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Being in a basin surrounded by big hills , with no direct line of sight to any transmitter towers (can't see Sugar Loaf) ,can't see Kotara either , we've always had bad reception even with a booster and superdooper high gain antennas , and horrible ghosting on ABC and SBS , or just snowy vision (Ten).
The set top box has cleaned all that up and it cost me bugger all , I was quoted about $400 to sort the picture quality out by an antenna guy last year and never asked him to come back (I'd rather keep the $400).
You're right , I'm NOT the least bit interested in a big LCD or Plasma or in ultra fine digital detail in the stuff I see on the screen, I'd rather keep the money I'd have to spend to get that in my building society. Anyway , the prices of HD Plasma and HD LCDs will fall heaps over the next few years and they'll get less power hungry and more reliable too. SO I'M IN NO RUSH and am not interested in wasteful unnecessary consumption and consumerism when my old TV (with the addition of the HD / DIigital TEAC set top box is more than adequate for my requirements , nor am interested in keeping up with the Jones or buying into fads.
I've better things to spend that kind of money on , like say building my ROR observatory for instance or maybe gong towards a boat or a 4x4 campertrailor.
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