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[Fiery_WA]

Gday

I have a TiVo, a booster and HD LCD TV, live in Burnie, clear line of sight to Round Hill. Initially when I bought my first STB it was a SD one, had our antenna repositioned so as to pick up the signal from Launeston.

Now as the Round Hill is operational, I had our antenna repositioned again. TiVo and HD TV work perfectly. However this is not the problem, my husband's son is now living with us. He has our old CRT TV, and went to Hardley Normals and picked an el cheapo HD STB.

He is forever complaining of fuzzy pictures. His father has said he will look into it, (that was 6 months ago). I am looking for cheapest possible solution to keep this teenager quiet.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

I have posted this in the regional area also.

I am thinking along the lines of another amplifier.

Edited by Fiery_WA, 02 May 2011 - 08:09 PM.

[pgdownload]

Digital isn't "Fuzzy". Its generally either on or off.  If you have a signal, all an amplifier will do is provide the same signal (or worse). The "issue" you have is probably the CRT.

Its also possible you are not looking at the digital signal from the STB. Unplug any cables from the TV except the one cable between the STB and the TV. The aerial should go into the STB. Confirm you can see an image and change the channel using the STB remote.

Regards

Peter Gillespie

Edited by pgdownload, 03 May 2011 - 01:12 PM.

[M'bozo]

Fiery_WA, on May 2 2011, 08:06 PM, said:

He is forever complaining of fuzzy pictures.

Fuzzy pictures on a CRT TV are usually caused by:

The connection method used for the set top box.

Convergence errors or poor focus caused by the circuitry controlling the CRT within the set.

Shadow mask problems.

Vision problems in the viewer.

Poor native resolution of the CRT due to dot pitch/stripe characteristics.

pgdownload, on May 2 2011, 09:49 PM, said:

Digital isn't "Fuzzy".

Some of the crap-o-vision that passes for FTA looks like vaseline has been smeared over the image, or the lens of the video capture device.

I've had customers ask me why the picture looks "fuzzy" on some channels, and not others.