Based on my own analysis I've found that my converter box hooked up to a regular TV was better at picking up channels then my Vizio LCD did. Like I would have the antenna in the same spot untouched and each tv picked up different channels and different signal levels.
My Vizio is now being used for Local unencrypted QAM channels in the living room.
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TiVos have six tuners: Two ATSC tuners, two QAM tuners, and two NTSC tuners, in two stacks of three. Yes, loads of opportunities for economies of scale to do their magic there.
Lots of tuners there. For a little more info on the Tivo tuners (if anyone's looking for it), here's FAQs to their latest offered DVRs,
I live in a fringe area for antenna reception of TV, and am having trouble finding a TV with a better ability to handle a weak signal. So far, I get more digital stations with an old TV and a converter box than with a new HDTV. I don't need advice on antennas or amplifiers. I need to know if TV brands vary among themselves and from other brands in their ability to handle a weak antenna signal. If so, what spec do I look for? Sony emailed me to phone their number, and when I did, the digital TV woman did not even know what a fringe area was! Some expert!
I am having the exact same experience! Did you find any help with identifying more sensitive tuners??
dennis
No. The only information I have gathered has been on this thread, and as you can see, the verdict seems to be that such information is simply not available, at least not to the public.
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