Re: Sony KDF-42we655 ATSC Tuner sucks

Jim L (j.lofgren@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
) wrote:
: Just installed my Zenith Converter from Radio Shack and was amazed at
the 
: improvement over the tuner in my Sony 42" RPTV.  This TV was
manufactured in 
: 2004 and the tuner is so bad at handling Multipath that for all
practical 
: purposes, all I have is a monitor.  I suppose if I was line of site,  it

: would have had a better chance at working.  I am Northeast of Seattle 
: approximately 22 miles on the average from the broadcast towers and
shooting 
: through many close trees.  The Sony locked on about 8 stations but
received 
: them so intermittantly that we had switched almost entirely to analog. 
The 
: Zenith tuner locked onto 33 (including subchannels) and I haven't seen
any 
: dropout from any of them in 4 days.  The new generation chips are
incredibly 
: better!.....


: Jim in Seattle 


You are comparing apples and oranges. Your Sony tuner receives only
analog channels while your converter receives digital channels only.
Cass