[BC] Insignia Digital Portable

[Rich Wood]

------ At 12:13 PM 7/16/2009, Sid Schweiger wrote: -------

>"I'm curious. Barry asked for comments on the new Insignia portable
>receiver.  Doesn't anyone have one or has the digital system lost its allure?"
>
>Kirk Harnack's review is on YouTube.

I saw it. What I'm interested in is its performance, particularly in 
normally difficult areas. On other lists I get the cheerleader 
stories from people with Class C stations with high towers and not a 
hill in sight. Specifically Houston and Rochester where transmitting 
sites actually cover the entire metro.

I find those stories more like puff releases. I was listening to a 
station yesterday with the radio in my pocket, a very strong signal 
and the antenna fully unravelled. If I turned in the chair I lost 
digital. When I moved back it came back.

Is New England such a terribly unique area that these problems only 
happen here?

Rich