Zenith analog to digital converter box manual tv#
Having had to deal with problems after the switch even though things were working well prior to the official switch, it is the TV stations signal power that makes the difference. Apparently the converter manufacturers have decided that you get great pictures or nothing." :-)įor duanedv: You posted "I was told that if you get a good signal, the picture will be great but if your signal is not good enough, the converter won't show it to you. It's weird how I had it set up and I haven't been patient enough to sit down and hash through it.plus a move and just haven't been watching movies lately. My main problem has been connecting the DVD player and the stereo with the converter. Both PBS stations in my market really went over and above to help those switch.įor my TVs I simply took the antenna out of the back of the TV, installed it to the converter and connected the converter to the TV. I still have analog TVs but the picture quality is only limited by the screens instead of the analog signal and it's far superior than before.Īs for what you need to know, you need to find out if your TV is DTV ready.Īlso check with your local PBS station.
Thus far my signal is so much better than with the analog signal so I can still continue to save money. People who live far distances from major TV markets have problems and some people on the eastern edges of places like the Denver metro area have problems. I live in Colorado Springs, CO so all our towers are on top of a mountain and our city is closer to the mountains that much of say the Denver Metro area. I am missing one of the PBS stations as we are still on their analog translater (from Denver to Colorado Springs - KBDI). Mix in some spanish language and a reading channel and I have 10 channels (two are strictly local weather channels but one does show regular TV programming in a little box sometimes) that I actually watch - my converter allows me to edit out the channels I don't want. Of course recalculate your monthly bills x 153 months and there's the breakdown.Īnyhow, I got Insignia converters for both my TVs last October and get 15 channels total. You figure that in that amount of time if the average cable or satellite bill is say $60, that's close to $9000. 1995 and while I still miss certain channels I don't miss the monthly cost.