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Old 11-20-2008, 12:25 PM   #11 (permalink)
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It's fixed! (well, mostly).

Well, it turns out that it was the antenna but not in the way that anyone (including me) thought!

I was all set to shlep the TV to the repair place on Friday but last night when I changed the channel I had to move the antenna for better reception and the directional piece fell out! I never considered that it might've been loose because it is a very tight fit but I guess somehow it worked it's way out. So I turned off the TV and the antenna and unplugged everything and then plugged it all back in.

When I did the scan at first it looked the same when it was scanning the DTV channels but then I noticed that as it went through some of the channel numbers changed color and when it finished - there it was! DTV channels!

The only issue remaining is the one that I had in the first place before I "lost" the DTV reception - I'm still not getting NBC (channel 4 in NYC) on DTV. They won't return my calls at the local station.

To answer your question, I am in NYC on the east side downtown. And despite using an indoor antenna and all of the big buildings I've never had such a gorgeous picture! (Of course my last TV was probably older than most of you and finally conked out 7 months ago!)

Thank you for all of your responses!

Susan
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Old 11-20-2008, 03:18 PM   #12 (permalink)
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I think that I need a better antenna though. The one I've got is supposed to be the best in it's price range but it's still not getting all of the channels.

I will look at the different posts to see what everyone is saying but are there any that are best for indoors in a city?

Thanks!
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