| I'm confused m'self So I just have regular plain jane cable going directly into my TV (it's a 2004 Panasonic Projection TV)...is this digital crap going to affect me? Or only if I want to watch terrestrial TV with the old rabbit ears (rather, newer HD capable ones)? |
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Waterbury, CT | said by lt_wentoncha:So I just have regular plain jane cable going directly into my TV (it's a 2004 Panasonic Projection TV)...is this digital crap going to affect me? Or only if I want to watch terrestrial TV with the old rabbit ears (rather, newer HD capable ones)? It's only for over the air broadcasts PROVIDED your cable company doesn't switch to all digital.
Which, just might happen anyway.
There's certainly incentive for them to do so. Higher fees..frees up lots of bandwidth for their hdtv plans..
more control over customer tiers of service.
We'll see I guess.
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said by lt_wentoncha:Or only if I want to watch terrestrial TV with the old rabbit ears (rather, newer HD capable ones)? Your current rabbit ears are fine. An antenna is an antenna.
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Smithfield, NC | Yes, what many people don't know is that the new ATSC digital signal is using the same VHF/UHF channels as the old NTSC (mostly UHF because those were the empty ones available to use). The receiver converts the numbers to keep them the same as they traditionally were even though they're actually coming in on a different, new channel.
Rabbit ears should be good up to about 15-20 miles for the new digital signals, and a decent outside antenna 25 ft high will pull in a clear signal up to about 60 miles over relatively flat terrain. Fringe signals much beyond that will break up annoyingly if they come in at all.
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said by lt_wentoncha:So I just have regular plain jane cable going directly into my TV (it's a 2004 Panasonic Projection TV)...is this digital crap going to affect me? Or only if I want to watch terrestrial TV with the old rabbit ears (rather, newer HD capable ones)? There is NO SUCH THING as HD capable antennas.
if you fell for these you got ripped off!
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| said by dvd536:said by lt_wentoncha:So I just have regular plain jane cable going directly into my TV (it's a 2004 Panasonic Projection TV)...is this digital crap going to affect me? Or only if I want to watch terrestrial TV with the old rabbit ears (rather, newer HD capable ones)? There is NO SUCH THING as HD capable antennas. if you fell for these you got ripped off! I was going to buy one but the tv tuner I got for my PC came with an antennae. Good to know!
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said by MrMoody:Rabbit ears should be good up to about 15-20 miles for the new digital signals, and a decent outside antenna 25 ft high will pull in a clear signal up to about 60 miles over relatively flat terrain. Fringe signals much beyond that will break up annoyingly if they come in at all. I'm about 15 miles from the transmitter, and can only pick up one watchable digital channel with an indoor antenna, and that one just broadcasts the local area weather forecasts.
I've been told that to get the new digital signals, I have to put up an outdoor antenna. Now, I can get a wonderful analog picture from a set of $2.00 rabbit ears I picked up at the dollar store.
It's too bad that the government is forcing everyone to downgrade to digital. The signal doesn't travel as far, forcing those in the analog fringe areas to get cable (if available) or satellite. |
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| If you can get perfect analog, my guess would be those stations are broadcasting digital yet, or are broadcasting their digital from a new location. I guess you can pray that they just aren't broadcasting yet, otherwise no more tv for you. |
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Cedar Rapids, IA | Could be the station is transmitting digital signals at a lower power level than analog, too. |
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MrMoodyFree range slavePremium
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Smithfield, NC | reply to Timmn
said by Timmn:I'm about 15 miles from the transmitter, and can only pick up one watchable digital channel with an indoor antenna, and that one just broadcasts the local area weather forecasts. All of the DTV signals in Chicago are transmitted from either the Hancock Tower or Sears Tower downtown. My map says Tinley Park is 23 miles from the Hancock tower. I don't know where the Chicago analog transmitters are, they may well not be in the same place. Several here aren't, the analog transmitters were spread around the area, but all the digital transmitters except PBS are on two towers right next to each other. One tower was constructed by WRAL specifically for digital and carries most of the area's channels.
See »www.hdtvmagazine.com/programming···cast.php for DTV transmitter locations; if you register and put in your location it will give distances and direction.
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