MIKE ROSS wrote in a message to Peter May:

 MR> "Peter May" bravely wrote to "MIKE ROSS" (13
Mar 04  23:34:58)  ---
 MR> on the heady topic of "{at}%^{at}#$%^ veroboard"

 PM> MIKE ROSS wrote in a message to Jasen Betts:
 MR> They don't make tuners like they used to in early VCR's.

 PM> Back in the days of monochrome TV, I had this largish Philips
 PM> portable, a hybrid set which had two side boards that folded out after
 PM> undoing a couple of screws.
 PM> This set had the most freakish reception, I could get all the country
 PM> stations and occasionally some interstate skip on plain old rabbit
 PM> ears antennas. I showed it to some friends, who dobbed me in to the
 PM> local paper who wrote a few lines about it.
 PM> I cant remember what happened to it in the end, I think I gave it
 PM> away, but the point is that I've never struck another television with
 PM> such a powerful front end on it. Always had a crystal clear picture!

 MR> Obviously before the advent of cable, TV front ends had a tougher
 MR> time of pulling in the signal. Those early TV's were also better at
 MR> handling multipath with special video circuitry to detect image
 MR> problems i.e. keyed agc etc. I recall owning Philips tv's and they
 MR> had great reception indeed!

Do you think that current stuff is made more for attaching to cable or
whatever than it is to attach to an antenna?  I wonder how it's going to be
when all that digital stuff finally hits the stores...

While I'm at it,  I wonder how those various tv cards do in this regard?

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