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jras20

Will the picture quality be better when I finaly decide to get a HDTV converter? I dont know realy how well I will be able to get the signal out at my place, its a fringe area to any TV station, Radio is pretty good, but TV its pretty hard to get, I can get 4, 5, 12 out of San antonio, and 25 out of Victoria, most of the time San antonio comes in good in Analog. I was just wondering will HDTV kill my chances of getting signals out of San antonio? I'm just about right outside of the edge of the 60db coverage area.<P ID="signature">______________
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> Will the picture quality be better when I finaly decide to
> get a HDTV converter? I dont know realy how well I will be
> able to get the signal out at my place, its a fringe area to
> any TV station, Radio is pretty good, but TV its pretty hard
> to get, I can get 4, 5, 12 out of San antonio, and 25 out of
> Victoria, most of the time San antonio comes in good in
> Analog. I was just wondering will HDTV kill my chances of
> getting signals out of San antonio? I'm just about right
> outside of the edge of the 60db coverage area.

I'm no expert (I don't even have an HD tuner), but from what I've seen on these and other boards, HDTV will probably be even easier for you. The picture will be much better, provided you're getting a strong signal, but with the power that UHF (channels 14+) stations put out as opposed to VHF (2-13), that shouldn't be a problem. Most HD stations are located in the UHF portion of the dial, so as long as you've got a good antenna and a decent HD tuner, you shouldn't have too much trouble.<P ID="signature">______________
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> Will the picture quality be better when I finaly decide to
> get a HDTV converter?

Absolutely. The sound too.

I would think if you're just outside the edge of the 60db area you should be OK. How do the S.A. UHF analogs (23, 29, 41, 60) look? Fairly snow-free? (not important that they be completely snow-free) Free of ghosts and interference from other stations?
 
> > Will the picture quality be better when I finaly decide to
>
> > get a HDTV converter?
>
> Absolutely. The sound too.
>
> I would think if you're just outside the edge of the 60db
> area you should be OK. How do the S.A. UHF analogs (23, 29,
> 41, 60) look? Fairly snow-free? (not important that they
> be completely snow-free) Free of ghosts and interference
> from other stations?
>

Unless its a skip I dont get 23, 29, 35, 41, 60 at all, The only ones I can realy recieve most all the time is 4, 5, 12 sometimes 9 at night. and of course 25 out of Victoria, but even that one since they changed over to there new tower is fuzzy, San antonio comes in a lot better than they do.
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> Unless its a skip I dont get 23, 29, 35, 41, 60 at all, The
> only ones I can realy recieve most all the time is 4, 5, 12
> sometimes 9 at night. and of course 25 out of Victoria, but
> even that one since they changed over to there new tower is
> fuzzy, San antonio comes in a lot better than they do.

If you're getting reasonable signals from channels 4/5/12 but nothing from 23/29/etc. then I think you have a problem with your antenna system. The wire connecting the antenna to the TV is bad, or you have a VHF-only amplifier in the circuit. Remote possibility that it's a VHF-only antenna, but I'd think even then you'd get *some* signal from the UHF stations.

In any case, KLRN (9) is the only S.A. station whose digital is on VHF - so if you're not getting any UHF reception from S.A. you're going to be out of luck.
 
>Well that antenna is at least 10 years old now, I got it from a yard sale so it was probably older than that. It may not even be compatible to recieve HD signals, I dont know though, I'd like to barrow or rent a HD converter sometime or another to see how well it will work before I buy one. Its realy just a weekend place where I go there, so most of the time all I watch is the news.
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> >Well that antenna is at least 10 years old now, I got it
> from a yard sale so it was probably older than that. It may
> not even be compatible to recieve HD signals,

There is no difference between an analog antenna and a HD digital antenna.

However, there is a difference between a VHF and UHF antenna. In the S.A. area, where the most popular stations are all VHF, it's very possible that VHF-only antennas were sold. As compared to, for example, Austin where most stations are UHF and you could reasonably assume most antennas receive both VHF and UHF.
 
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