Carlos,

I have had this $200 WalMart OTA HDTV Tuner from for 6 months and have been
very happy.

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...uct_id=2598451

It will receive SD signals at 480p and HD signals at 720p and 1080i, and
will decode Dolby Digital 5.1 audio for your Home Theater. It is not
lacking anything I need and is the cheapest OTA tuner out there. A built-in
DVR would be nice, but those run about $800.

You may need an antenna booster (I bought one from Radio Shack) if the TV
station scan misses anything.

Not in the manual is that the Universal remote code is Satellite setting
1535. Also note that the HDTV remote will not control the volume if you are
using the Digital Optical output to a surround sound system as there is
really no audio signal until it has been decoded by your home theater. I am
using 2 remotes (HDTV for TV and Sony for Surround Sound) until I get the
Universal remote
http://www.ofausa.com/remote.php?type=URC%208811

Hope that helps.

Pete

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I bought last year a sammy HLP-4663w hdtv but no HDTV in my area
available except for local OTA channels so I'm thinking of buying a
HDTV tuner for my HDTV.
Please advice me on what a good tuner should have and what to look for
so I can finally watch some HDTV besides watching DVD's I know I will be
restricted to local channels and I know range is a factor.


Sincerely : Carlos

On Mon, 08 Aug 2005 18:30:34 -0500 Peter Bassett wrote:

| You may need an antenna booster (I bought one from Radio Shack) if the TV
| station scan misses anything.

Or alternatively, a better antenna.

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On Mon, 08 Aug 2005 18:30:34 -0500 Peter Bassett
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| You may need an antenna booster (I bought one from Radio Shack) if
the TV | station scan misses anything.

Or alternatively, a better antenna.



Thanks guys for the info will look into the tuner in walmart and
checkout the antenna's and booster for the antenna at Radio Shack.

I would suggest you just get the antenna first if you are not that far
away from the broadcast towers. You can add the amplifier later if you
need it. Most HD stations are currently broadcasting on UHF so the UHF
antenna is more important than the VHF. (With ATSC, they remap the
channel, so what you see as VHF channel 4 on the old analog setup is
likely broadcasting digitally in the UHF channel 30s or 40s somewhere
and gets remapped to 4 on your tuner display).

For info on what type of antenna you may need and what directions the
towers are, try www.antennaweb.org.

Also, the other "low cost" ATSC tuner that is widely (more or less) is
the Samsung SIR-T451 at $249 retail. More features than the $200 US
digital tuner from Walmart. The Samsung is carried by several of my
local Best Buys, but not all of them.

If you have an HD TV and have not been HD broadcasts, you have been
missing a lot.

Alan F

Need advice on hdtv tuners
 

I bought last year a sammy HLP-4663w hdtv but no HDTV in my area
available except for local OTA channels so I'm thinking of buying a
HDTV tuner for my HDTV.
Please advice me on what a good tuner should have and what to look for
so I can finally watch some HDTV besides watching DVD's I know I will be
restricted to local channels and I know range is a factor.


Sincerely : Carlos