In today’s episode, he asked: Why are there no wireless OTA antenna kits and it is even possible that its antenna signal wirelessly is transmitted? Can a mirror make your TV look several times better? What is the best anime television? And can a speaker enveloping system on the ceiling really impressive?
Signal interruption correction
Martyn from “to the other side of the pond” writes that after riding his LG G Oled series, there was some type of signal interruption between his antenna (or antenna) and his television. After connecting your TV to the coaxial cable connection for the antenna, nothing happened. There is probably a fault in the cable, however, it is routed through the walls in a Victorian house, so digging it and replacing it is not an option. They sought to obtain a wireless transception kit and were disappointed to discover that, apparently, there is no such product. So, the question is: What is the solution?
I will explain that solution shortly. First, why on this day and age of wireless boxes, everything, there is no box that only takes a TV antenna signal and see it wirelessly to a receiver connected to your TV? Often, the television location is not the best place for an antenna. It is clearly necessary to be able to put the antenna where you should go, put the TV where it must be and then transmit a signal wirelessly from one to another to avoid the discomfort of passing a cable through the house or, inside. This case, replacing a existing defective coaxial cable.
The reason why no wireless transmitter and receiver can take a raw TV antenna signal and send it on the air wirelessly? The same signal covers a wide range of the wireless spectrum and is very modulated. The necessary equipment to wirelessly broadcast a signal like that is restricted to people with professional videos. The signal is not only too complicated to transmit again, and in fact illegal to do it without a transmission license, but would be extremely susceptible to interference, probably with other wireless devices in a home.
In the United States, this is strongly regulated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). That is why you will not find a TV antenna that does not have a coaxial cable connected to it.
What can you do? The key is to connect a tuner to the antenna itself in the location of the antenna. The tuner demodulates the signal and makes it a video signal, and that demodulated video signal and ready for the screen can be transmitted wirelessly through the home through Wi-Fi.
That is what Ota Tuners and Dvrs, like Board and silicon – do it. They take the signal of an antenna, process it and then make it available to see through a Wi-Fi network. The silicon HDHOMERUN Flex Duo 2 is a box that will allow you to monitor up to two different channels at the same time from anywhere where you have internet. You can watch television broadcast through its application, which is available on iPhone, Android, Xbox, Apple TV, Roku and LG (I’m not sure of Samsung Tizen, you want to verify twice).
This device is not a DVR, but it can become one if you add an external hard drive, which allows you not only to watch live television, but also record up to two channels at the same time, when you want, wherever you want.
Tablo devices are similar, but most of them are DVR, so you are buying a DVR in addition to the wireless television solution. However, the price is very competitive. I do not believe that the Tablo brand is available in the United Kingdom or Europe, I suppose that is where you are since you said “on the other . Just look for a OTA DVR or a device similar to HDHOMERUN.
Why does the mirror make my TV appear better?
This next question is crazy and a kind of mystery.
Oliver writes that they have a Sony TV near the entrance of the house, and in front of the TV is a mirror. They swear that the mirror makes the quality of the television image significantly better: amazing, in fact. What is happening here? Is this magic mirror? How can a reflected image look better than the source of the image?
There are several potential factors at stake, and it is likely that it is a combination of them that makes television better in the mirror than to see television directly.
Mirrors do not really reflect 100 percent of the light: they absorb part of it. Most mirrors have a black back, without it, can be seen through them, like a bidirectional mirror, which absorbs part of the light that shines on them. This means that part of the brightness of your TV will be knocked down, but it can also make the TV seem to have better black levels than it really has because any flowering is erased. The television contrast may seem superior in the mirror, although the total brightness has been shot down.
In fact, the reflected image of the mirror could make a LCD TV It looks like an Oled TV (with perfect black levels that are amazing to see). In addition, the mirror will help to counteract some of the anti-glare measurements of television. When the television is seen directly, some effects of low -level light spots and rainbow of treatments against Glareo will be visible. The mirror, again, will demolish that effect, making television even better.
A mirror could also silence image artifacts because, in practice, it is actually distorting the image.
