Re: Is all current television equipment becoming worthless?


"Beachcomber" <not_real@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
>
> That is, if you can pick up at least 50% of the available signal at
> your location with your antenna, assuming all else is well, you will
> get a "perfect" picture. No ghosts... No reflections... No Snow. It
> is a video bitstream just like your Direct TV or DISH Network system.

> Digital is better. Digital is the future.

Last year I was looking at TV. No way was I going to spend big bucks on
digital because I could get a nice 36" for about $400 loaded with features.
So, there I was, standing in the store in front of my chosen 36" and a 34"
HDTV for $1300.
Side by side, it kept looking back and forth. $400 versus a whole bunch of
money. Yeas, the picture was nice, but wow, the cost was just too much. I
kept looking, comparing, thinking about he big price difference. Suddenly,
I knew that six month later I'd be wishing I bought the HDTV. I did and have
not regretted it.

I bought a 34",(16:9 ratio) the largest I could get with a CRT. I did not
care for the quality of the projection screens as much, plasma was way too
high. Sucker weighs 185 pounds, but that is another story getting it on the
stand and later the oak stand I built (see my web page under woodworking)

As for signal, we have a problem with one station at time. The cable
company received the signal over the air from a local broadcast station. As
someone mentioned, the picture freezes at times. It may last half a second,
it may last 10 seconds. Then it will not happen again for days. Cable
company says it is due to the way they receive that signal compared to the
others on satellite.
--
Ed
http://pages.cthome.net/edhome/


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