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TV Tailgating Setup
Posted on 10/18/16 at 2:13 pm
Posted on 10/18/16 at 2:13 pm
Anyone have a suggestion for a good over the air HD antenna? Is an amplified antenna necessary to catch CBS/ABC while on LSU campus during gameday?
I have looked into battery/inverter v. generator and it looks like a battery will do the trick if I am just running one TV for 4 - 5 hours. Anyone have experience with this or suggestions on a good setup.
Any help is appreciated.
I have looked into battery/inverter v. generator and it looks like a battery will do the trick if I am just running one TV for 4 - 5 hours. Anyone have experience with this or suggestions on a good setup.
Any help is appreciated.
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Posted on 10/18/16 at 2:24 pm to EZE
ABC will be a pain the arse, FYI. Don't get frustrated with the signal, it's the tower. CBS should be good to go..especially good considering the big game at 2:30
Posted on 10/18/16 at 3:43 pm to VermilionTiger
We catch everything pretty good except cbs at times. Sometimes we have to extend the Antenna out a few feet with extra coax cable.
Just go buy a chaep HD antenna from Walmart or Best Buy. I got mine from Best Buy for $12
Just go buy a chaep HD antenna from Walmart or Best Buy. I got mine from Best Buy for $12
This post was edited on 10/18/16 at 3:45 pm
Posted on 10/18/16 at 3:54 pm to LSU999
Yeah we catch everything pretty well now. We set it up and tie it down to the top of our canopy. Bought about 15 feet of coax cable, a splitter, and some tie wraps.
Posted on 10/18/16 at 11:31 pm to EZE
Amazon sells a flat 50 mile one for cheap their brand. Just as good as a 50 dollar mohu one.
Posted on 10/19/16 at 7:12 am to VermilionTiger
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ABC will be a pain the arse, FYI. Don't get frustrated with the signal, it's the tower. CBS should be good to go..especially good considering the big game at 2:30
It's always been the opposite for me in baton rouge. ABC is no problem. CBS rarely works.
Posted on 10/19/16 at 11:25 am to EZE
I got Bestek 400w Inverter and 1byOne 50 mile HD Antenna. Using two boat batteries to power an LED TV. We'll see how it goes.
Posted on 10/19/16 at 11:39 am to EZE
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Using two boat batteries to power an LED TV. We'll see how it goes.
LSU doesn't provide power if you're tailgating on campus? Wow.
My friends and I just went last season to Tuscaloosa with an extension cord and plugged into the power on the Quad in T-town. Used my phone to stream the ESPN App and plugged my phone in through an HDMI adapter in to the TV we brought.
Y'alls stuff sounds complicated. We literally had:
-Extension cord
-TV
-iPhone w/ ESPN app
-HDMI cable and converter to go from phone to tv
Done.
Posted on 10/20/16 at 10:13 am to EZE
Posted on 10/20/16 at 11:22 am to DoubleDown
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LSU doesn't provide power if you're tailgating on campus? Wow.
Depends entirely where you are. We are in a little lot with a small campus road (maybe 25 feet wide) in between campus apartments. They have a receptacle but we have had issues with campus police in the past few years. They don't want us running our extension cord across the street. We've spray painted it a few times.
Posted on 10/20/16 at 12:40 pm to VermilionTiger
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Depends entirely where you are. We are in a little lot with a small campus road (maybe 25 feet wide) in between campus apartments. They have a receptacle but we have had issues with campus police in the past few years. They don't want us running our extension cord across the street. We've spray painted it a few times.
it's actually illegal to connect to campus power unless you are do so for legit campus purposes. If you run into a cop in a really bad mood, you can actually be ticketed and kicked off campus. It almost never goes down like that unless you are a belligerent ahole to the cop
with almost 100K tailgaters it's not feasible to supply power to everyone.
Posted on 10/21/16 at 3:21 pm to Tigeralum2008
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with almost 100K tailgaters it's not feasible to supply power to everyone.
I know, I hate how every single game goer brings their own extension cord ready to hookup
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