I just purchased a new 32" Sony TV that looks great, except for cable
channels 2-6 (Fox, NBC, CBS, and some local).  There are wavy lines on
these channels that look like vertical curly brackets running down the
TV.  I had always thought that the lower channels had less losses that the
higher channels and should look better.  On my old 20" TV everything looks
fine.  I thought it was a problem with the tuner in the TV, but I ran the
cable feed through my VCR to use its tuner and output it through the RCA
video cables to the TV in video mode and I get the exact same thing on
those channels only.  Is there some kind of mains or other interference
that will show up on these low channels, but not the others that is
affecting the larger tv more than my smaller one?  (and is there something
I can do besides switching to digital cable)?  I'm using run of the mill
coax cable now -- does buying the more expensive OFHC etc etc cabling
actually help anything?

Thanks,
Mark

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