Re: Digital TV

Eeyore wrote:

Tony Miklos wrote:

Not sure if I have the proper group, but I'll give this a shot.

I now use an outdoor antenna. Some channels come in perfect and some
not too great and some really bad. Will the DAC (digital to analog
converter) make poor signals come in better, worse, or the same?

The DAC itself isn't the issue, the issues are signal strength and receiver
performance.

I got my old electronics a bit mixed up. I remember now on some old (video game) monitors only the 1 IC was referred to as a "DAC". I wrote the question as if you would call the entire converter box a "DAC".



When cell phones went digital it was said that calls will come in
clearer, but they will also give less warning when in an area with poor
reception, they basically go from good to dead.

This is inherent with digital media, they're mostly fine until they stop
working totally. Digital doesn't do gradual and graceful degradation.

Thanks. Now to find the best one on the market. I'll probably wait a while.

Thanks,
Tony
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