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Skriven 2009-07-16 07:43:00 av TOM WALKER (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av AUGUST ABOLINS
Ärende: digital tv
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AA> CS> I purchased one of those "coupon" converter boxes for the church
AA> CS> fellowship room. (no cable)  At the same time I opted for a new digital
AA> CS> reception indoor antenna at Radio Shack for $19.95.

AA>What product # is the antenna.   My understanding is that a regular aerial
AA>antenna should still be adequate (I have a 40' tower with a MasterChannel
AA>VHF/UHF model on top), and all I would need is the converter.

If it is not too old and degraded it should be fine. Most of the Digital
Antenna hype is just a sucker play to fleece the unaware out of money.
IF you have excelent Ovesr the Air reception now most likely your
digital Converted reception wil be hte same. Now for those with
borderline reception they will have problems as Transmitter power being
equal the Digital signal has a smaller coverage area.


AA> CS> Surprisingly, the reception is real clear and we have more than doubled
AA> CS> the channels we can receive...

AA>That's amazing. The only clear channel I get now is analog, and most of the
AA>time it's a bit ghosty - that is there is an extra prominent line on one sid
AA>but sometimes you have to look hard to notice it. My understanding is that t
AA>ghosting occurs from a "bounce" off the steel roof.   It would be treat to
AA>witness a clear digital picture in my life.


From that statement I would guess you are NOT a candidate for a
digital converter. IF you have any ghosting on your current analog
signals you will NOT get a watchable Digital Picture on that channel.
And I say that from my own personnal experience with the conversion
here.

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