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TV Rants And Raves 6.22.11: Retoolings, Lawsuits, & Aliens. Oh, My!

The show follows the travails of the Reagan clan, whom are a New York law enforcement dynasty of sorts. The grandfather is a retired cop. The father (Selleck) is the current police commissioner. The oldest son is a detective, and the youngest is a former law student that is now a rookie cop just starting to walk a beat. There's also a middle sister whom happens to be an assistant DA. Not to mention yet another cop son that was killed in the line of duty, and it's this storyline that proves to be the thru line of the show's first season. And while it proved to be in many ways a typical cop show (murder/crime of the week that needs to be solved) it wasn't so much a procedural like the CSI 's as more of an ensemble character driven piece. Plus the added notion of a season long story arc that was met with a satisfying conclusion. (And I say this as someone that's seen basically close to half of the episodes, but that includes the start of this storyline as well as the finale) So what was this apparent creative difference of opinion? From what I understand, it has to do with the creators of the show realizing that that had a modest hit on their hands and they didn't want to muck about with the formula moving forward. Makes sense, right? If it ain't broke, no need to fix it. They wanted and planned on the second season to have the same approach as the first from what I understand. A cop show, centered on this one family, character driven, with an overriding story arc throughout the season. And before anyone takes me to task for talking out of turn, I don't remember where I saw it, but yes, this is basically what is going down behind the scenes. The people who created and ran the show didn't want to mess with the formula, and CBS brass decided they wanted it to be a more of a weekly self-contained plot driven whodunit. All of the character development stuff that worked so well for the first season? (Which again, is why I liked the show thus far) Nah, we don't need it. Let's just make it more like the CSI franchise, but because it's centered around a family of cops it'll be different enough. What I liked (yes, past tense) about Blue Bloods was the fact that while it was a cop show that did the crime of the week shtick, it was mostly about this family at the center of it all. How they all reacted to circumstances, argued with and got pissed off with one another and eventually resolved it, in family, in person, face to face.

Why Use A Satellite Dish? — Local Channels

One of the most undeniably important aspects of satellite TV service is the satellite dish itself.  After all, this small device, about half a meter in diameter, can receive a signal transmitted from a satellite orbiting above the Earth’s atmosphere and then convert that relay that signal through a wire and into your house.  The dish is impressive when working correctly, but when it is not, it can be incredibly frustrating, especially if something goes wrong in the final minutes of a close game featuring your favorite sports team.  Most people, however, don’t know how a satellite dish works beyond the obvious “it receives the signal” explanation.  Knowing how a dish works can help you install and position the dish (assuming that you aren’t having a professional do it for you) and therefore can get you better video quality.

More of a Bowl, than a Dish The flat, bowl shaped portion of the satellite dish is known as the parabolic surface.  The arm that reaches up towards the center of the dish is known as the feed horn.  The reason for the curve in the parabolic surface is that it is designed to take signals that are reaching the dish at a variety of angles and direct them towards the feed horn.  All signals transmitted over the air (cell phone, TV, radio, etc.) travel in a straight line.  However, certain things can cause that signal to change its direction.  The signal could be bounced off of a building, refracted by a cloud, or any number of other possibilities.  But, despite the signal being dispersed throughout the air, the parabolic surface of the dish can take the signal and bounce towards one exact point, the feed horn.  This is the reason that dented and torn satellite dishes don’t work nearly as well as they’re supposed to; they lose the ability to accurately bounce the signal.

The Horn The collection point of the signal is called the feed horn.  This is the actual receiver of the dish.  This horn, though, doesn’t just collect and transmit to your house every signal it comes across.  If that happened, your satellite TV signal would be a mishmash of random radio data.  Built into the horn is a LNB (low noise blockdown converter).  This device will automatically filter out all of the radio signals that are not carrying satellite TV programming.  The remaining signal is then relayed on to your house.  So, after learning this about the dish, we can determine some sound advice for dish placement.  First, make sure the area is clear (no trees, buildings, etc. to block or deflect the signal).  Second, make sure that the dish stays in good condition, don’t put it in an area where it is prone to being hit (next to a tree limb that sways in the wind, for example).  And third, try to keep it clean.  Because of the close to vertical alignment of most dishes, you won’t have to worry about this, but if the dish gets mucked up, it can’t properly bounce the signal to the feed horn, and you can’t watch quality television.

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