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Originally Posted by O-O
Some of the converter boxes like the DTVPal Plus have better tuner chips than others, so you may actually receive better signals than what you are right now, but it's not a sure thing. I've heard of the Magnavox converters freezing during channel scans before on this forum and others. Not sure if there's a fix for them.
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Yea on the freezing during the scan is usually where the borderline stations are, reason I say that is one time the scan will not show the channel the next time it will pick up the channel. I have gotten a signal as low as 15 would not be clear, usually at 18 or above it is pretty much stayable. Unless you are getting a direction and a relfected signal then the picture will freeze even up to 60 percent. Cause one signal will override the other signal but once you lock on the direct signal the problem is sloved. I know that the zentith digtal box works a little different than the magovox because it will show a strong signal on it when the magonovx will show a weaker signal. I guess it depends on how it rates the signal really. I would like to see a box that could detech a signal down to the point of almost nothing, heres want Im talking bout on the old anglog the signal would be coming in but it would have to be so strong in order the convert box to read it. I had it on a channel that was on the
dtv and still on anlong well once the anlong signal got clear to a point then the digtal signal started coming in but if it fell below that point on anlog then the
dtv singal would not come in. The station was producing the same power on both anlog and
dtv at the time. Would like to see the
dtv be so senctive that even the weakest signal would come in. I think going foward that is something convert box companys should look at as well as the tv companys ones that perduce the best tuner has the most sales on basic tv.