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eCost has what is either a really nifty device or a complete piece of junk - the Homer Technology iViewer wireless tv viewer for $5 plus $10 ground shipping.

I couldn't find any reviews for it, just this engadget article from when it first came out. It was $43 when it came out. I figure for $15 shipped it's worth it to fool around with.

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d'oh

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eCost is terrible!!!!

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I wonder I can use this to connect my HDTV antenna (for local channels) and transmit to my HDTV? I have only 1 cable wire into my HDTV and I'm using it for satellite. I have an antenna that is just sitting in my attic now. Any thoughts?

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just fyi, don't expect to transmit any HDTV and see it in HDTV

"3 RCA plugs for VIDEO and AUDIO input (R and L) "

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Good point, I was going to connect a coax cable from another room and put the receive an input into my HDTV. Guess I could get an Coax to RCA converter too.

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Similar devices have been around for 20 years. The a/v senders I used back then take rca input and transmit it as UHF. Thus, they were called UHF- or RF-Modulators. The wife played soaps in the bedroom, and watch them in the kitchen on a 9". With a device called the LeapFrog (IR to rf sender), she could forward past commercials, change cable box channels, etc. using the remote. Good ones were about $50 in the 90s. Don't know what the range, wall-permeation, etc would be on a device they couldn't sell at $43 that was now selling for $5. If shipping cost more than the device, I'm not optimistic. as for 2cheap2eat's Q, You'd need a decoded/modulated signal to 'rebroadcast', it wouldn't make your old antenna 'wireless'. An inexpensive switch box from the Shack would allow you to switch inputs between Sat and antenna.
Not even homer's website tells you exactly what it does with the signal. I guess after feb 2009, it won't have to compete with analog broadcasts.
Surprisingly, google didn't turn up a single user review. But I was stunned to learn that Microcenter is selling it for $79.99. usually they're terrific. If it wasn't eCost, it might be worth a look.
SWIM (someone who isn't me) might buy one in cash from microcenter, return it unopened for a refund, and use the original receipt to return one acquired from eCost for $5 and make ~$75 profit. only worth considering if you happen to live near a microcenter.

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The spectrum for UHF channels 52-60 was auctioned off in 2008 for wireless data . I suspect that this unit uses channel assigments in that space.

Message edited by: cleek on 2008-11-20 13:16:10 CST
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