AnswerID: 314218 Submitted: Monday, Jul 07, 2008 at 09:22
Seeker
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I can help you with this question. I own an run a major TV antenna company in
Perth WA. Digital reception (HD or SD) will give you a better clearer picture but only if digital is being broadcast from the transmitter in your area and if the signal strength and quality are above a certain value. With a digital signal HD & SD are both transmitted in what they refer to as a transport stream. So if you can decode SD you can decode HD. I personally wouldnt waste my time trying to pick up signal whilst travelling with a TV antenna. The issues you come across are vast. Firstly they transmit on different channels. ie in
Perth they transmit on 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 28, 29, & 31. In the bush they might transmit in the middle 50's. This means you need a different type of antenna to pick up the different bands. Also the polarity of the signal changes. It will be either horizontal or vertical. I would by a good quality 85cm dish and a satellite decoder and pick the signal up from the Optus C1 satellite via Optus Aurora.
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FollowupID: 580287 Submitted:
Monday, Jul 07, 2008 at 15:55
stevesub posted:
I agree. We have just returned from 2 weeks in Coastal/
Outback QLD. When we could get Digital TV it was fine but the majority of
places either had very bad or no digital reception so out with the old analogue TV, snow and all but at least a picture of sorts. I also got a few books read at night time when the analogue was no good.
Stevesub
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