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Getting the most from America's High Definition Television System is simple and inexpensive. All you need in most cities are rabbit ears. Add a converter box if you have a pre-2007 set, no need to buy a new TV to enjoy today's new digital television. "Multicasting" allows TV stations to broadcast up to six channels in the space of their old one. Channel 9 is now DTV 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, etc, each better than the old signal. Cable and satellite services don't carry most broadcast channels, plus they strip and compress their HDTV signals to save space for their other $ervice$. Here's how real DTV looks compared to cable or satellite signals on the same TV screen. |
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The FCC's New Rules say cable and satellite can strip their television signals by thirty percent or more. Unfortunately, that much compression is noticeable on your living room TV set. It's the difference between seeing eyelashes and dark shadows. Between spectacular sound and stereo. 
Cable and satellite can be exposed by adding "rabbit ears" to your new TV. With pre-2007 sets you'll also need a converter box connected between the rabbit ears and the set. Now add an antenna switch box (new TVs have them built-in). With either cable or satellite and the rabbit-ears-line [converter-box-line for old TVs] connected as illustrated, tune both to the same channel then switch between them while watching any program.You'll be blown away... and wonder how cable and satellite get away with such deception. What's really annoying is that almost all cable and satellite services have done all they plan to do with the new DTV system. They have no intention to add any more local HDTV broadcast channels. All you can expect from them is more of the same at higher prices! |
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