Is this magic? No, it’s science, but it probably seems magic.
The best television to watch anime (or whatever)
Andy writes to wonder what is the best TV for anime.
I understand this type of question, what television is better for anime, sports or movies, quite frequently, but it is worth speaking periodically.
To address this issue, let’s start talking about speakers. When they worked in a speaker company, people entered the exhibition room in search of speakers that were better for rock, edm, jazz, classic or country. I understand why: many people want speakers who make the music they love sound as good as they want.
He best speakers It will sound surprising regardless of the musical genre. If they can sound faithful to the source, the way music should sound, they are large speakers. That means they need to cover the complete spectrum of audio frequencies in a balanced way and avoid distortion. After that, it is a matter of taste. Do you want your speakers to publish a ton below? Then you need a speaker that can get a ton of bass. Do you like super aggressive and hot acute that sounds crispy and clean? You will want a speaker that can reproduce super high frequencies at very high sound pressure levels without distortion (you may want a thick tweeter, such as the type found in a Klipsch, for example). A speaker may sound excellent for classic jazz or all acoustic because low-genre demands tend to be lower than for hip-hop or R&B. The average rank demands of acute and superiors tend to be lower for classic and acoustic jazz that, for example, rock, which implies a great distortion of the noisy and crispy guitar.
Then, for classic and acoustic jazz and some folk music, a large shelf speaker can be everything you need. But for music that places greater demands in the low or acute regions, a larger tower speaker may be necessary. You can also add subwoofers to shelf speakers to approach what you want. However, the best speakers can do everything, regardless of the musical genre.
Apply this logic to televisions. The best televisions are content agnostics and show everything wonderfully. That does not mean that I cannot point to a TV that is sufficient for your most limited needs instead of shooting for the moon. (If you are only doing a lot of short trip trips in the city, you could escape with a B&W I3 and its limited range instead of obtaining a tesla, right?)
The most important aspect of image quality is the contrast. You want the best possible levels of black and brightness will depend largely on the visualization environment and individual tastes. If you only see TV news, where the image is nothing special, who cares? Get the brightest TV that I can pay and call it good. If you observe many sports, a high update rate is important (but I would say that a high update rate is always important).
However, for anime, movies, high quality television programs and even the high quality YouTube content, the needs are the same: high contrast, which begins with the best possible levels of black, and then a color vibrant and precise. For the image to look good, you will need a decent processing, which counts for all video content genres.
If the cost is not object and does not observe anime during the day with the sunlight in the room, obtain a 55 -inch OLED TV That you can pay.
Can speakers on the roof sound great?
D’Hris writes that a new construction house is closing soon and the builder offers pre-cable for a speakers on the 5-channel roof. D’Hris knows that the LCR speakers at the ear level (left, center, right) would be preferable, but also wonders if they continued with the wiring on the roof, could the front channels for the atmium channels be reused?
The first thing that comes to mind: why don’t they connect the CSF for the walls instead of those in cechos? Is it for how the room is established? If it is a new construction, they should be able to do what you want. In addition, the wiring is executed for walls on the walls will be shorter than on the roof. (Did you already put the sheet rock? Can you fish it, no problem).
If the on the roof is the only option, it is fine. If you have the media, considerate it. Continue and install the loudspeches on the ceiling: obtain a high quality speaker made of a very respected audio brand, and one that may be aimed at your listening position.
The roof systems may sound incredible if they are configured correctly and the speakers are well fed. Some loudspeakers on the roof even come with their own enclosures, are not the design of open leaves, so they may sound more refined, and is less randomly.
If you decided that it was not good enough, and I think it will be pleasantly surprised, you can continue using the two rear speakers such as supplies, configure shelves or Floor speakers In the front, and then use two of the three front speakers such as atmos channels. The central speaker would be the stranger. (Most receptors and processors who are likely to have no processing that allows the task that the speaker as an atmos channel of the central front).
It would take discreet frontal channels on the roof with a decent separation on a passive sound bar of three channels any day. I hope that helps and if I lost something, let me know.
