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Posted: 11/20/2008 5:52:17 AM EDT
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Next year has nothing to do with HD, only digital transmission.
No you do not need a special antenna, the one you have now will work just as well as it has been. |
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Posted: 11/20/2008 5:54:56 AM EDT
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A regular anntenna will work fine. HD signals are a little more directional, so you will have to point your anntenna toward the towers. I have a standard anntenna on my HD TV right now and it works fine. A radio signal is a radio signal.
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Posted: 11/20/2008 5:57:34 AM EDT
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Thanks,I have a really old TV and a DTV box and wanted to know the best way to feed the low level digital signal.
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Posted: 11/20/2008 6:13:20 AM EDT
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Posted: 11/20/2008 6:18:57 AM EDT
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Yep, the old antennas will work exactly the same as the newer "HD" labeled antennas. What's funny is some antenna makers are marketing special "HD" branded antennas that look exactly the same as the older non-HD named antennas. The only difference is they cost twice as much.
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Posted: 11/20/2008 6:19:43 AM EDT
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Most likely your local stations will either already be transmitting their digital signals on UHF frequencies or will move to those soon. Therefore, you need a UHF antenna. Most likely, the antenna you are using now has UHF elements, and you're fairly close to the transmitters, so you'll be okay.
If the transmitters in your area are more than about 20 degrees apart, you may not be able to get a good signal from all of them and you may need to pick one direction. There are other strategies such as rotators and dual antenna installations, but the first thing to do is put the antenna outside of the house if its not already. Improving the gain is everything. There is no such thing as an "HD" antenna, label or not. |
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Posted: 11/20/2008 6:22:52 AM EDT
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Posted: 11/20/2008 6:52:52 AM EDT
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There is no such thing as a “HD antennae” it is marketing BS. Any good antennae that will bring in a good strong analog broadcast now will pull in digital broadcast.
BUT With digital you either have a good signal or you get nothing watchable there is no snowy picture. Start setting set up now as most broadcasters are already broadcasting digital. Antenna info here... http://www.dennysantennaservice.com/index.html |
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Posted: 11/20/2008 1:36:17 PM EDT
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You will still need the digital converter for older TV's I take it.
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Posted: 11/20/2008 1:41:24 PM EDT
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You will still need the digital converter for older TV's I take it. Yes. Those $40ish boxes are only good for SD signals. You need an HD box which costs significantly more to get HD quality signals. I've got one of each, so I have some experience dealing with this setup. A few years ago I shut off cable, and stuck a large (actually medium sized) terk antenna inside my attic. I used the map provided by terk and aimed it to the tv towers in my area. I get all but one station because its in a different area than the rest of the towers. It took some trial and error to aim the antenna properly, and I had to purchase and install a signal amplifier as well, but its been working for several years now. I have a Samsung HD over the air converter box that I've been using for HD. |
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