On Thu, 06 Mar 2008 04:17:18 GMT, aemeijers wrote:



My coupons showed up yesterday, and I ended up buying the Wally World
Magnavox-branded ones as well. For ten bucks each, plus tax, I'm happy.
I had similar problems losing the lowest channel, 3 around here. But I
have a year to figure it out- probably replace the weather-beaten
missing-elements roof antenna. If your TV has aux inputs, just split the
incoming antenna wire, and feed the signal that way. That is what I did
on bedroom TV. On living room TV, I have multiple sources anyway, and
just fed the converter into the mechanical switch box.
Best Buy only had Insignia brand, for 20 bucks over the coupon, in a big
clunky box. Since their sales droid ****ed me off as usual, I decided to
go across the street, and saved 10 bucks a unit besides, for a smaller
better looking box. (Yeah, I know, they all probably come from the same
factory in China and have identical guts.)

Well they couldn't be exactly the same since some have analog
pass-through, and some have some sort of built-in tvguide, and there
may be other options.... well come to think of it they might all have
the same chip but only use some of the outputs.

Thanks Jim for the original post. I've been wondering about this.
They talked on C-span about analog pass-through as something only
people watching those local and relay channels would use, and didn't
say a thing about the year hetween now and then. I'm in Baltimore and
can receive most of the DC stations now. I'm not sure I'll be able to
on digital. I guess because WAMU radio says that its digital signal
is onlyh about 1/10th the strength of it's analog signal. I know
that's radio, but I think the reason they do it is the same, that one
doesn't need such a strong signal with digital. Is that true for tv
too? Becaus it will leave people in the fringe area with no
reception. Is i

aem sends...