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"Fred600600" <Fred600600@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> With respect, this isn't always the case... a lot of stations either
>
> a) broadcast a digital signal, but NOT the HD feed
That's a good point, Fred. Actually, from the stations in my area I've
seen all the following:
The Good Old Analogue 480i channel
Digital channels broadcasting 480i = SD
Digital channels broadcasting 720p or 1080i (= HD), but with SD source
material
Digital channels broadcasting HD with HD source material.
Only the last is true HD, but happily, every Digital channel looks better
than its
Analogue conterpart. Digital channels have no snow or reflections, and
contrast
and color saturation are much better.
>
> or
>
> b) broadcast a very low power signal which is much harder to receive
>
> I live in a 250k pop. city and am 7 miles from the towers and pick the
> stations up at only 15-20%... and FOX won't broadcast HD for 2 to 3
> years
Sounds like you need to work on your antenna or distribution.
I live near Aurora, IL, so most of my stations are 30 to 40 miles away in
Chicago. I can't pick up the CBS affiliate (Channel 2/2-1) at all. But
I do get 5-1 (NBC HD), 5-2 (SD weather), 7-1 (ABC HD), 7-2 (SD ABC News),
7-3 (SD weather radar), 9-1 (WGN HD), 9-2 (WGN HD Spanish), 11-1 (PBS HD),
11-2 (PBS SD - different from 11-1), 20-1 (PBS SD), 1-2 (CH23 SD), 1-1 (CH26
SD),
32-1 (FOX HD), 42-2 (PAX 38 SD), 42-3, 42-4, 42-5, 42-6, 42-7 (all
different, alternate
PAX 38 SD channels), 44-1 (Spanish SD), 46-1(?) (Another religious SD),
50-1 (UPN HD), 60-1 (Spanish SD), 66-3 (Spanish SD). And I may
have forgotten something in the 50's. Luckily, all the stations I get are
pretty
much in the same direction.
My antenna is one of those big 50+ element out door jobs, mounted in my
attic
(so I can't turn it to pick up the other 6 or 8 stations within range).
I've got an
inline amp on the antenna which feeds into an amplified splitter. One
branch goes
to the master bedroom, and the other goes to the family room. In the family
room I
use another amplified splitter to give me four signals: TV, VCR, FM Radio,
basement
TV.
Based on the signal meters in my Panasonic plasma TV, most of the signals
are
above 80%. 20-1 is a weaker station, in the 60-70% range. 1-1 and 1-2 are
poor,
only around 30%. It looks as though my TV doesn't try to display anything
below
25%. 30% is about the limit for watching. If the signal strength is below
30%, I
get drop outs. Analogue 5, 7, and sometimes 9, are snowy messes. 23 is
completely
unwatchable. Except for 1-1 and 1-2, every digital channel is perfect; and
the HD
channels are stunning (with HD content). Even 1-1 and 1-2 (that unwatchable
23),
are perfect when there isn't a drop out.
>
> Also, if you live in a forest you're going to have a tough time...
Large buildings and water towers are really bad, too.
....
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