Re: Sony KDF-42we655 ATSC Tuner sucks

Yup....ATSC no doubt about it.  Anyone with a generation of HDTV with a 
built in ATSC tuner is probably having the same issue.  How does that make

you feel?


"G-squared" <stratus46@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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 May 8, 6:23 pm, 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 
> 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

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