First, we chose a basic, low-cost unit from Radio Shack that should be similar to basic rabbit ears that anyone is likely to already own. We used two antennas to round out our signal comparison. Please note that screen shots of menus, guides and info pages were also taken from the LCD monitor due to glare and moiré issues with the camera. The Dell doesn't have a great scaler, but worked nicely to expose any flaws in the picture that might have been hidden by our standard interlaced CRT.
A 20" flat-panel Dell computer monitor with composite and S-video was also used. It isn't a particularly fantastic display, nor is it the worst available, but it did provide for a reliable visual comparison. This RCA brand TV has coax, composite, and S-Video inputs. In an effort to stay true to the purpose of the low cost digital tuners which are government coupon compatible, the majority of the testing was done with a 7 year old, 20" CRT television. And with a proliferation of boxes on the internet, which ones work with those $40 government coupons… If so, how well do they work? Features? Quality? Ease of use? Audioholics compares five popular boxes to help you make the best choice! A briefing in Washington offered some evidence that they've already taken major steps: where a 2002-vintage, standard-definition DVR would have used about 219 kilowatt-hours of electricity a year, a 2013 model that records in high-def and offers far more features would use just 170.Looking for a digital TV converter box can be a daunting task as every store seems to have their own brands. Tip: Your old cable box may be padding out your electric billĪ group of major cable and satellite operators pledged in December to upgrade the efficiency of the receiver and digital-video-recorder boxes they provide to subscribers. Playing around with different antennas can help improve your reception - newer models are flat and light enough to stick on a wall - but if geography isn't cooperating, there may not be much you can do. You may find that you can get high-def local TV for free, but you might also find that the stations you remember coming in with just a bit of snow over analog break up over digital.
Digital reception, as my own experience and reader reports have endlessly reminded me, doesn't match analog. The last bit of advice I'd give: If you can, first borrow somebody else's digital TV or DTV tuner to see whether you get acceptable reception at home.
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