I wish I was wrong. Nothing left to see here folks, move along, the show's over...

2010-08-17, 11:29 AM	#69
sdilullo Rookie Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Dayton, OH Posts: 16	Where to buy CM-3075 balun? Anyone have a good source for purchasing some CM-3075 baluns? It seems a bit excessive to spend $9.75 (Summit Source) or even $5.95 (Solid Signal, though that's much more reasonable) to ship a <$3.00 item.

2010-04-17, 11:02 AM	#64
joshh Rookie Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 17	Sounds great ... but I checked walmart.ca just now and found nothing. I searched for "antenna", "channel master", "channelmaster", "RCA", etc.

2010-04-17, 11:26 AM	#66
PicklesRichard Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Oshawa Posts: 61	The products won't be listed online if you are searching using a store locator as your browse path. You need to search Wal Mart Canada using web only sales as the search.

2010-04-17, 11:27 AM	#67
stampeder OTA Forum Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: North Delta, BC (96Av x 116St) Posts: 23,338	When you do that it takes you to the U.S. site, so I'll try it again and see what happens.

2010-04-17, 11:44 AM	#68
PicklesRichard Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Oshawa Posts: 61	You are correct, as usual LOL, and I recant my excitement. I work at an online store and our webserver would not allow advertising from other countries to be attached to our main pages if we were unable to ship to said location. I saw the links for Canadian Tire, Future Shop and so on and, ahem, assumed, that the order server would flip the orders to the Canadian distribution ctr. for shipping. WOW... Moving on, Sorry about that.

2010-08-17, 11:51 AM	#70
ota_canuck Veteran Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Dunnville, Ontario on the Grand River, North shore Lake Erie Posts: 2,405	Also known as cm94444 high performance, low loss outdoor matching transformer. If you call one of those more reputable suppliers, they may agree to simply mail it. Some of these online suppliers make more profit-margin on charges for shipping and handling, so they advertise stuff a nearly wholesale pricing as a means to generate shipping&handling fees. If you bought very the same item in person at an electronic store, it would cost you $5+. __________________ 3D SSH III with ZZ4 refl. http://imageshack.us/user/jmsdigital

2010-08-17, 12:00 PM	#71
sdilullo Rookie Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Dayton, OH Posts: 16	Good idea on calling - Summit's only about 150 miles away from me here so regular mail would be just fine. I understand they're selling at a big discount already but sometimes S&H is quite crazy. Anyway, thanks for the reply. I've grown so accustomed to just accepting the shipping charges online that I didn't even think of the obvious step of calling them - yay for modern communication.

2010-12-31, 01:39 PM	#72
El Gran Chico Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Toronto/Etobicoke - Bloor/Royal York/Queensway/Islington Posts: 1,386	Thumbs up to both SaveAndReplay and SolidSignal While SaveAndReplay is my preferred OTA parts supplier, occasionally they don't carry something I need. Recently I turned to SolidSignal in Michigan for a part. At first I was a little hesitant since SolidSignal ships via Fedex (having a few previous UPS customs fee nightmares ) but I risked it and it was a marvelous experience. My part arrived in 3 business days and Fedex had left it at the door just like it was part of the regular mail. No fee applied either! __________________ Orig 4221, A-D C5, CM 7778, Aquos LC37D62U, TiVo Premiere, DTVpal DVR

2011-01-31, 09:01 PM	#73
smadden Rookie Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 1	Channel master in gta While I haven't looked at ALL the posts, I haven't seen anybody mention tigerdirect which carries several channel masters, unfortunately no 4228. They do have some of the really big buggers (170") and all seem more reasonably priced than the numbers I'm seeing on the forum. newegg has a DB8 from antennas direct, but I haven't seen anyone mention those here. Steve

2011-01-31, 10:19 PM	#74
flavoie Join Date: May 2007 Location: Orleans, ON Posts: 1,236	It is because there is an online parts thread. You will mainly find offline stores in the Ontario dealers thread. EDIT: I see your post has been moved to the online thread now.

2011-01-31, 11:04 PM	#75
stampeder OTA Forum Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: North Delta, BC (96Av x 116St) Posts: 23,338	Yep, and I've moved the post here where it belongs. One of the reasons that tigerdirect and newegg don't get much discussion around here is that most of the people who have dealt with saveandreplay.com (our sponsor) say that they are the best, and that is not something I'm saying out of any sort of bias. See for yourself.

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