[SBE] digital TV for field checks

[Bill Barrow]

Gary,

Get the Pinnacle TV digital stick for your laptop. Sold at Best Buys.

Regards,

Bill Barrow
Transmitter Specialist
Pro Service, Inc.
117 Broad St.
Hatboro, PA.
19040-3103
proservice117 at comcast.net
Phone 215 499 9104
Fax   215 672 8225



-----Original Message-----
From: Gary Stewart [mailto:gstewart at ctvn.org]
Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 12:37 PM
To: sbe member discussion mail list
Subject: [SBE] digital TV for field checks


Has anyone found a 13" digital TV that is good for field checks of your
signal?  I guess what would make it good is if the signal measuring
ability were such that you could objectively compare signals levels
between different locations. It would at least need a numeric readout of
levels.  I don't suppose any TV would read out in SNR or something
useful like that.

Little portable monitors are useless for displaying OSD menus and signal
levels, especially on bright days. So I feel it needs to be a bright 13"
screen, probably glass rather than LCD.

I plan to do a two way split of the field survey antenna to a signal
level meter to get a real signal level reading and to the TV to make
sure the signal can be locked in on a real world television.

Power inverters are easy to get so I don't think it needs to be a 12v
TV.

Gary Stewart
Cornerstone TV
412-824-3930