It's very possible that somewhere in your system you're picking up interference from the local transmitter towers. Call the cable company and tell them to fix it. That's the simple solution. Mike Hord >From: Mark Perri >Reply-To: pic microcontroller discussion list >To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU >Subject: [OT]: Wavy lines on lower cable channels >Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 15:11:53 -0700 > >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 > >-- >http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different >ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details. _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.