Thinking about HD receiver for analog TV

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I live north of San Francisco 50 miles. I receive a dozen analog
channels with my antenna. However, I do pick up some noise in the
picture, depending on the day and time. I was wondering if I hooked up
a HDTV receiver to receive those channels that are broadcasting in HD
would I eliminate the noise that the analog receiver pickups or would it
still be there in HD?

Dennis

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In article <ln2yc.16199$Fo4.211786@typhoon.sonic.net>,
Dennis Hagemann <dennish@sonic.net> wrote:

> I live north of San Francisco 50 miles. I receive a dozen analog
> channels with my antenna. However, I do pick up some noise in the
> picture, depending on the day and time. I was wondering if I hooked up
> a HDTV receiver to receive those channels that are broadcasting in HD
> would I eliminate the noise that the analog receiver pickups or would it
> still be there in HD?

Your picture will be pretty much either crystal clear or non-existant,
depending on the signal strength. But if you get that many analog
channels already, you should probably get an HD box _now_. The loss of
ghosting alone will be worth it. The only thing that keeps me from
getting better reception is stations broadcasting at partial (or even
infinitesimal) power levels. The two stations here (PBS and NBC)
broadcasting at full power come in with zero problems.

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Dennis Mayer wrote:
>
> Dennis Hagemann wrote:
>
>>I live north of San Francisco 50 miles. I receive a dozen analog
>>channels with my antenna. However, I do pick up some noise in the
>>picture, depending on the day and time. I was wondering if I hooked up
>>a HDTV receiver to receive those channels that are broadcasting in HD
>>would I eliminate the noise that the analog receiver pickups or would it
>>still be there in HD?
>>
>>Dennis
>
>
>
> Dennis:
>
> Noise for HDTV does NOT show up as snow nor ghosts......
>
> HDTV noise/weak digital signal can possibly show up as:
>
> Perfect Picture
> Picture Freeze up
> Picture Pixelation (colored blocked squares)
> No picture (white screen)
>
> Remember most HDTV is in the UHF band and requires
> a Yagi, 4 bay bow tie, or UHF/VHF Combo antenna.

It's not snow or ghosts that I am hope to get rid of. My signal is
plenty strong. It's sparkles shooting across the screen. I get them
mostly in the afternoon. I think they are coming from sources between
me and the broadcast antenna. They appear on channels below 7.
Channels 7 through 44, for me, comes in just as good as my Dish.

Any suggestions on HDTV receiver manufactures to purchase?

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Richard C. wrote:
>> It should be much cleaner if you have a good signal. If you don't
>> have an HD ready set , though, wouldn't you see the anamorphic image
>> on your 4:3 set?
>>
> =====================
> You will see a letterboxed 16:9 picture if you set it up correct.

What would the setup be, just out of curiousity?

--
David G.