BajaNomad

tv options?

jeremias - 11-6-2010 at 08:01 PM

I'm over here by the beach a few miles from Ensenada, and after a couple months without any cable or any tv reception, I think am at my limit. From what I understand there is no cable available here, like Cablemas which i was hoping to get. Does that leave me with only pirated dish and direct tv? I was hoping somebody could give me some info on the options out here. I may just be a few months here so don't want a contract. :)

DENNIS - 11-6-2010 at 08:06 PM

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Originally posted by jeremias
I was hoping somebody could give me some info on the options out here.



Where are you?

jeremias - 11-6-2010 at 08:11 PM

SSan Meegal

k-rico - 11-6-2010 at 08:22 PM

lots of TV on the Internet

For example: http://video.pbs.org/

Some videos require a US IP address, you can use a proxy server for those.

SKY satellite has a lot of the typical US cable shows (in English) and 10 or so movie channels, also in English. Plus you can watch Mexican weather girls on the local newscasts. Lots of "talent". ;)

[Edited on 11-7-2010 by k-rico]

pacside - 11-6-2010 at 09:33 PM

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Originally posted by k-rico
lots of TV on the Internet

Some videos require a US IP address, you can use a proxy server for those.


Sorry to hijack but this might help op.

How would one go about this? I enjoy my soap on hulu.com and instant watch stuff on netflix but am unable to access from Baja Sur. I get a message saying only available in U.S. or something like that.

Thanks,
pacside

Mike99km - 11-6-2010 at 09:50 PM

Jermas, I might be able to help out. u2u Mike I used to be in #9

k-rico - 11-6-2010 at 10:33 PM

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Originally posted by pacside
Quote:
Originally posted by k-rico
lots of TV on the Internet

Some videos require a US IP address, you can use a proxy server for those.


Sorry to hijack but this might help op.

How would one go about this? I enjoy my soap on hulu.com and instant watch stuff on netflix but am unable to access from Baja Sur. I get a message saying only available in U.S. or something like that.

Thanks,
pacside


I use this: http://hide-my-ip.com/

They have a free 14 day trial. But some video providers, hulu.com is one, reject requests from proxy servers, so that's not good for you.

Perhaps try a "High Anonymity Proxy Server".

see: http://whatismyipaddress.com/using-proxies

DENNIS - 11-7-2010 at 05:51 AM

Too bad you're back in the bay, so to speak. From out here in PB, I have a clear shot toward the north and an antenna works well if it's the right one. Bigger the better.
I had one on my roof some years back that gave my around a dozen stations from So.Cal. Clarity depended on the weather it seemed and most of the time it was good to perfect.
Fox, channel 6, is always clear since they transmit from Rosarito.

Anyway, this seems like a good opportunity to brush up on your Espaņol with the local stations.

pacside - 11-7-2010 at 11:28 AM

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Originally posted by k-rico
Quote:
Originally posted by pacside
Quote:
Originally posted by k-rico
lots of TV on the Internet

Some videos require a US IP address, you can use a proxy server for those.


Sorry to hijack but this might help op.

How would one go about this? I enjoy my soap on hulu.com and instant watch stuff on netflix but am unable to access from Baja Sur. I get a message saying only available in U.S. or something like that.

Thanks,
pacside


I use this: http://hide-my-ip.com/

They have a free 14 day trial. But some video providers, hulu.com is one, reject requests from proxy servers, so that's not good for you.

Perhaps try a "High Anonymity Proxy Server".

see: http://whatismyipaddress.com/using-proxies


Thanks k-rico...will try these when down south in a couple weeks. I don't get why they do this...if you are a netflix customer why would it matter where the heck you are located.

pacside

Bajahowodd - 11-7-2010 at 03:31 PM

With the sites like Hulu and Netflix, it's about the fees charged for copyrighted material. Blame the accountants.

jeremias - 11-7-2010 at 04:11 PM

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Originally posted by DENNIS
Too bad you're back in the bay, so to speak. From out here in PB, I have a clear shot toward the north and an antenna works well if it's the right one. Bigger the better.
I had one on my roof some years back that gave my around a dozen stations from So.Cal. Clarity depended on the weather it seemed and most of the time it was good to perfect.
Fox, channel 6, is always clear since they transmit from Rosarito.

Anyway, this seems like a good opportunity to brush up on your Espaņol with the local stations.



Do you think I would be able to get some stations with the standard rabbit ears? Mexican tv stations would be better than nothing. :bounce:

DENNIS - 11-7-2010 at 05:09 PM

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Originally posted by jeremias
Do you think I would be able to get some stations with the standard rabbit ears? Mexican tv stations would be better than nothing. :bounce:



Sure. They transmit from the hill right above your head, to the south. Look around for what your Mexican neighbors do and do that.

DavidE - 11-7-2010 at 10:22 PM

I am up in so-called "television heaven". Sixty-five inch LCD high definition TV, two hundred forty two channels, klipchshorn surround sound...

And every single channel is garbage for most of the day and night.

By the time the schedule is audited, an hour has passed.

So beneath the TV are two hundred plus video discs.

Someone is unclear on the subject and I don't think it is me.

David K - 11-8-2010 at 10:13 AM

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Originally posted by DavidE
I am up in so-called "television heaven". Sixty-five inch LCD high definition TV, two hundred forty two channels, klipchshorn surround sound...

And every single channel is garbage for most of the day and night.

By the time the schedule is audited, an hour has passed.

So beneath the TV are two hundred plus video discs.

Someone is unclear on the subject and I don't think it is me.


Where are you Dah-veed?

john68 - 11-10-2010 at 10:18 AM

check out slingbox.com--it requires a satellite or cable connection in the states (where the slingbox is physically located) and a DSL connection in Mexico. No monthly fees and no blocking of programing in Mexico. works for us in Los Barriles.