[BC] An HD Tuner for $110

[Alan Kline]

When we built our new MCR this fall, we installed a Yamaha home-theater audio 
system to be able to monitor the 5.1 as a viewer would receive it.  Wow....
When the "Who Are You?" plays over the "CSI" titles, I can crank it way up
and rumble the floors thorough the whole building... and football in 5.1
is pretty good, too.

Now, if we just had a video monitor for the DTV that was as good as the audio
monitoring.  The best video monitor in the building is the one in the lobby...

Pet peeve--Manufacturers who make professional HD equipment without an analog
output.  We just received a new HDTV receiver for the network feed, with no
analog.  Don't these people think that stations would want a simple, inexpensive
way to provide a confidence monitor on the wall, just as we have for the analog
network line? For that application, I don't need 16 x 9.  I just need to see that
there's a signal being passed by the receiver, and that it's the right signal.
Not having that ability has burned us a few times.

Grumble... ;-)

ak

------ At 10:00 PM 12/24/2005 -0500, The Most Honourable Dennis Cope wrote: -------
>The one big advantage I do see with ATSC is Dolby 5.1 sound.  When done
>right you keep looking over your shoulder to see who just drove up the
>driveway.
>
>When the TV broadcaster treats the video right (1080i),,  wow!!!  Just like
>looking through a picture window but if all they will feed you is 720p and
>compressed heavy it looks like JPG city.
>
>When I got mine home and hung it on the wall and played with for most of the
>day, it looked great well worth the money..
>
>Dennis
>WESR, WCTG