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Re: Sony KDF-42we655 ATSC Tuner sucks

by "Jim L" <j.lofgren@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > May 9, 2008 at 03:54 AM

I should have said "older" generation of ATSC tuner.  Sorry
Jim



"Jim L" <j.lofgren@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
news:yQPUj.377$be.175@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 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 
> news:fcf7f183-f7a6-427b-93c5-7fec518e2cb3@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> On 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
>




 7 Posts in Topic:
Sony KDF-42we655 ATSC Tuner sucks
"Jim L" <j.l  2008-05-08 23:33:21 
Re: Sony KDF-42we655 ATSC Tuner sucks
rlewart@[EMAIL PROTECTED]  2008-05-09 02:23:46 
Re: Sony KDF-42we655 ATSC Tuner sucks
G-squared <stratus46@[  2008-05-08 20:25:41 
Re: Sony KDF-42we655 ATSC Tuner sucks
"Jim L" <j.l  2008-05-09 03:48:46 
Re: Sony KDF-42we655 ATSC Tuner sucks
"Jim L" <j.l  2008-05-09 03:54:20 
Re: Sony KDF-42we655 ATSC Tuner sucks
phil-news-nospam@[EMAIL P  2008-05-09 06:30:24 
Re: Sony KDF-42we655 ATSC Tuner sucks
G-squared <stratus46@[  2008-05-09 00:20:52 

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