[opendtv] Re: Smart Antenna Spread Sheet

Smart Antenna comparison spread sheet is found here:
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=13704996
I designed it for PRINTING, unlike the other counterparts.
I'll be doing an update in a week or so.

Currently, there is one and only one available Smart Antenna,
the Japanese DX Antenna DTA-5000 (which several "brand" names).

Antennas Direct, RCA, Terk, GE-Jasco, Broadcom/PauseTV, et. al.
have announced and/or demo'd Smart Antennas, but have not
yet released any:
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=13721144

If you follow the links, you'll also find a post where I compared DTA-5000
OTA performance to a Silver Sensor, 4-Bay and 8-Bay antennas
using the Sylvania 6900DTE HD-STB.

I plan to do something similar with Converter Boxes....

holl_ands

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John Willkie <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Cue Richard Hollandsworth, the 
keeper of the spreadsheet.

John Willkie

-----Original Message-----
>From: "Hunold, Ken" 
>Sent: May 21, 2008 8:03 AM
>To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [opendtv] Re: CBA and Microprose team up on NTIA DTV Boxes
>
>Perhaps you might need an analog tuner after next February, but I'd
>venture a guess that the vast majority of other users would have no need
>for another  NTSC tuner and would benefit from the few extra dB of
>sensitivity.
>
>A few of the CECBs have the smart antenna interface. There used to be
>some comparison spreadsheets posted, but I can't find them now.  The RCA
>unit has the interface, and there are others.  Unfortunately, there
>aren't many smart antennas available.  More chicken-and-egg, I guess.
>
>Ken
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>On Behalf Of Craig Birkmaier
>Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 9:28 AM
>To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [opendtv] Re: CBA and Microprose team up on NTIA DTV Boxes
>
>At 9:10 AM -0400 5/21/08, Hunold, Ken wrote:
>>I'd rather see a smart antenna interface (which I can't add myself) and
>
>>more smart antennas.  I'm using such a setup now, and while I don't 
>>need all the capabilities of the smart antenna in my 
>>high-signal-strength location, I did see a difference at home.
>
>I'd rather see an integrated analog tuner, like those in EVERY new HDTV
>capable receiver sold in the U.S. today. It was sheer stupidity to
>remove (or disable) these tuners from the NTIA DTV box specifications.
>
>By the way, the NTIA specs do allow for a smart antenna interface,
>however I have not seen this feature in any NTIA approved box.
>
>Regards
>Craig
> 
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