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Las Vegas Dave
aren’t you over due for bed?
i just woke up to take a leak and found myself on my ‘puter.
Trials/Tribs update — I’ve tried two different set-top aerials, both amplified. The RCA one worked okay on the older set (this was out in the country) and not so well on the newer set, but I understand that most of the broadcast towers are north of there and the newer set is on the south side of the house. I got a Terk TV5 for my set here, and the Insignia converter box found more dtv stations, but not one, not one, will come in with sound, and all are in black and white. I’d not watched broadcast TV in a long while (at home), and in fact hadn’t been able to (no reception), but the TV5 worked for the analog broadcasts, worked very well in fact.
My guess is that it’s analogous to feng shui — the locations and orientations of buildings, hills, etc, as well as the structure of the house itself, has an impact on performance, thus the wild variation of experience with any given model. Seems to me the best approach would be to buy a different make/model, each in a different store, trying each one out, and taking back all but the one that worked best. :’)
Good info Dave... Thanks for the Ping!