Monday, April 27, 2009

Life Approaching a Pixelated World

Digital Stuff and I don't get along. My parents switched to a digital phone service. Now I hear only half of what's said to me (they may say this is an improvement...). The signal cuts out on occasion and comes back in. It's really a rather odd experience. Since I don't have much to tell me if it cut out, I never know if I miss something.

Now digital TV gives me plenty to determine that. With the old analog signal, I could get most stations pretty decently. PBS and NBC were a struggle with the latter being received clearly solely on my 30+ year old black-and-white TV (for now on, I'll call "Ansel Adams"; photos really are better in black and white). Now, with the digital signals, I get all stations rather well. But curse the evenings when a decent breeze blows by. It seems that the winds can disrupt the signal to the point where audio is gone and many huge cubes remain of the video. At least, with analog, I would get the picture rather well and have uninterrupted audio.

I could get a larger antenna or maybe learn how to orient the ears better. The solution is out there; I just need to find it.

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