Hmmm Very interesting - and I wouldn't want to argue with your facts - however, it doesn't really reflect my experience.
I only have the "rabbit ears" type indoor antenna and analogue reception was (to be expected) poor/hard work so I was expecting to NEED an external antenna when I went digital. However, to my surprise I can get digital OK :o) Tuning the antenna is trickier since the digital looks perfect until it doesn't - that is the picture starts to pixellate and/or the sound drops in/out. My method, since the analogue & digital come from the same transmitter, is to switch the TV to analogue and play with the aerial until I get the best picture (still pretty bad/snowy on SBS) and then switch back to digital and watch my perfect picture. - its then OK till the next time somebody knock the antenna ;o( I do realise it would be better to get a good external aerial (one of these days) but I certainly find, even with my poor antenna, that digital reception is much better than analogue. Note: this is in Albany with just SBS and ABC digital channels - they are just about to FINALLY give us commercial digital channels (not that I've missed them really) so it will be interesting to see in the experience still holds. Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 2/12/11 2:28 PM, James / Hans Kunz at sad...@iinet.net.au wrote: > sorry to interfere here: > Hi Mac, just a general point, if you now only use a digital TV, of >> >> course you will not need one of the old-style antennas with wide bars >> -- as far as I know, they are only needed for analogue TV. > > this statement is wrond!!!!! > you need a better antenna then for analog quite often with booster, reason: > 1) less power on transmitter > 2) digital tv is more sensitive to interferences > 3) digital tv is within the same frequency range as the old analog (180 to 700 > mhz) > > i normally suggest the second or largest antenna, in many cases in the metro > the houses are on a down hill side pointing to the beach thus less > reception...... your antenna should point toward kalamunda & morley areas, > eg in the Girrawheen area i had to fit the largest available antenna (vhf & > uhf combo) plus a 30db booster, since that installation the customer has now > perfact dtv reception on 3 tvs in the house > > if you move house then check if there is a optical cable connection, you may > have dtv on that one..... > in the Clarkson area i found a dtv connection within the optical box for the > phone & internet, the signal was strong enough to feed 3 tvs through a passiv > 4way splitter > > James > > SAD Technic > U3 6 Chalkley Pl > Bayswater WA > Australia > +618 9370 5307 > mob 0414 421132 (international +614 14421132) > sad...@iinet.net.au > http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~saddas/ > > Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties > disappear and obstacles vanish. > > On 02/12/2011, at 9:07 AM, McCallum Malcolm wrote: > >> Thanks David. >> >> >> Malcolm McCallum >> >> doc...@westnet.com.au >> Skype docmactor >> >> >> >> On 02/12/2011, at 8:55 AM, David Noel wrote: >> >>> Hi Mac, just a general point, if you now only use a digital TV, of >>> course you will not need one of the old-style antennas with wide bars >>> -- as far as I know, they are only needed for analogue TV. >>> >>> David Noel >>> 2011 Dec2 >>> >>> ======= >>> >>> On 2 December 2011 08:49, McCallum Malcolm <doc...@westnet.com.au> wrote: >>>> We are just about to get TV Antenna put up on our new house :-) Is there >>>> any points to consider or any particular suggestions from the group? TIA >>>> for any. Can hardly wait to get in (14th Dec) :-) We are in Woodlands >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Mac >>>> Malcolm McCallum >>>> >>>> doc...@westnet.com.au >>>> Skype docmactor >>>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
