Over the winter, [Michael LeBlanc] thought a good way to spend his time during those long dark nights would be to scratch build his own direct conversion receiver. He was able to find plans for ...

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This is a 55" Sony Bravia tv and it sucks. It is slow to connect to the internet even at 90+ mbs and it buffers way too much. If you are shopping for a Sony tv RUN!! The Google system is not good.

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Along with the homodyne receiver, direct conversion was one of the earlier methods of building radios, both of which were superseded by the superheterodyne approach. See superheterodyne receiver.