"G-squared" <stratus46@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Daniel W. Rouse Jr. wrote:
> > This concerns OTA DTV audio dropouts, will this problem eventually
> get
> > fixed?
> >
> > Currently, it seems that if the picture develops more than just a
> small
> > amount of artifacts, even if the picture is still in motion and is
> still
> > mostly discernable, the audio immediately drops out once the
> artifacts start
> > to appear. (In that respect, analog broadcast seems much more
> robust in the
> > audio aspect of the picture, in that even a snowy analog picture
> that was
> > still able to broadcast in color retained its audio, albeit with
> audible
> > noise within the audio.)
> >
> > My own expectations are that the audio should only drop out when
> the picture
> > actually freezes, before it recovers or when No Signal gets
> displayed.
> > Digital TV is supposed to be better picture (which it is, when a
> situation
> > that causes the display artifacts doesn't occur) and better sound
> (Dolby
> > Digital up to 5.1 channels) but I am also expecting better
> reliability
> > (i.e., less signal drift and less audio loss).
> >
> > Further discussion is welcome.
>
> Where are you and what is your antenna? I have no issues at all with
> breakup of the audio or video but my signals are textbook clean for 21
> DTV carriers in LA. Oxnard, San Bernardino and 29 Palms aren't worth
> the bother in 90274.
>
> GG
I already know I'm in a fringe area for analog, but I could still get four
UHF analog channels (15, 39, 51, 69) with some amount of clarity and audio
continuity. If there was some visible snow, the picture was still mostly
watchable. The best antenna for that analog reception seemed to be the
TERK
TV-5.
But with digital reception, which additional testing is showing is also a
room problem and that I likely need more amplification, neither the TERK
TV-5 nor an RCA ANT-401 nor an RCA ANT-200B antenna can seem to hold a
stable picture for more than 30 minutes maximum before some sort of video
corruption occurs, which results in the audio dropouts. Now, I did manage
to
find an antenna position with the RCA ANT-200B that will hold a stable
picture for up to 2 hours, so although that antenna position loses two
channels (15-1 and 15-2), I'll continue to use that antenna position for
now
since I rarely ever watch programming on channel 15 in analog, and I'll
probably not watch programming on the digital equivalents 15-1 and 15-2.
I have to use indoor antennas, though. Outdoor antenna usage is not
permitted in the apartment complex I am in unless it is a free-standing
dish
type antenna.
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