HDTV tuners

Buzz · **Posted:** Tue Mar 01, 2005 1:15 pm

I am wanting to buy an Over-The-Air HDTV tuner, anyone own one? Please share your thoughts.

james7a · **Posted:** Tue Mar 01, 2005 2:53 pm

buzz, Id just make sure you live within 8-10 miles of the TV station....and that you can take it back if it doesn work. I live 13 miles from a tv station and get nothing but 70% fuzz when I use an indoor standard definition anteanna....to get a good pic Id have to get a huge a$$ anteanna and put it 30 feet above my roof....Ive heard that HD anteannas are very directional...(luckily Im on directTV)

Buzz · **Posted:** Tue Mar 01, 2005 5:01 pm

I'm lucky all my stations are very close to my house 5 to 10 miles, plus I'll be using an outdoor antenna. UHF antennas should be used for channels 14+, channels 2 - 13 should use a VHF antenna. I'll be using an UHF/VHF combo antenna.

Use this link http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/audio/tvq.html to find out the effective radiated power of TV stations analog and digital. Just put in your stations call letters. It also will give you a contour map of the stations power.

james7a · **Posted:** Tue Mar 01, 2005 8:28 pm

Thanks for the link!...

Brettfan · **Joined:** Sun Aug 22, 2004 7:37 pm **Posts:** 3914

AH can anyone explain me what this conversation was about? So If I buy a over the air HD then it won't work for me? So there's a version that's not over the air? It will clear up the crappy SD Feed I got? Becoming a little frustrating the image issues I have on my SD cable hooked up to a digital box runnning into computer and using a horrible dscaler, which doesn't clear anything and doesn't help. I sometimes get the caps decent for SD,but sometimes I don't. My ABC feed is Junk.

HSF · **Posted:** Wed Aug 08, 2007 2:32 am

Even after two years, James' avatar is still creepy! :shock:

IceMan · **Joined:** Wed Aug 04, 2004 11:10 pm **Posts:** 12331

I guess I never saw the thread till now :lol:

I'm using the version 3 series of this tuner card,
http://www.fusionhdtv.co.kr/eng/Products/RTGold.aspx

The card can record from ATSC (Over The Air Digital) QAM (Digital Cable TV) and Analog OTA and Cable TV.

fitz207 · **Posted:** Mon Aug 20, 2007 3:21 pm

Brettfan wrote:

AH can anyone explain me what this conversation was about? So If I buy a over the air HD then it won't work for me? So there's a version that's not over the air? It will clear up the crappy SD Feed I got? Becoming a little frustrating the image issues I have on my SD cable hooked up to a digital box runnning into computer and using a horrible dscaler, which doesn't clear anything and doesn't help. I sometimes get the caps decent for SD,but sometimes I don't. My ABC feed is Junk.

Yeah, i'm with comcast. Their HDTV content is crystal clear, now their "Digital" SD content is a different story. They use way too much compression, although some channels are better than others. The worst channels are kind of like looking through a shower glass door.

I'm waiting for verizon FIOS cable, they have more bandwidth and less compression. A couple people have told me that their quality is way better than comcast. :Thumb

IceMan · **Joined:** Wed Aug 04, 2004 11:10 pm **Posts:** 12331

FIOS compression on the SD cable channels is much less then when I had cable.

They also pass the SD and HD Broadcast QAM channels unlocked so you can record them directly with a Digital Tuner Card.

Brettfan · **Joined:** Sun Aug 22, 2004 7:37 pm **Posts:** 3914

Thanks all for the help.

modelhunter · **Joined:** Tue Jun 05, 2007 8:01 pm **Posts:** 2085

I have a standard cable line coming into my house and the only way I can get my local free HDTV signals on my computer is to ad a "Cable TV AMP"
This is what I use.

go to www.cabletvamps.com

click on products

fitz207 · **Posted:** Thu Oct 04, 2007 7:15 pm

IceMan wrote:

FIOS compression on the SD cable channels is much less then when I had cable.

They also pass the SD and HD Broadcast QAM channels unlocked so you can record them directly with a Digital Tuner Card.

I'm still waiting for fios, Thanks ice. Now i know i'm getting FIOS when they get to my neighborhood. :Kool

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