We've Dumped Cable TV for Free TV

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You've seen the ads on Cable TV to dump the dish. We took it a bit further and dumped cable. Commercial accounts are expensive compared to residential accounts. With continuing rate increases, it was decided long ago to dump cable. However, we didn't have a converter box to watch ATSC broadcasts. With a spare HDTV converter meant for older HD monitors without a ATSC tuner, we put up an antenna and started receiving OTA (over-the-air) broadcasts. We receive stations from both Austin and Waco television markets. Two things came up from using this tuner. The first is the forced 16:9 aspect ratio forced on the output. Even with composite outputs, it does not work on 4:3 sets without putting the squeeze on video. Resetting the aspect ratio on the box does nothing. The other is the lack of on-screen display for use with menus and channel labels. In order to use the menus, a display with HDMI or component inputs is needed. The composite video output just isn't this tuner's best feature. Still it works and most people don't care about the picture. I don't watch TV and this doesn't affect me. The distorted picture is a little worse on a TV than I've seen.

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