Are ATSC Tuner Performance Specifications or Comparison Tests Available?
I would like to buy an LCD TV based on the performance of its ATSC tuner as well as it’s picture. I’ve just discovered that there are apparently large differences between brands and perhaps even between models within a brand. The sensitivity and the ability to reject reflected signals are two critical parameters and there may be more. But so far I haven’t been able to find any data from the manufacturers or any comparative test results from third parties. I’m hoping that I just haven’t found the right places yet and that someone can point me there. I’m looking for this data because I accidentally discovered that I have widely different OTA reception performance from a $60 DTV converter and a $500 HDTV. Unfortunately, it’s the converter that wins hands down. The HDTV is now about 4 months old and it’s almost always unwatchable on at least one, usually two, and frequently all four local network affiliate channels. Usually it’s due to rapidly fluctuating signal strengths that, up until no
