[BC] Subsidy For Digital TV?

[Robert Meuser]

You bought your set too soon. You need the 5th generation chip set, 
which I assume will be in the converter boxes. There are others around 
here who had similar problems to yours and went away after they upgraded.

R


Rich Wood wrote:

> ------ At 02:24 PM 10/21/2005, Robert Meuser wrote: -------
>
>> why a windfall for cable????? Cable is already delivering a down 
>> convert for no extra cost. In short time all the set top boxes will 
>> be HD. In NYC, a second hoook up is only $6.95. Off air converters 
>> will cost under $99 and they will make a drastic improvement.
>>
>> I just did an experiment with off air reception with indoor rabbit 
>> ears. I have no direct line of site to any TV transmitters. Analog 
>> was as expected, ghosty and noisy on 2 4 and 5. Ghosty and slightly 
>> unstable on channel 7 through 68. In digital, PERFECT - like glass. 
>> In fact it is better quality than the cable company delivers.
>
>
> You're fortunate. I use much larger outdoor antennas and can receive 
> only a few off air signals. The signals are spotty. One day perfect 
> the next pixellated. They are better quality. The local cable system 
> sucks and doesn't carry local channels in HD.
>
>> I think these boxes will be hot new items just because they so 
>> greatly improve the picture on those 3rd and 4 th sets that are not 
>> on cable.
>> People will wonder why it took so long.
>
>
> I just wonder how many people who aren't on cable will install 
> antennas. I started with the unamplified Terk and got one station 
> whose tower I could see. The rest, nothing. I even bought the big 
> amplified Terk. Nothing.
>
> Rich
>
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