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Which is the best OTA receiver available at present, money being no
option? My Samsung SIR-T165 which was always finicky to begin with,
just quit working alltogether after 1 year, and I need to replace it. I
would be very skeptical of another Samsung product.

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I have a Samsung SIR-T451 reciever for a month and is behaving pretty good.
Got it from Circuit City for $250 with $50 mail-in-rebate.

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> Which is the best OTA receiver available at present, money being no
> option? My Samsung SIR-T165 which was always finicky to begin with,
> just quit working alltogether after 1 year, and I need to replace it. I
> would be very skeptical of another Samsung product.

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I have the same receiver and have had no problems (24 months or so). If it
went dead and I needed a new one I'd wait for the 5th generation devices.
Hopefully they will be out soon.

Jeff

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> Which is the best OTA receiver available at present, money being no
> option? My Samsung SIR-T165 which was always finicky to begin with, just
> quit working alltogether after 1 year, and I need to replace it. I would
> be very skeptical of another Samsung product.

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Jeff Kingsley wrote:
> I have the same receiver and have had no problems (24 months or so). If it
> went dead and I needed a new one I'd wait for the 5th generation devices.
> Hopefully they will be out soon.

Why would you wait? Do you have a substantial multipath problem that
your current receiver can't handle?

Matthew

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"joe shmoe" <joe@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Which is the best OTA receiver available at present, money being no
> option? My Samsung SIR-T165 which was always finicky to begin with, just
> quit working alltogether after 1 year, and I need to replace it. I would
> be very skeptical of another Samsung product.

I've had a Pro Brand HD3150 ($230) from Circuit City for a couple weeks and
am pleased with it. It doesn't have DVI, but that wasn't critical for me.

- Chuck

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In article <8kACd.22689$jn.2091@lakeread06>, joe shmoe <joe@aol.com>
wrote:

> Which is the best OTA receiver available at present, money being no
> option? My Samsung SIR-T165 which was always finicky to begin with,
> just quit working alltogether after 1 year, and I need to replace it. I
> would be very skeptical of another Samsung product.

LG LST-4200A, period.

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On 5 Jan 2005 19:05:05 -0600, Otto Pylot <otto@bogus.address.invalid>
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>In article <8kACd.22689$jn.2091@lakeread06>, joe shmoe <joe@aol.com>
>wrote:
>
>> Which is the best OTA receiver available at present,

>LG LST-4200A, period.

Isn't a fifth generation due any day now?

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What is the benefit of these?

I'd wait for the 5th generation devices.
>

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Otto Pylot wrote:
> In article <8kACd.22689$jn.2091@lakeread06>, joe shmoe <joe@aol.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>>Which is the best OTA receiver available at present, money being no
>>option? My Samsung SIR-T165 which was always finicky to begin with,
>>just quit working alltogether after 1 year, and I need to replace it. I
>>would be very skeptical of another Samsung product.
>
>
> LG LST-4200A, period.
>
Yeah, thanks. That's what I've been looking at. Do you know, is the
LST-3510A the same tuner, but with the bundled progressive scan DVD
player that upconverts to HD, or is it an older tuner?

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Me wrote:
>
> What is the benefit of these?
>
> I'd wait for the 5th generation devices.
> >

The addition of better Multi Path Digital TV reception..

Under Multi-Path 'reflective' Digital TV reception....

The Tuner/Receiver software is improved to

both discover the Multi Path problem....

and possibly make the 'phased' signals stronger

by 'proper' addition.... Rather than ignore

the Digital TV channel as weak or distant....

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In article <m28pt0ddicti6a9ofs7d2kr4el9pm7tkrh@4ax.com>, 888888
<Youknowitsfake@8.vom> wrote:

> On 5 Jan 2005 19:05:05 -0600, Otto Pylot <otto@bogus.address.invalid>
> wrote:
>
> >In article <8kACd.22689$jn.2091@lakeread06>, joe shmoe <joe@aol.com>
> >wrote:
> >
> >> Which is the best OTA receiver available at present,
>
> >LG LST-4200A, period.
>
> Isn't a fifth generation due any day now?
>
>
Probably by mid-year. A lot of folks are getting by quite nicely with
the 4th gen chipsets already.

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In article <dl9pt099mjbr8g8ji7jsgvka7o2dk4o6hn@4ax.com>, Me
<Pkevinf@hotmail.com> wrote:

> What is the benefit of these?
>
> I'd wait for the 5th generation devices.
> >

Only if you need it. Mine is 4th gen and the reception is perfect.
Again, your geographical location to the source is critical.

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In article <JX1Dd.23114$jn.11957@lakeread06>, joe shmoe <joe@aol.com>
wrote:

> Otto Pylot wrote:
> > In article <8kACd.22689$jn.2091@lakeread06>, joe shmoe <joe@aol.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Which is the best OTA receiver available at present, money being no
> >>option? My Samsung SIR-T165 which was always finicky to begin with,
> >>just quit working alltogether after 1 year, and I need to replace it. I
> >>would be very skeptical of another Samsung product.
> >
> >
> > LG LST-4200A, period.
> >
> Yeah, thanks. That's what I've been looking at. Do you know, is the
> LST-3510A the same tuner, but with the bundled progressive scan DVD
> player that upconverts to HD, or is it an older tuner?

I'm not sure. I've heard that the ATSC tuner in the 4200 is better but
I have no first hand knowledge of that.

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