Went to Carnegie’s Dicksmith Electronic Powerhouse yesterday. It’s a huge outlet with everything from laptops to home theatre systems. Good thing is, it’s just a 2 minutes drive-away from my place.

I’ve got a TV card sitting in my PC for a while now and I need a TV tuner to receive signals to watch “The Simpsons” on Channel Ten. My objective is to look for a good quality ones rather than those cheap, low quality receiver. I’m ready to pay the premium if I can get better signals.

I was looking at a shelf of about 8 different kinds of tuners. Prices varies from $16.95 to $59.95. It’s a big difference there so I’m not gonna get myself at picking the wrong ones. Well, they have a 14-day money-back guarantee policy, anyway. I’m not sure whether which one’s the best for my type of needs, so the friendly storehand popped up and helped me made my decision. I chose the Dicksmith’s Indoor Telescopic TV Antenna with Built-in Amplifier, which costs $49.95. Reviews followed in the photo story.

Dick Smith Electronic. They have their own logo on the packaging.The box and its content.Bad thing to this tuner is that it requires power supplies due to its amplifiers. That means messy wires and 1 adapter wasted.Ugly scene of the wire. That's a negative.Nice lil' dial there to adjust the amplification. Basically, turn it to the max to get the best picture, and you can throw away the dial.At first, I place the tuner on my PC table, but later found out that the received picture was awful. I changed its location.The picture turned out like this. Audio receptions' also bad. Later I found that the position of the tuner played a part in that.Damn! Too close to the wireless mouse. Wireless signals from the mouse is interfering with the tuner's.

I was able to fix the reception by moving the tuner closer to the window. The reception then came out fine, but I can’t get the position for it to get all channels on optimum reception. So I ended up with a best position for all the channels, spare the quality for the sake of quantity. Geez.

Ratings: ***



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