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    Analog VS Digital TV, YOU DECIDE!!

    Here in Australia analog does not go off till november 27 2012, so all analog tvs are still going till that date, i am powering up all my TVs till then

    Australian born and raised, Guitar player and TV Collector


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    i'm still using an analog i bought in 03 with a digital converter box bought several years ago when ours switched, can't remember exactly when it was

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    converter boxes are crap unless they are conected to a roof top antenna. dont use rabbit ears because if its rainy or windy or somebody is near by and moving around they wont work.

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    LOL! Aussie, thats the cry of the masses right there! "Save analog and turn of digital!"


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    I used a comverter box with rabbit ears and it worked fine until a plane flew over.

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    Digital TV is pretty good compared to analog. With my rooftop antenna (same one I used before the switch to digital) I get like 50+ channels (granted some are spanish and part time religious channels) but the picture is 100% perfect all the time no matter the weather. I just have a 32" Vizio 720P (1280x720 pixels) TV.

    Cheap converter boxes are ok for old TVs (have a couple) but they only do 640x480 or something like that and with widescreen you get lots of black on the screen. I just got the boxes for my old 27" Panasonics TV I keep around (mostly for old video game consoles).

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    Grab a TV with Knobs on it and watch DTV on it lol, i have an old knob style tv, its a '76 AWA colour tv, nice little tv

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    shorten your next video by about 4 - 5 min. next time. k thanks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ParkerFlyer4 View Post
    shorten your next video by about 4 - 5 min. next time. k thanks.
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    Nathan,

    Good job on doing a video, and keep up your interest.

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    Lol this thread is dead


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