Text 63643, 52 rader
Skriven 2010-12-21 08:11:00 av TOM WALKER (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av ALLEN SCOFIELD
Ärende: Re: (Isolation) Splitter
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AS>Many of today's TV's have dual cable inputs, one for CATV and another for
AS>ANTENNA.
AS>I know mine does (Samsung 47") and it's 5 yrs old now. I just choose the sig
AS>source I want to use, CATV or Antenna.

Intersting. I haven't bought a TV set in about 20 years, My 19" sony CRT
set is stil going strong, and it has only One RF input. It does have 2
composive Video/Audio though

AS>Also, "HD antennas" are not any different than regular OTA UHF antennas. TV
AS>stations
AS>are broadcasting the digital signal on UHF instead of VHF so the regular UHF
AS>antenna
AS>you (may have) already had would've worked just fine. Don't let a sales
AS>boy/girl at any
AS>of the electronic stores tell you that you need an HD antenna to get HD
AS>programming.
AS>It's all BS just to sell you something you don't need.  What you MAY need is
AS>antenna
AS>mounted signal amp to boost the signal coming down the line to your TV set,
AS>that is IF
AS>the received signal is not very strong.

That BS about HD TV Antennas really upsets me!!  That is Scum Bag
Salesmanship at it's WORST

I tried to get Off the air signals and dumped about $250 into Antennas,
an 8 Bay Bowtie and a Long Stick UHF, plus a mast mounted amplifier and
NO go. All the UHF Stations are on a Hill South of me but I am behind a
hill and just could not get a satisfactory signal. I should have
sis[pected that before spending the money because there were two
UHF analog stations I could not get satisfactory reception and one
that was marginal but wathhable. There are Two stations that decided to
retain their VHF Channels for their Digital transmissions and and shut
down their temporary UHF assignment they were assigned for the
setup/cutover period. They could be recieved because they were west of
me and hhe hills were lower. but I decided I cold not live with only Two
Channels

AS>My local CATV company gets the digital signal from the OTA stations and
AS>downcoverts it to
AS>analog for sending down the line. I could get a decoder box IF I wanted to p
AS>the extra
AS>to get HD programming, which I do not ;)

I am with you and see nothing for me in the Digital Channels but like it
or not even the cable companies are going to go 100% digital in a couple
of years or so.

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