The digital tuner won't pick up any antenna channels in digital. It
does play Divix. However, the first movie Nat watched got cut off near
the end. It was a long movie that was about 2.2 gigabytes. I'm
wondering if the system cuts off at 2 Gig. Neither of us have tried to
record anything.
My parent's took me to Wal-Mart. They had a bunch of cheep systems
none of which had a digital tuner. None of them will be any good in a
year. Worthless.
We then went to Best Buy. They had a $299 model that did pretty much
everything including a digital tuner. Best Buy had a bunch of devices
that said something like the following.
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Which, if you are not reading closely will look like it does have a digital tuner. Bastards. The TVs at Wal-Mart had a big warning that they would need a converter box after the switch date in 2009 or whenever. The fact that one of them was $109 and the one next to it with very similar bullets was $299 was the tip-off. I broke out the magnifying glass and compared.
We then went to Sam's Club and found the same device as Best Buy
(brand and model) for $277. Go Sam's. That's a rarity to find the exact
same thing and not have to do much comparing beyond price.
Nat knew we were getting one. So, I didn't want to wrap it and go
through the business. I opened it and started plugging things in. Nat
was upset about not having it under the tree for unwrapping. That is
when we noticed the digital tuner was not tuning very well. Nat wants
to give it another go and then call tech support before we think about
taking it back. I just want to take care of it before the
post-Christmas rush to return everything.
Nat says she will call tech support tomorrow. I bet it is just that
the
digital signals are not perfect (as in cable TV) and there for will not
come in. If so, we'll take it back. We can use the money for other
stuff. Trust me.
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