Re: HD Antenna Question

On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 07:50:44 +0000 (UTC), nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(Alan) wrote:

>In article <fsttt15l00436gmto3imgqtn7tar4ig939@xxxxxxx> Phil R. <screenname@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>How does one HD TV, using an OTA antenna, work in one room and a
>>seperate TV/antenna not work in another room? I use indoor antennas:
>>Jensen & RCA.
>>
>>I just recently bought a Phillips LCD HD ready set for the bedroom,
>>but it's having problems capturing any OTA signals and keeping them.
>>
>>I would run the channel search feature on my TV, and it would find 41
>>OTA digital channels, and the next time I turn on the TV, they're
>>gone.
>>
>>My living room HDTV has no problems with it's OTA HD channels.
>>
>>It doesn't seem to matter which antenna I use in the bedroom, it still
>>has problems.
>>
>>I'm not sure if my landlord allows any rooftop antennas, so if that is
>>my only solution, I'll have to ask.
>>
>>I'm just confused as why one antenna works in one room and not the
>>other. I mean, it works and it doesn't.
>>
>>Thanks.
>>
>>--Phil
>>
>>
>
>
> Blockage from the walls of the building, things in the building,
>diffraction around those blockages and through windows, reflections
>from things moving and stationary in the building, etc.
>
> Rooftop antenna. Get those channels stable. Stop getting
>reflections from where you are standing in the room.
>
> Alan

Thanks, Alan.

--Phil
.

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