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[jeffslife]

i doubt this is the right place to post this so sorry. how can i get a hd tv tuner for my pj i have an over the air antenna which gives me an amazing picture on my regular tv . Football season is coming up and i would love to watch on my pj.
jeff1slife@yahoo.com

[jkruger]

Find an old Samsung set top tuner box. Most of them have OTA antenna hookups and will output 1080i. I have a TS-165 and it works great.

[ecrabb]

Jeff,

Could you tell us about what source(s) you're currently using with your projector?

Somebody more familiar than I am with the Zenith machines can chime in, but it looks like it should be a good 1080i machine... So, all you should need is something like like a Samsung SIR-TS360 or other OTA HD receiver with VGA or DVI-I output.

EDIT - Jkruger posted while I was posting... Same thing.

SC

[jeffslife]

sure, right now i have a sony bd s550 but it is turned down to 720p as when i tried to run 1080 i got horizontal rolling bands.
i also have a dishnetwork sat receiver but it is not hd.
then i have a analog to digital ota converter which is also not hd
and a sony dvd which i run at 720 which works great but does not compare to the bd.
i will be recieving a new hdmi cable soon then i could try to get it all back to 1080.

[jeffslife]

would a samsung sir-ts160 work? i found one used for 80 dollars

[jkruger]

I run all my sources thru a monoprice powered matrix switcher then to the hdfury. Right now everything is at 1080i. When I get the pj in its best location then I will do a setup for the 1080p bluray as well.

[jeffslife]

you lost me, i have no idea what a matrix switcher is or what it does. does it upconvert?

[jkruger]

Sometimes you need a card to put in it in order to set the antenna selection to OTA only. Almost any card will work.

[jkruger]

The switcher allows you to hook everything up to it and switch between them with a remote. No cable swapping. They do not upconvert.
Mine is similar to this one:
http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=101&cp_id=10110&cs_id=1011002&p_id=5312&seq=1&format=2

This one is cheaper and does the same thing but has only one output.
http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=101&cp_id=10110&cs_id=1011002&p_id=4088&seq=1&format=2

[Tom.W]

I like the 360

http://cgi.ebay.com/Directv-HD-Receiver-Samsung-SIR-TS360-/280533286566?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4151163ea6

[AnalogRocks]

I've got a couple of those, the tuners aren't as sensitive as the newer tuners

[AnalogRocks]

I've got a couple of those, the tuners aren't as sensitive as the newer tuners

[jkruger]

I live in an area where the signals are strong so the sensitivity does not make a big difference.

[jeffslife]

analogrocks,
what do you mean by that? cuople of which one 360 or 160? what do you mean by sensitive?

[AnalogRocks]

I have 2 of the 360's. I've compared them to newer tuners. They don't pick up as many channels given the same antenna system

[AnalogRocks]

I have 2 of the 360's. I've compared them to newer tuners. They don't pick up as many channels given the same antenna system

[akajester]

I picked up a few of the hisense usdtv ota tuners. they work great and you can get them on ebay for around $30-ish. They are very high quality subscription boxes. A thread over on AVS walks you through flashing them with another firmware to make them into non-subscription tuners. They're rock solid and are better than most tuners I've seen. They'll output 480i/480p and HD at 720p and 1080i via component. very nice boxes.

http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=hisense+receiver&_sacat=0&_odkw=hisense+tuner&_osacat=0&bkBtn=&_trksid=p3286.m270.l1313

dale

[AnalogRocks]

[AnalogRocks]

[jkruger]

I prefer a box that outputs either dvi or hdmi, just cuz it fits my setup better. My only component source is the wii and it gets upscaled to 1080i by the TS-165. It's still crappy graphics but it uses the same pj settings that way.

[akajester]

[jkruger]

How far are you from the transmitters?

[akajester]