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Originally Posted by rrrrrroger
Congress didn't want hackers to use the Component Color connections to "hack" the boxes and get a cheap HDTV-capable box. So the obvious way to prevent that was to not install the jacks.
As for...
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Originally Posted by vman41
I look at it as composite degrades the luma in absolute terms from intrusion of the color subcarrier. No amount of sophisication in the separation filter will fully get back the highest frequency part...
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Originally Posted by cavu
You could save a LOT of money and buy a 32" 480p display since from that distance you will NOT be able to tell any difference between 480p and 720p and 1080p !!
The person who made the graph has...
Scammers Exploit DTV Coupon Program
I'm not surprised by this, but I don't know why anybody would buy a box from a company that has a history of building absolutely nothing. I've never heard of MaxMedia and it looks like the brand was...
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Originally Posted by Rammitinski
As far as digital reception, 95% of the people here had to work at it to one degree or another to receive it. It didn't just come to them perfectly without effort. Just using the rabbit ears/loop...
Regarding reception problems. I have to agree with rrrrrroger. Digital reception is far more prone to interference, multipath, whatever. Anytime you have a drop out, the picture will freeze or the sound cuts out. This is completely...
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Originally Posted by mosquito
These are the boxes that Microtune tested:
"Taboo" is referring to this requirement by the NTIA (item 12, page 3 here: http://www.ntia.doc.gov/dtvcoupon/DTVmanufacturers.pdf ):
So does this...
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Originally Posted by OrangeTang
I know this because I have a brother in Tiawan and he says the converter box craziness has taken China and Taiwan by storm.
Why would the Chinese be crazy about converter boxes that only work...
