Re: Sony KDF-42we655 ATSC Tuner sucks

On May 8, 6:23=A0pm, rlew...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Cass Lewart) wrote:
> Jim L (j.lofg...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
) wrote:
>
> : Just installed my Zenith Converter from Radio Shack and was amazed at
th=
e
> : improvement over the tuner in my Sony 42" RPTV. =A0This TV was
manufactu=
red in
> : 2004 and the tuner is so bad at handling Multipath that for all
practica=
l
> : purposes, all I have is a monitor. =A0I suppose if I was line of site,
=
=A0it
> : would have had a better chance at working. =A0I am Northeast of
Seattle
> : approximately 22 miles on the average from the broadcast towers and
shoo=
ting
> : through many close trees. =A0The Sony locked on about 8 stations but
rec=
eived
> : them so intermittantly that we had switched almost entirely to analog.
=
=A0The
> : Zenith tuner locked onto 33 (including subchannels) and I haven't seen
a=
ny
> : dropout from any of them in 4 days. =A0The new generation chips are
incr=
edibly
> : 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

Well according to _this_ review, Jim is correct in that his set _does_
have an ATSC tuner.

http://reviews.digitaltrends.com/review/2036/sony-kdf-42we655-review

GG