I have a question about the crank-up Wineguard antenna and 12volt amplifier included with most RV’s.
1) Does the antenna work w/HDTV signals?
2) Does the amplifier work w/HDTV signals. (I have a bypass on the amp if I would like to use SAT.)
Also, Just a note to people researching the televisions for the HDTV transition…
I have found that older brands of tv’s that people over 30 would know about are now licensed to Chinese companies. These brands include RCA, Magnavox, Zenith, Westinghouse, Sylvania, and probably others. The warranties on these sets are horrible! Read the warranty fine print! All of the tv’s I have looked at have a decent picture until you display digital animated cartoons w/lots of detail. - In an underwater scene, a very detailed rock was a blur on most sets, including all of the Chinese licensed sets. I think the digital processors on these tv’s are unable to keep up with the data stream. Two sets that display this detail very well are the Sony and Samsung and to a much lesser extent, Panasonic.
Be careful on what you buy out there! Get a good warranty, and check picture quality!
The simple answers to your questions are:
1)Yes
2)Yes
I just bought a new digital converter box and hooked it up at the
house to the old roof antenna and an old TV-RF signal amplifier.All worked perfect,I get 28 channels,including some HDTV channels,I'm about 50 miles from downtown Chicago.
Happy Trails
Siggy & Ursula
05 Kountry Star DP 3720,FTL XC
CAT C7 330HP,Allison MH3000
2005 Saturn VUE AWD V6 , Brake Buddy,Roadmaster XL,Falcon II
Camping since 1975 Pop-Up,1986 22Ft.TT,1999 Gas MH,2005 DP
FMCA 368283 , NKK 17385
Note: If you buy a new TV from COSTCO, you get a COSTCO warranty in addition to whatever the manufacturer provides, plus you can return it within the first 90 days if you are not satisfied.
curious Bob - we fulltime with our Cairn Terrier, in 01 National Islander, and 00 Saturn LW2
The tv's at Sams Club have a similar deal... for $20 you can get a three year warranty (plus member) or five year for $40.
The thing is, none of these tv's are going to last very long. The last TV we replaced was a 25 year old 25-inch set - it still worked. It's replacement is a Vizio 32" LCD, I give it 5-7 years tops!
Yes, currently most but not all digital is on UHF. That is because stations were assigned a second temporary channel for digital broadcasting during the simulcasting period. Most of these temporary assignments are on UHF. However, once Feb 17, 2009 arrives, each station will cease analog broadcasting, and at that time each station will have the option of making their digital signal on UHF thier permanent channel assignment or they can move the digital signal onto the old analog channel and abandon the UHF channel. These decisions have already been made and final channel assignments can be found on the FCC website. For example our two local stations here have analog signals on ch 7 and 10 with their temporary digital chjannels on 34 and 55. On Feb 17 at midnight, they will move their digital operations down to 7 and 10 and abandon 34 and 55.
A few stations will actually abandon both the analog channel and the temporary digital channel and move their digital service on Feb 17 to a third previously (to them) unused channel.
Check with your local channels for their individual situations and decisions.
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