Re: OT: Tv tech question - ah-ha

2013-10-01 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 30/9/13, John, discombobulated, unleashed: Shouldn't need a signal booster for cable. Aha yes, cable. I assumed that she was referring to an original image pre-cable box. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --

Re: OT: Tv tech question - ah-ha

2013-10-01 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 30/9/13, Ann Sanfedele, discombobulated, unleashed: I got a new HD one .. and , jsut for good measure ... a nicely inexpensive HD TV 24 as large as I could tolerate.. Now I have the 24 in the main viewing area (my office) , the old sd set in the kitchen attached to the cable box with RCA

Re: OT: Tv tech question - ah-ha

2013-09-30 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Thanks, George.. I'm really screwed then.. the problem is Turner Classic movie's SD channel is totally messed up, pixilated, etc.. I only went back fromBasic cable to standard (more money than I should be spending) to get that and weather channel.. so I was told that I should try the HD

Re: OT: Tv tech question - ah-ha

2013-09-30 Thread Jack Davis
Cc: Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 7:29 AM Subject: Re: OT: Tv tech question - ah-ha Thanks, George.. I'm really screwed then.. the problem is Turner Classic movie's SD channel is totally messed up, pixilated, etc.. I only went back fromBasic cable to standard (more money than I should

Re: OT: Tv tech question - ah-ha

2013-09-30 Thread George Sinos
Hi Ann In my area the provider is Cox Cable. They, like many other cable providers compress the HD signal to conserve bandwidth. If I switch between the Over The Air and Cable versions of a national network I can see a definite difference in picture quality. (The Over the Air signal is better,

Re: OT: Tv tech question - ah-ha

2013-09-30 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 30/9/13, Ann Sanfedele, discombobulated, unleashed: Came home, and as a result of the new box (not HD) I now can view NOTHING without extreme pixilation and bad sound. This is a reception issue. Try a signal-booster - where is the antennae? -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast,

Re: OT: Tv tech question - ah-ha

2013-09-30 Thread John
On 9/30/2013 1:38 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: On 30/9/13, Ann Sanfedele, discombobulated, unleashed: Came home, and as a result of the new box (not HD) I now can view NOTHING without extreme pixilation and bad sound. This is a reception issue. Try a signal-booster - where is the antennae?

Re: OT: Tv tech question - ah-ha

2013-09-30 Thread Eactivist
Yes, if you have a non-HD convertor and you are getting pixelated, I would say it is their problem, not yours. Marnie I'd definitely talk to your cable co, regardless. They can be surprisingly helpful a lot of the time. And not always for a fee. In a message dated 9/30/2013 8:10:20 A.M.

Re: OT: Tv tech question - ah-ha

2013-09-30 Thread Ann Sanfedele
It was a bad cable box... I got a new HD one .. and , jsut for good measure ... a nicely inexpensive HD TV 24 as large as I could tolerate.. Now I have the 24 in the main viewing area (my office) , the old sd set in the kitchen attached to the cable box with RCA cables, and one in the

Re: OT: Tv tech question - ah-ha

2013-09-30 Thread Jack Davis
You sound comfortably set. Jack ;-] - Original Message - From: Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 5:32 PM Subject: Re: OT: Tv tech question - ah-ha It was a bad cable box... I got a new HD one .. and , jsut