Home audio & video: QAM Tuner or hd antenna
It depends on what your cable company provides
by gonzofever - 11/24/07 11:33 PM In reply to: QAM Tuner or hd antenna by TalibKweli18The ATSC tuner is dependent on a powerful antenna. If you get a good signal then you should be great. Your cable company may limit on how many channels you may get via QAM tuner due to potential profit loss. So in final, ATSC will probably provide more channels with a good antenna.
CHECK OUT DISH NETWORK
by stewart norrie - 11/25/07 11:15 AM In reply to: It depends on what your cable company provides by gonzofeveriF YOU ORDER THERE BASIC SERVICE, and h.d. packeage extra $10.00 per month you will have tons of h.d. programming I mean quality programmking You will then receive all you locals in any format they are broadcasting.+ you can order movies in hi.def tons of c.d. music channels I pay $49.00 per month and worth every penny happy holiday steweee
Dish is for chicks...
by woodygg - 12/7/07 12:53 PM In reply to: CHECK OUT DISH NETWORK by stewart norrieGet DirecTV with the NFL network....
Direct TV is for suckers.....
by gabereyes - 12/7/07 8:15 PM In reply to: Dish is for chicks... by woodyggHDDVR from disc offers three tuners one atsc/ntsc and two sat so not only can you record of sat channels you can record off air or cable. and two remotes one IR and one RF.
You can also run a second room off of the DVR and watch a diffrent channel then the main room and hookup an external hard drive for more storage.
and for those people who upgrade ther standard box to a DVR you dont have to pay to have a second coax cable run for the second tuner.
Direct TV wants $300 dollars up front for a two tuner DVR with one remote and not designed to run two rooms.
Getting Plasma TV to get signal from antennae/cable same tim
by Beerwolf - 4/15/08 11:07 AM In reply to: It depends on what your cable company provides by gonzofeverI have a Panasonic TH-42PD50U Plamsa TV which only has one coaxial input. Have basic cable (no box) and have HD rabbit ears. Is there a way to hook both the ears and cable up to TV simultaneously so htat when I scan channels the unit gets both over the air and cable stations?
Want this because over air has more and better HD then the basic cable (Comcast).
Anyone? know of a splitter that would do this?
OTA by antenna
by gabereyes - 12/7/07 8:17 PM In reply to: QAM Tuner or hd antenna by TalibKweli18Antenna channel do look better then cable and or sat.
there is a reason why I think it has something to do with more bitrate or bandwidth.
good luck
gabe
did
by woodygg - 12/8/07 8:40 AM In reply to: OTA by antenna by gabereyesyou have a point?
what does your statement have to do with anything?
you can have your three or four channels OTA... (I can have those too)... however, I'll take my 75 or so channels.... at the same quality (must be your equipment...)
ummmm what?
by gabereyes - 12/8/07 11:08 PM In reply to: did by woodyggyou have a point?
yes the point is OTA channels look better then QAM channels and SAT.
what does your statement have to do with anything?
ATSC vs QAM for covering the first question.
you can have your three or four channels OTA... (I can have those too)... however, I'll take my 75 or so channels.... at the same quality (must be your equipment...)
there is 13 OTA local channels and they play most of the shows most people watch like sports, CSI, Numbers, House, the late night show, etc.
My equipment is sony 34xbr960 with ISF calibration, with basic comcast cable QAM, dish network HDDVR vip622, and an outdoor OTA antenna Winegard SquareShooter HDTV Antenna SS-1000.
my local HD channels via ATSC look better then the local HD channals via QAM, and both look better then Dish network.
for example I was watching CSI the other day on dish network local CBS and they showed a dance club with strobing lights and every time the strobe light turned on the picture would box up and I couldnt make out what I was looking at, so I turned to the local antenna (ATSC) and it stoped, now Im not sure if that has to do with the type of signal or Dish networks DVRbox, but I do know this DVR was CNET best rated DVR for versatility, and image quality.
Gabe
DirecTV rocks
by RakyeshM - 3/20/08 6:05 AM In reply to: ummmm what? by gabereyesWell, when I had subscribed for DirecTV I received installation of a 4-room DirecTV system alongwith the subscription and there was no need to buy any costly equipments.
I haven't experienced any interruptions as DirecTV delivers a digital signal 99.9% of the time. I also ordered a high-speed Internet connection with the service.
The most important benefit is that my cable & internet bills have reduced and I receive NDTV 24x7, I am kind of addicted to the news channel.
Go QAM Tuner
by -MID-soUNDwAvE - 11/10/09 1:52 PM In reply to: QAM Tuner or hd antenna by TalibKweli18If you are paying for internet service through your cable company you should hook the cable up directly to your TV to see what channels you get before paying anything more for cable.
In Seattle I get (100+) basic SD cable channels (unfiltered) with the QAM tuner in my 40" Sammy. I also get the local network stations in HD (6). We pay our internet service bill only.
Truely its alot of TV and is complimented nicely with torrents of all the HBO/Showtime series'.
As for the antenna- from what i've seen it would depend on your reception for each given channel. I've only seen the major networks on ota so you should expect maybe a dozen channels.
Keep in mind that the "HD" version of The Daily Show and many other programs are not yet shot in widescreen, and that HD channels regularly show content in 4:3 aspect ratio which is most likely 480p.
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