Video Asylum

Posted by Russell (A) on May 21, 2008 at 23:23:10

In Reply to: RE: Transition to digital broadcasts may not be as smooth as expected posted by Jack G on May 20, 2008 at 05:37:20

... and so far, so good. He got the Zenith DTT900 (see review at Audiophile Audition below), and it performs as advertised/reviewed. Rather amazingly, the box found 43 channels (way more than he got with analog reception) and the picture quality on each of the channels looks great, especially compared with what he was getting before. Interestingly, while most channels were either 4:3 full frame or 16:9 letterboxed, a few were letterboxed *and* pillarboxed (i.e., black bars all around), which didn't please my dad very much. It took a while to figure out that there was a button on the remote to zoom the picture and fill the screen--he was happy again. Not all channels came in with equal strength, and some required a simple adjustment of the antenna to eliminate pixelization--there's a handy signal-strength meter, activated by a button on the remote, that helps with this. I'll be visiting him again tomorrow, and I'll be anxious to see how he's getting on with the thing.

Russell

BTW, my dad lives within a few miles of a major airport (SFO), but we noticed no interference attributable to overhead planes.

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