[SBE] Set-top Box Success Stories

[Jon Frank]

I've got  the new Zenith DT-900 boxe (made by LG) with the new generation 6 chips in them. The results are nothing less than impressive. We have a 9" tv in our dining room where my wife and I watch Wheel and Jeapordy every evening during dinner.  I am employing a really poor pair of old fashioned rabbit ears (not exactly ideal for UHF) and reception is amazingly good.  I live within ten miles of the Boston transmitters, but I also receive a Worcester station from 20 miles away and the two Providence stations with UHF DTV channels from 40 miles away, with no problem.   What's truly interesting is that I can look at the signal strength meter and watch it vary with the wind and the traffic outside my home, yet the video remains solid.  That's not to say that I never have to adjust the rabbit ears, but I do so a lot less often then when I was looking at analog. 

On Monday, May 5, 2008 2:26 PM, Jim Perry <jim at jperry.us> wrote:

>Greetings,

>

>Both of my sons (in the Des Moines and Boston markets) are die-hard

>over-the-air guys (read: non-cable). I brought them up properly, as you can

>see. On my suggestion, they applied for their coupons, got them, and

>recently went out and purchased set-top boxes (STBs).

>

>When I would visit them in the past and watch their analog sets (one used

>rabbit ears, the other an all-channel antenna in attic), their reception was

>poor to moderate, all with some sort of ghosting and/or herringbone. With no

>change except adding the STB, both now enjoy all market stations, including

>some they didn't even know about previously. They especially enjoy the PSIP

>feature.

>

>So, as a result of this extremely scientific study <grin>, I conclude that

>DTV works quite well, especially with the new breed of

>STBs/chipsets.  

>

> -- Jim Perry, CPBE, CBNT

> -- American Tower Corp., Broadcast Group

>

>

>

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