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Yeah, that quote jumped out at me as well. Last summer I helped my dad tune the TV at our summer house, and it's so much easier with a digital receiver since th
by henrikschroder 17y ago
Yeah, that quote jumped out at me as well. Last summer I helped my dad tune the TV at our summer house, and it's so much easier with a digital receiver since they all can display a nice little diagnostic screen where they show the exact signal strength and quality. Makes it a lot easier to figure out where you should place the antenna and in which direction you should point it. And as long as the signal quality is over a certain threshold, you get a perfect picture.
...as compared to the old analog times when you did the same by trying to decide which picture looked better, and when every tiny drop in signal quality made the picture deteriorate.
Yeah, them digital airwaves sure aren't as forgiving.
- joeyo 17y agoThe problem is if the signal you are receiving is near that threshold. Many people would probably prefer some periodic mild fuzz to artifacts and stuttering video every few minutes.
- misterbwong 17y agoExactly. My parents live in a borderline neighborhood and they'd take static-y channels over nothing/stuttering any day of the week. I'm going to side with Darryl from Time Warner on this one.
- whatusername 17y agoAnother vote for people on the borderline. When the digital signal works - it's great. When it doesn't - it's not there at all. When Analogue works -- I can still kinda see there's a football game going on behind the blizzard.