[SBE] Set-top Box Success Stories Zenith

[Bob Reite]

Circuit City carries the Zenith DTT900.   Mine cost $21-something out of 
pocket.  This in a state with 6% sales tax.

Jeremy D. Morris wrote:

> I just got my coupons.  I'm thinking about putting one in our shop.  I

> haven't gone shopping for one yet.  Does this coupon cover the whole

> cost or do you still have to pay out of pocket? 

> 

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> -----Original Message-----

> From: sbe-bounces at sbe.org [mailto:sbe-bounces at sbe.org] On Behalf Of Gary

> Stewart

> Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 2:44 PM

> To: Jon Frank; sbe member discussion mail list

> Subject: Re: [SBE] Set-top Box Success Stories Zenith

> 

> Where did you find the Zenith box?

> 

> 

> 

> 

> -----Original Message-----

> From: sbe-bounces at sbe.org [mailto:sbe-bounces at sbe.org] On Behalf Of Jon

> Frank

> Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 8:53 AM

> To: sbe member discussion mail list

> Subject: Re: [SBE] Set-top Box Success Stories

> 

> 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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