Re: [IRCA] OT TV converter boxes

[Thomas L Jones <ka1yhi@xxxxxxxx>]

       I had a Samsung box at home & got nothing.  I have 2
strong NTSCer's and a ton of weak but watchables.  From what I 
have seen with new Sony TV's is you do need a decent signal for
stable pix. Stations 60 + miles away will not come in unless 
you are on a hill & have a rotor & good antenna. Ears will work 
25 miles away but you get break-ups often on some stations.
          One thing many customers dont grasp is to use the 
parallel UHF channels to find a signal the auto program misses.
In other words if you want WBZ ch 4 Boston HD you would
enter 30.1 then fiddle & wait ( often many times ) If you get it add it
to
your list of channels to scan. 
           On the Rat Shack boxes we have been getting calls that 
they cant get them to work. Never checked one out, they
just returned them not wanting to gamble a service call
for us to prove what was wrong.
73
Tom Jones
Mason N.H.


On Wed, 28 May 2008 23:38:39 -0700 mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx (Patrick Martin)
writes:
> Thanks Mike. I have heard both pro and con regarding digital 
> coverage.
> Some say, it is better and others say it isn't. Out here on the OR
> coast, it may be years until the translators go to digital as the 
> date
> is 2012. I have a Toshiba EDTV (30 inches widescreen that has a 
> built in
> digital tuner I bought a year ago. I get nothing on it so far. I 
> have
> satellite TV, Dish, 4DTV, DVB, Stat Choice (Canada), so the digital 
> TV
> converter box is really nothing I am excited about one way or 
> another,
> but I fiqured if I buy one for recording to a VCR, I should try and 
> find
> the best for the money. Since the Toshiba TV has the digital tuner, 
> I
> presume it will work when the time comes. Who knows digital TV skip 
> may
> be possible here. Not really interested in HDTV. There is not enough 
> out
> there as yet for the added cost. I read tonight about the Zenith &
> Insignia converter boxes on another list and those seem to be the
> favorites with weak signal reception. If I lived in a city, it would 
> be
> different, but out here, I will stick with SD TV for the time 
> being,
> 
> 73,
> 
> Patrick
> 
> Patrick Martin
> KGED QSL Manager
> 
> 
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