great digital tuner?

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mikeeee wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> Just wanted anyones opinion on the samsung SIR-T451 model. Has this
> model been pretty reliable? or should I wait for the 5th gen to become
> available? Or will it really make much of a difference? Thanks in
> advance for any input!


I just received my Samsung T-451 4 days ago from One Call
($250+ship).

The Tuner's best feature is that it locks in on my local
Full Power ABC-HD Chan 23 instantly instead of 20 sec later...
The other local 6 Digital OTA Chans (5 HD & 1 SD) Chan lock in
just a hair faster on T-451 than on my Year+ old Sammy T-151....

The Remote for a T-151 or T-451 look different by run either Tuner.

The T-451 is smaller, lighter, & has less heat... Silver Case...

The T-451 has a slightly annoying Chan Display that is too bright.
Display also says HDTV for both HD & SD OTA reception lock.

The T-451 also scans QAM Cable Channels in 3 modes....
Chan 1 thru 125.. including a lot of Sub Channels....

I'm not sure that it found all the unencripted Cable Chans???

451 also adds a HDMI Cable out port on the back. T-451 Has 1080i,
720p, 480p, & 480i component Video switch... Same at T-151..

It's menus are identical to T-151 except the T-451 has nicer text.

I seem to believe there is little or no Audio Drop on T-451...
and since it locks OTA quicker... It's a better unit.

It does have the same quirk as T-151 in deselecting some Favorite
Digital channels frequently... but does not delete 'em...

And lastly it has a slightly improved Chan Signal Strength meter
using 10 bars on T-451 & 9 bars on the T-151 for full signal...

As a experiment... I may buy the Walmart Gen 5 tuner IF I have
any issue with trucks driving by my home causing pixelation.
My CM 3021 antenna 4 bay bow tie hangs from the TV room plant
and 'passes thru the brick wall' on the Tower side of the
house.