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In Reply to: RE: adventures with a cheap DTV box posted by tunenut on June 01, 2008 at 17:47:51
I experienced some of the same reception issues/problems when I hooked up a convertor box at my dad's a couple of weeks ago. (See my post below.) He has an old combo rabbit ears VHF and loop UHF antenna, with separate leads for each. Not knowing any better, I hooked up both leads to the box (via an adapter). Reception was pretty good, but some stations were iffy/nonexistent at best. My dad later fiddled with the antenna leads and ended up disconnecting the VHF lead, leaving the UHF lead connected to the box. Voila--reception is now near-flawless, and my dad's a happy camper.
Russell
Follow Ups:
Well, before I read your post, I suspected that I could change the aspect ratio with this Zenith. Now that you've pointed me to the Zoom button, the aspect ration problems are solved.This has been a big step in the right direction. Depending on the broadcast itself, I can watch letterbox or full screen and the things that are supposed to be full screen are now really full screen.
The digital picture is really very nice. I am preferring it to analog, when available.
The rub remains reception. I have to mess with the antenna to pick up about half the channels. One channel barely comes in at all, unless I put the antenna up against a window, and even then it is marginal.
I tried your suggestion- no help. I've been hoping to hit a sweet spot, but after a lot of messing around, I am realizing the sweet spot varies with each channel. So today I plan to try an amplified antenna and see if that gets me there.
Once an antenna is reliably working, my own personal DTV conversion will be accomplished.
It's not all that easy. I can see a lot of dismayed people next February.
Later update: I found a Philips amplified antenna for $40 at Circuit City, checked the web, found out it is $30 at Walmart. I drove over and picked it up. Very carefully opened it, so that I could repack it and take it back. I did not expect much.
However, the amplification has brought me to an almost fully acceptable state. I am using the full 50 dB. I am reliably picking up all but 2 stations now, and I consider them both minor and unimportant. The other 2 stations seem to be watchable with careful antenna adjustment, but then I lose the fully stable configuration on everything else. So I am pretty much there.
Indoor antennas are very specific to location, but for the record, this is the Philips MAT510.
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