There is no Internet at that home. - Tom Manfredi, Albert E wrote: > Tom Barry wrote: > > >> I visited my mom for Easter. During the winter season she >> lives off in the boonies in central Florida, away from most >> everything. She has Dish TV but uses a small second TV with >> a whip antenna to get a somewhat snowy picture on one channel >> in the bedroom. >> > > Tom, did you run tvfool to see what the signal strength is? > > >From tvfool, it seems that a snowy NTSC picture can be possible with > quite low signal strength. Coupled with the fact that DTV stations are > considerably less strong than analog stations, I would guess you're at > the low end of what's acceptable. > > In my case, I seem to do well with signal strengths (according to > tvfool) down to -97.4 dBm, and not quite well at -102.2 dBm. Don't know > whether the receive antenna gain is what's making this possible, or > whether there's just some systematic error in the tvfool model. In > short, though, you should not expect good reception of anything weaker > than -85 dBm, with the best receivers. > > Also, from blogs I've seen, not all CECBs are created equal. The > Magnavox, for example, which is readily available at WalMart, turns out > to be one of the worst for sensitivity. (What a crime to make the one > box that's most available one of the worst ones.) > > Bert > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: > > - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at > FreeLists.org > > - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word > unsubscribe in the subject line. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.