My OTA HD Setup

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  • weirdlookinguy
    Badcaps Legend
    • Sep 2007
    • 1638
    #21
    Re: My OTA HD Setup

    Originally posted by mockingbird
    That's decent, but I wonder how the Rage Theatre 650 compares to Phillips SAA713X tuners.
    Philips tuners have always seemed to be highly regarded (from what I've heard anyways) so I wouldn't be surprised if the Philips was better in some form or another. However, I have no complaints about my Theater 650 Pro based tuner.

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      • PCBONEZ
        Grumpy Old Fart
        • Aug 2005
        • 10661
        • USA
        #22
        Re: My OTA HD Setup

        My old house was like 25 miles and with the amp a standard roof UHF/VHF worked fine.
        Needed the amp even for non-HD there because the old cable sucked [sun & heat & time] and was freakin'n long. I wasn't gonna replace the run of cable in a rented house but I did replace the balun on the antenna because the 115F summers here kill them every so often too.

        When I would fix a TV of set up a tuner card and have to check it [after HD was the only option] I'd run a cable and stick a regular rabbit ears on the front porch table [without an amp] and even just that got 3/4 of the stations nice and clear.

        At the new place I'm like 12 miles and the rabbit ears don't even need to be outside.
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          • toastygoodness
            Badcaps Veteran
            • Jul 2005
            • 813
            • United States
            #23
            Re: My OTA HD Setup

            i thought the rage theatre 650 was just a chip? phillips always makes the tuners?

            i dunno, i've always used hauppauge... so everything says phillips besides the conveniently silkscreened hauppauge logo

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