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- How to keep DTV from going astray Reclaim the Media
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... In this interview with TVNewsday, Sgrignoli talks about what broadcasters -- and viewers -- need to do to make sure viewers can find the DTV signals and keep the pictures sharp and steady...
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... An edited transcript: I have been hearing lately that the DTV signal is not everything that it should be, that the reception is poor even in areas where the field strength meters are saying it should be strong...
... Now we've quietly heard that there are certain areas where they're questioning whether high-VHF signals are being received properly...
... Also, getting the signal indoors sometimes is a problem with high-VHF, if the only decent path to the inside is through the windows, which typically are not large enough for these high-VHF signals to pass through easily...
... Of course, it's worse for low-VHF signals, but there are only roughly 40 stations in the whole country that are going to end up in that band...
... The broadcasters are pretty much sending out a decent VSB signal in terms of signal quality...
... They've learned to do linear and nonlinear pre-correction, which means to make the signal as pristine as possible before it's sent up the transmission line to the antenna...
... Since you're using the channel much more efficiently, you have to be more careful about the creation of the 8-VSB signal and its transmission...
... The equipment is there to do what is necessary to create this pristine signal...
... The reason it's being focused on now is because we've had a third of the stations turn off their analog signal and station management realizes that digital is all they've got now...
... So, obviously, they want viewers to have a good experience with their free, over-the-air signal...
... What are you learning about how they affect the signal...
... What we're finding out is that interference from multiple different signals is still an unknown at this point... - Digital TV Transition delayed until June.
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... However, if other TV sets in the house are not connected to cable and they receive their signals with an antenna, each of these sets will need a digital TV converter box...
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... Q: Will my current television still work with off-air signals after June 12, 2009...
... " February 18, 2009 at 2:26 pm what about the stations that turn off their analog signals and refuse to transmit a digital signal...
... if you stay in savannah georgia then you won't be able to watch PBS over the air because they turned off their analog signal and now they are not broadcasting any digital signals...
... they used to transmit a very weak digital signal when they were transmitting an analog signal but after turning off their analog signal they also turned off their weak digital signal... - DTV converter boxes aplenty, but good luck finding an antenna Wireless
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... TV signals and started broadcasting only in digital, but she still found herself in a Best Buy store on the DTV deadline day, Friday, buying the last amplified digital antenna on the store shelf...
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... Meanwhile, using a new TV antenna with a built-in signal amplifier attached to her digital ready flat-screen TV, she was able to get all the regular channels, plus two extra channels...
... You really do need an antenna to receive digital signals," he said...
... They may be able to use the existing antenna they had used to get analog TV signals...
... Now that broadcasters are only transmitting in digital, it's important to have an antenna that supports both VHF and UHF, since many digital signals are now being broadcast in UHF frequencies...
... Still, Wigfield recommends that consumers check out the FCC Website and use a tool that allows people to put in their address and ZIP code to see where their local station transmitters are located and what kind of signal they can expect to get...
... And he says he has spent hours testing and figuring out which solution works best for getting digital TV signals in his Astoria, Queens, apartment...
... If you're still unable to get a signal, try a new antenna... - VIDEO: TV switch postponed
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... VIDEO: TV switch postponed That’s the current deadline for analog signals to be eliminated by broadcast stations and to be replaced with digital signals...
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... DTV signals run mostly on the Ultra High Frequency, or UHF, band...
... " This phenomena is when the digital TV signal is received fully or not at all...
... In the analog days, if you had a poor signal, you’d get a fuzzy picture," Clauser said...
... Clauser said it will be especially hard for those who are non-native to the United States and cannot speak English because they may not understand all the changes that will happen in June... - The New DTV Delay Act - What They Forgot to Tell You
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... Older analog antennas are not designed to pick up the digital or HD signals...
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... An HD broadcast is a lot of data to be sending over a network that used to only send lesser analog data, but instead of building more infrastructure to be able to send consumers the real thing, the signal is crunched and compressed...
... This has begun to upset those that have purchased a big screen HDTV or plasma screen who want what they're paying for every month: real 1080i HDTV signals...
... The placement and style of antenna affects how far away you can pick up a signal, but some can pick up as far as 100 miles away...
... Almost everyone has experienced the cable going out before, especially in the middle of severe weather, but the antenna will almost always pick up a signal... - Mitsubishi LT-46148 LCD HDTV - On the Test Bench
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... Unfortunately the same goes for YPbPr 16-235 yet with that video signal black is 16 so it could if designed to do so...
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... Bottom line, no below black signals will pass...
... DVI RGB versus HDMI YPbPr Video Levels Typically any DVI input will be setup for RGB at the source and this display is designed specifically for DVI PC video levels, 0-255 when ever any digital RGB video signal is used...
... According to the manual you must name the HDMI input you are using for your computer, PC, "It is important to use the name PC so that the TV can process the video signal correctly"...
... The controls we are looking for are in there somewhere but Mitsubishi, as usual for many years now, has decided to lock them out... - Pioneer Elite VSX-94TXH 7.1 Channel A V Receiver
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... Although there is no sound quality difference between having Dolby True HD or DTS Master Audio decoded on a receiver it was still nice to see "True HD" or "DTS Master Audio" light up in the receiver's display...
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... However, with my Blu Ray Player, the only way to hear DTS Master Audio is to have the receiver decode it...
... Nor would it upconvert a signal coming in over the HDMI inputs...
... As far as switching goes, the player passed the signal through to the TV unaltered...
... We were a bit disappointed that the receiver would not scale a 1080i or 720p signal to 1080p and that we couldn't find a way to get our 480i signal via HDMI to scale to 1080p... - HD Advisor v5.0
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... I've read in the Instruction Manual and have noticed myself that the HDMI inputs accept 1080i and 1080p signals...
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... Even if the set will accept input signals from higher or lower resolutions, it automatically scales everything to its native resolution before anything shows up on your screen...
... If you want to watch a 1080i HD broadcast or a 1080p Blu-ray on your TV, those signals will need to be scaled to 720p first...
... From what I understand, this is a hardware limitation in the HDMI transmitter used in the console, and cannot be changed with a software update...
... However, according to the specs I looked up, the Sony BDP-S350 will "bitstream" the high-res audio formats...
... The other method to get full high-res sound quality is to let the player decode the audio internally...
... If you're sending a native audio bitstream and letting the receiver decode, that's where you'll turn on DRC... - Watching DTV With a Converter Box
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... Watching DTV With a Converter Box Remember, you'll need to get a converter box for each analog TV in your home that receives over-the-air signals...
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... Even with this new set up, remember that you are still getting your signal from an antenna...
... But you do NOT need to purchase a special DTV or HDTV antenna to receive DTV signals...
... You may, however, need to adjust where your antenna is pointing to get the best signal... - Watching DTV With a Converter Box
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... Watching DTV With a Converter Box Remember, you'll need to get a converter box for each analog TV in your home that receives over-the-air signals...
More: http://www.bestchoicehdtv.com/post_1235556009.html
... Even with this new set up, remember that you are still getting your signal from an antenna...
... But you do NOT need to purchase a special DTV or HDTV antenna to receive DTV signals...
... You may, however, need to adjust where your antenna is pointing to get the best signal...