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On 10 Jun 2004 01:58:28 -0700, davidbradbury@etoast.com (David
Bradbury) wrote:
>Hi. I tried putting a signal booster between the roof aerial and the
>PC and this improved detection of channels so that I've now got all
>terrestrial apart from Channel 5. Quality is okay, not great. I'm
>thinking of getting this little gadget to get Digital TV.
>http://www.iwantoneofthose.com/PCDITV.htm
>
>Or would you recommend another option?
>
>
No idea about the PCDITV, I'm afraid. This is going to replace your
current USB TV tuner, is it? As far as quality of picture is
concerned,it may have to do with the higher picture quality of your
monitor showing the shortcomings more, as I said before.
I seem to recall that you had to make sure you had the right kind of
aerial for Channel 5 in North London many years ago and, of course, to
make sure the C5 signal is not conflicting with a VCR output etc.
Probably not so critical now: most VCRs tune to a higher frequency so
the conflict doesn't arise, and aerials probably are always the
correct type.
>
>patrickp <me@privacy.net> wrote in message news:<8vi9c05vekgg9342ko84gm178trpg5q82v@4ax.com>...
>> On 7 Jun 2004 03:33:29 -0700, davidbradbury@etoast.com (David
>> Bradbury) wrote:
>>
>> >Yes, normal TV through my television is very good. I'm in East London.
>> >I'm going to try putting a signal booster between the aerial socket
>> >and the PC as I read that televisions have their own boosters built in
>> >which could be improving a weak signal there but obviously not by the
>> >time it gets to the PC. I'll let you know. Thanks once again for your
>> >help.
>> >
>>
>> Yes, I would doubt that AIW reception is actually as effective as most
>> TVs, David. The much higher resolution quality of any decent
>> videocard/monitor over any TV (except HDTV, I guess) often shows up
>> flaws in the TV image that a TV would just cover up.
>>
>> However, you can get the opposite problem: when I lived in Brixton
>> (you can actually see the transmitter towers from there), my TV
>> reception was very poor 'till I realised I was actually getting a
>> signal that was too strong: once I attenuated it, it was perfect! a
>> lot of North London needs optimised aerials, and AIR there's a
>> separate transmitter somewhere (can't recall where) for parts of SE
>> and E London because reception can be so poor.
>>
>> I get cable now, so I don't worry about reception quality any more! I
>> use a VIVO card and I can just put a video feed straight in from the
>> box; audio comes straight from the box, too.
>>
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>> patrickp
>>
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