Sony KDF-42we655 ATSC Tuner sucks

Just installed my Zenith Converter from Radio Shack and was amazed at the
improvement over the tuner in my Sony 42" RPTV. This TV was manufactured in
2004 and the tuner is so bad at handling Multipath that for all practical
purposes, all I have is a monitor. I suppose if I was line of site, it
would have had a better chance at working. I am Northeast of Seattle
approximately 22 miles on the average from the broadcast towers and shooting
through many close trees. The Sony locked on about 8 stations but received
them so intermittantly that we had switched almost entirely to analog. The
Zenith tuner locked onto 33 (including subchannels) and I haven't seen any
dropout from any of them in 4 days. The new generation chips are incredibly
better!.....


Jim in Seattle

Jim L ) wrote:
: Just installed my Zenith Converter from Radio Shack and was amazed at the
: improvement over the tuner in my Sony 42" RPTV. This TV was manufactured in
: 2004 and the tuner is so bad at handling Multipath that for all practical
: purposes, all I have is a monitor. I suppose if I was line of site, it
: would have had a better chance at working. I am Northeast of Seattle
: approximately 22 miles on the average from the broadcast towers and shooting
: through many close trees. The Sony locked on about 8 stations but received
: them so intermittantly that we had switched almost entirely to analog. The
: Zenith tuner locked onto 33 (including subchannels) and I haven't seen any
: dropout from any of them in 4 days. The new generation chips are incredibly
: better!.....


: Jim in Seattle


You are comparing apples and oranges. Your Sony tuner receives only
analog channels while your converter receives digital channels only.
Cass

On May 8, 6:23*pm, (Cass Lewart) wrote:
Jim L ) wrote:

: Just installed my Zenith Converter from Radio Shack and was amazed at the
: improvement over the tuner in my Sony 42" RPTV. *This TV was manufactured in
: 2004 and the tuner is so bad at handling Multipath that for all practical
: purposes, all I have is a monitor. *I suppose if I was line of site, *it
: would have had a better chance at working. *I am Northeast of Seattle
: approximately 22 miles on the average from the broadcast towers and shooting
: through many close trees. *The Sony locked on about 8 stations but received
: them so intermittantly that we had switched almost entirely to analog. *The
: Zenith tuner locked onto 33 (including subchannels) and I haven't seen any
: dropout from any of them in 4 days. *The new generation chips are incredibly
: better!.....

: Jim in Seattle

You are comparing apples and oranges. Your Sony tuner receives only
analog channels while your converter receives digital channels
only.
Cass

Well according to _this_ review, Jim is correct in that his set _does_
have an ATSC tuner.

http://reviews.digitaltrends.com/rev...42we655-review

GG

Yup....ATSC no doubt about it. Anyone with a generation of HDTV with a
built in ATSC tuner is probably having the same issue. How does that make
you feel?


"G-squared" wrote in message
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On May 8, 6:23 pm, (Cass Lewart) wrote:
Jim L ) wrote:

: Just installed my Zenith Converter from Radio Shack and was amazed at
the
: improvement over the tuner in my Sony 42" RPTV. This TV was manufactured
in
: 2004 and the tuner is so bad at handling Multipath that for all
practical
: purposes, all I have is a monitor. I suppose if I was line of site, it
: would have had a better chance at working. I am Northeast of Seattle
: approximately 22 miles on the average from the broadcast towers and
shooting
: through many close trees. The Sony locked on about 8 stations but
received
: them so intermittantly that we had switched almost entirely to analog.
The
: Zenith tuner locked onto 33 (including subchannels) and I haven't seen
any
: dropout from any of them in 4 days. The new generation chips are
incredibly
: better!.....

: Jim in Seattle

You are comparing apples and oranges. Your Sony tuner receives only
analog channels while your converter receives digital channels
only.
Cass

Well according to _this_ review, Jim is correct in that his set _does_
have an ATSC tuner.

http://reviews.digitaltrends.com/rev...42we655-review

GG

I should have said "older" generation of ATSC tuner. Sorry
Jim



"Jim L" wrote in message
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Yup....ATSC no doubt about it. Anyone with a generation of HDTV with a
built in ATSC tuner is probably having the same issue. How does that make
you feel?


"G-squared" wrote in message
...
On May 8, 6:23 pm, (Cass Lewart) wrote:
Jim L ) wrote:

: Just installed my Zenith Converter from Radio Shack and was amazed at
the
: improvement over the tuner in my Sony 42" RPTV. This TV was
manufactured in
: 2004 and the tuner is so bad at handling Multipath that for all
practical
: purposes, all I have is a monitor. I suppose if I was line of site, it
: would have had a better chance at working. I am Northeast of Seattle
: approximately 22 miles on the average from the broadcast towers and
shooting
: through many close trees. The Sony locked on about 8 stations but
received
: them so intermittantly that we had switched almost entirely to analog.
The
: Zenith tuner locked onto 33 (including subchannels) and I haven't seen
any
: dropout from any of them in 4 days. The new generation chips are
incredibly
: better!.....

: Jim in Seattle

You are comparing apples and oranges. Your Sony tuner receives only
analog channels while your converter receives digital channels
only.
Cass

Well according to _this_ review, Jim is correct in that his set _does_
have an ATSC tuner.

http://reviews.digitaltrends.com/rev...42we655-review

GG

On Fri, 09 May 2008 03:54:20 GMT Jim L wrote:

| I should have said "older" generation of ATSC tuner. Sorry

The perks of being an "erlee 'dopter".

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On May 8, 7:48*pm, "Jim L" wrote:
Yup....ATSC no doubt about it. *Anyone with a generation of HDTV
with a
built in ATSC tuner is probably having the same issue. *How does
that make
you feel?

snip

We have a similar age Samsung SIR-T165 STB to go with the DLP 'HDTV
ready' set in late 2003. The multipath here must be pretty tame as we
have no issues on the Samsung or the 3 ATI HDTV Wonder cards (mid 2004
introduction)

GG