Having issues converting over to digital TV. My father "volunteered" my services to a few of his friends, all serious seniors, Detroit market, As an elecronic wizard (my dad's words) I should be able to make anything with wires work well.
Most converter boxes I tried took forever to scan, channels missing, analog TV worked great. Most of the seniors already had their "free" box, obtained with the converter box coupon. Only boxes I have found so far that seem to work very well are the DigitalStream & Zenith pass thru boxes, scan quickly, best picture on rabbit ears. Cost more, but worth the price. Below is a message from another user group, also detailing the frustration in switching over to digital. CJD --- In l...@yahoogroups.com, BB <beazer...@...> wrote: > > I went out to the home of an elderly couple having problem hooking up their converter boxes. When I arrived, the man had set up the boxes correctly. His problem - he was missing half of the stations he had before! I ran the scan about 10 times. Each time it found different stations. But very few of the UHF channels from Phx. > > According to www.antennaweb.org - he should be able to get them all - plus some of the Tucson stations. He's getting the Tucson ones that are 70 miles away, but not the Phoenix ones that are 30 miles away. He's using an indoor set top antenna, the kind with the built in amplifier. We tried different settings without much change. > > Weather conditions at the time - rain. I've noticed at my house when it rains, some channels have severe pixelation. > > With the converter turned off, he gets all the Phoenix stations analog signals just fine on that indoor antenna. But going through the converter, he's missing a few of the incidental ones...ABC, UPN...ION. > > Needless to say, he isn't too happy. It looks like unless we can come up with a better option - he needs to call DISH. If Congress wants to talk to an average consumer about what they think of digital television - he'd give them an earful! > Any ideas? > Bea Lueck
