MIKE ROSS wrote in a message to Jasen Betts:


 MR> They don't make tuners like they used to in early VCR's. I still
 MR> use an old RCA to pull in DX channels off air. The blue screen of
 MR> death on modern VCR's is less than useless. BTW digital tv is going
 MR> to make DXing nearly impossible. At least when analog goes wrong
 MR> some of it usually still manages to get through but with digital
 MR> it's all or nothing. I'd much rather have a degraded signal than no
 MR> signal at all or a stupid blue screen!

Back in the days of monochrome TV, I had this largish Philips portable, a
hybrid set which had two side boards that folded out after undoing a couple
of screws.

This set had the most freakish reception, I could get all the country
stations and occasionally some interstate skip on plain old rabbit ears
antennas.
I showed it to some friends, who dobbed me in to the local paper who wrote
a few lines about it.

I cant remember what happened to it in the end, I think I gave it away, but
the point is that I've never struck another television with such a powerful
front end on it. Always had a crystal clear picture!

Regards,
Peter 
--- timEd 1.10.y2k+