jeremias
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tv options?
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. 
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by jeremias
I was hoping somebody could give me some info on the options out here. |
Where are you?
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jeremias
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SSan Meegal
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k-rico
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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]
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pacside
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| 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.
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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.
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pacside
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Mike99km
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Jermas, I might be able to help out. u2u Mike I used to be in #9
You live the life you settle for.
"Never teach a pig to sing it frustrates you and annoys the pig" - W. C. Fields.
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k-rico
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| 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.
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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
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DENNIS
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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 Español with the local stations.
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pacside
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| Quote: | 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.
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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
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Bajahowodd
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With the sites like Hulu and Netflix, it's about the fees charged for copyrighted material. Blame the accountants.
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jeremias
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| Quote: | 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 Español 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. 
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | 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. |
Sure. They transmit from the hill right above your head, to the south. Look around for what your Mexican neighbors do and do that.
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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.
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David K
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| Quote: | 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?
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john68
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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.
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