hdtv amplified antenna indoor
I just bought a Dynex 19" LCD HDTV with an RCA amplified indoor antenna and I'm not getting hd channels, help?
Everything seems to be hooked up fine, but when I channel scan I always get a different list and the few HD channels I get aren't the regular networks (ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, etc.) I'm totally new to all this also. Plus, my PS2 looks like crap on this and lags with Guitar Hero and nothing fixes that. I mainly got this for my PS3 I'm getting for christmas and already have the HDMI cables. Hope I was specific enough. Any suggestions?
For antenna help see:
http://www.antennaweb.org
And enter at least your zip code (if so you need to find your address on the map) or your whole address for specific antenna alignment. This will help you pick a good antenna or line up the one that you have.
For indoor antennas you need to locate it near a wall or a window and raise it up as high as possible. Proper orientation of the telescoping aerials will either allow you to get VHF DTV station assignments or improve UHF DTV assignments reception.
On thing you need to pay attention to on antenna web is the assignment channel as that is the real channel that the digital or HDTV station is on. It might say 35.1 which means this is the station that airs the same program as channel 35 analog but it might be assigned to channel 22. Or it may say 2.1 and be assigned to 11 or 6.1 and be assigned to 56. Channel 6 is a lower VHF channel but 56 is a UHF channel. So these numbers are important when picking the proper antenna as well as the location from the transmitter in miles and the orientation between stations. Sometimes you need two antennas connected with a splitter (which is being used as a combiner) to pick up all the stations. Or you need to rotate your indoor antenna as needed.
As for the PS2 if it is connected via yellow, white and red which is a composite video with left and right audio cable hookup that is why it looks bad. If you have the new PS3 with a HDMI cable that will look better. But Dynex and 19 inch means this is a lower cost HDTV with probably 720p resolution at best. Hopefully it is not an EDTV with less than 720p resolution.
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