Nat Hager III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <It's a simple matter to provide converter boxes for legacy TV's. Digital signal in, old NTSC signal out, much like an expanded-channel TV converter. Under $100.>
Or like the old UHF converter boxes for VHF-only TV sets (remember those?) But the "acid test" is this: Can digital TV signals be properly received using the old stacked-beam antennas with folded dipole driven elements that use the flat 300 ohm twin-lead "ribbon wire"? There are many such antennas still giving good service and their owners may be loathe to spend the money to replace them. (I think a 300 ohm:75 ohm balun installed at the TV set to adapt the twin-lead to 75 ohm coax would be sufficient. I prefer twin-lead over coax because it has lower signal loss, especially in long transmission line runs.) -- Jason
