ATSC Tuners In HDTVs (see Samsung Poll)

[HydrogenCyanide]

Another reason one might want OTA while having sat or cable is for locals. I believe for the most part depending on whether you are sat or cable your network HD feeds come from either Boston or Detroit.

When you are a Bills fan and live right next to Buffalo, OTA is great for getting the local OTA HD that you would otherwise be unable to get.

[dsspredator]

I find WGRZ's new weather channel on 33.2 very informative.

And last weekend I had 5 different football games at 1 PM.

[morkys]

Can get this one from Radio Shack in the US:

HDTV Receiver with HDMI Output Jack
Brand: Accurian™
Catalog #: 16-3499
Model: HTS 6000

Anyone have experience with this one?

[stampeder]

Originally Posted by buritto

Does anyone have any experience with this tuner or the comapny?

http://humaxusa.com/products_HFA100.html

There are a few posts about Humax earlier in this thread. I don't know much about them myself so I'd be interested to see how people have done with them.

[tricky]

If you mean the program guide? when the station decides to transmit, it shows about 12 hrs.

[buritto]

Yes that's what I meant but I shuold have rephrased it. How long does it take to load the menu? My Sammy 160 takes too long.

[tricky]

Immediately I turn it on, the guide is there.

[buritto]

Good to know...thanks for the info.

[shak911]

ever since I picked up the 2 sammy451 from the US, back in april, I've been looking for an hdtv, so I saw this 28 sanyo at walmart, dual tuner widescreen for $650,
not bad since the cost of the atc tuner alone is close to $400, so I bought it,
only to take it back a week later, no it was fine...but they reduced(roll back) the 30" from $800 to $650, well it was worth the sore back this 30" inch is a much better tv, dig.comb filter, has PAP and hdmi input. I am looking forward to MNF game tonite, however I do miss the epg somewhat as these units do not have it, I also decided that I prefer the 720P format(abc and FOX) over the 1080i.

cheers

[stampeder]

Originally Posted by shak911

I saw this 28 sanyo at walmart, dual tuner widescreen for $650

Do they mean a dual ATSC tuner? That'd be nice.

[mjm70]

It really sucks that you just can't seem to be able to purchase an ATSC OTA Tuner in or around the Toronto area. You are left to either purchase on line or take the drive to Buffalo. (I don't know if the boat is still running to Rochester)

I am looking to get a second decoder so that I can get better reception upstairs by having the digital signal rather than just analog for the 2nd TV.

Has anyone purchased a decoder in the recent while. I am wondering if the prices have dropped much in the past year? I am not too sure what brand would be best to get. I'm more looking at price right now as I think DTV is still to much in it's infancy to throw down big bucks. Like the DVD players of years back. Now they all have the features of DVD players that 3 years ago cost 5-10x the price of what they are selling for now.

Any thoughts on what they go for now?

[Macros17]

Ebay, $60.

[stampeder]

Originally Posted by rbears

...its supposed to help eliminate multipath which the digital receivers can't handle too well.

Today's generation 4 and 5 ATSC tuners don't have the same multipath problems as the older tuners, but for what you are using that was a good idea.

[rbears]

Yes I've been in this game for awhile now, been waiting for a receiver
with the "casper chip" to be released. Seems it might never happen .
At least the U.S. exchange rate is way less now than when I bought the Samsung.

[stampeder]

I thought that chip was just hype. ATI and Motorola have demonstrated some great chips over the last year or so, and my LG is terrific even amidst tall cedars and firs on my property.

Well I'll be... look what I just found on Micronas's site about their DRX 3942H chip:

Advanced filtering techniques recombine some received ghost energy with the main signal resulting in superior ATSC receiver performance. Significant improvements are observed under strong and/or dynamic echoes in urban areas, in-door antenna, and with the so-called “bobbling effect” caused by swaying antennas and other structures.
...
The digital processing steps makes the DRX 3942H resistant against fading effects in multipath environments and ensures reliable sync recovery, even at a complete loss of the pilot carrier.

That sound's like the Casper Chip to me! Micronas bought out Linx, so I wouldn't doubt it: http://www.micronas.com/products/by_...ion/index.html