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I’m looking for a small 23-26” LCD HDTV for my computer/media room that has a good tuner and scanning menu system.
I tried a Samsung 2353H but returned it. It had a great tuner but the menu / channel scan system was not good for DX-ing. The main problem was a re-scan deleted any stored channels that weren’t received during a new scan. Another problem was an internal “LNA” that had overload problems and would often turn itself on during a scan, you couldn’t globally turn it off, only on a channel by channel basis after the channel was stored. On a weak channel the amp didn't do any good, but often made it worse since there are transmitters nearby.
I went to the local Sears where the sales folks left me alone to experiment. They have in-store analog and digital demo RF channels:
I experimented by disconnecting the RF cable and doing a scan, then checked to see if existing channels got deleted and found the Toshiba was the only one I tried that did not. Another good feature I discovered is all of the analog channels can be added/deleted by clicking menu boxes for each channel from a list that is already there; no scanning required.
I guess my question is if you have a current or recent Toshiba how well does the tuner work as far as sensitivity & overload etc? And are there other make/models you know of that are good for DX and have good menu systems for storing many DTV channels?
There are several cases in this area where there are multiple RF/display channel exact matches. One example: RF ch28 displayed as ch3 and some tuners have problems storing both simultaneously.
I tried a Samsung 2353H but returned it. It had a great tuner but the menu / channel scan system was not good for DX-ing. The main problem was a re-scan deleted any stored channels that weren’t received during a new scan. Another problem was an internal “LNA” that had overload problems and would often turn itself on during a scan, you couldn’t globally turn it off, only on a channel by channel basis after the channel was stored. On a weak channel the amp didn't do any good, but often made it worse since there are transmitters nearby.
I went to the local Sears where the sales folks left me alone to experiment. They have in-store analog and digital demo RF channels:
I experimented by disconnecting the RF cable and doing a scan, then checked to see if existing channels got deleted and found the Toshiba was the only one I tried that did not. Another good feature I discovered is all of the analog channels can be added/deleted by clicking menu boxes for each channel from a list that is already there; no scanning required.
I guess my question is if you have a current or recent Toshiba how well does the tuner work as far as sensitivity & overload etc? And are there other make/models you know of that are good for DX and have good menu systems for storing many DTV channels?
There are several cases in this area where there are multiple RF/display channel exact matches. One example: RF ch28 displayed as ch3 and some tuners have problems storing both simultaneously.