Alternatives to cable TV

Open for Business: Biscayne Services LLC

Headquarters: Melbourne

Owner: Dave Pollard

Contact

Phone: 321-298-3213

E-mail: Biscayneservices@gmail.com

On the Web: www.computercareclinic.com

Products/services: Offers sales of high quality HDTV antennas along with installation inside peoples’ homes. Pollard is no longer capable of crawling in attic spaces or on rooftops, and recommends a professional electrician for outside antennas. Pollard’s pricing starts at $59 for a small antenna, plus $59 if you would like Pollard to install and tune an indoor model in your home. A demonstration model is on display at Computer Care Clinic’s lobby in Suntree at the corner of Wickham Road and Suntree Boulevard.

What were you doing before this? Pollard is a retired NASA audio-visual field engineer who supervised the first television broadcast of the Apollo moon missions while stationed in Spain.

Why did you go into this venture? Many Brevard County residents are paying several hundred dollars a month for cable television or satellite dishes, and do not realize digital high-definition television (HDTV) signals are still transmitted over the airwaves for free. Pollard wants to educate people on how they can still receive HDTV transmissions from over 40 local stations and networks with an in-home HDTV antenna.

Sell us on your business in a couple sentences: While cable and satellite providers offer a reliable signal, an even better and uncompressed signal is offered from several broadcast towers within 40 miles of most of northern and central Brevard County, and that signal is within range of most amplified antennas. Occasionally, NBC may be a bit troublesome to tune in, but an antenna on your roof or sometimes just in your attic will be enough to tune in all the major networks.

Have an idea for the Open for Business feature? Contact Wayne T. Price at 321-242-3658 or wprice@floridatoday.com.