http://hd.engadget.com/2007/04/24/terrestrial-digital-antenna-sales-up-100-over-last-year/ Engadget HD Comments for Terrestrial Digital antenna sales up 100% over last year http://hd.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://hd.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/04/24/terrestrial-digital-antenna-sales-up-100-over-last-year/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/04/24/terrestrial-digital-antenna-sales-up-100-over-last-year/
Tried an old school aluminum one (aka - the 1970's one) and it was wonderful.

]]>Apr 24th 2007 12:46PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/04/24/terrestrial-digital-antenna-sales-up-100-over-last-year/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/04/24/terrestrial-digital-antenna-sales-up-100-over-last-year/Apr 24th 2007 3:17PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/04/24/terrestrial-digital-antenna-sales-up-100-over-last-year/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/04/24/terrestrial-digital-antenna-sales-up-100-over-last-year/
The 80" Radio shack antenna is 60 bucks and works exceptionally well.

The 4 bay channel master UHF only antenna (big flat squares) is recognized as the best.


Don't bother with amplified antennas like all the cool little Terk's. I'm 15 miles from downtown STL (where the tv stations broadcast from) and the little amplified ones have terrible signal dropout. With my Radio shack, I don't lose signal in a thunderstorm.

Free HD is the only way to fly. The only channels Charter has are a couple of local ones and ESPN HD. Why would I pay for ESPNHD and still have to get an antenna to get the rest of the local channels. That means I'd be paying 40/mo JUST for ESPNHD. That math just doesn't work for me. I expect it's the same with a lot of other people.]]>Apr 25th 2007 9:25AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/04/24/terrestrial-digital-antenna-sales-up-100-over-last-year/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/04/24/terrestrial-digital-antenna-sales-up-100-over-last-year/Apr 28th 2007 9:10AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/04/24/terrestrial-digital-antenna-sales-up-100-over-last-year/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/04/24/terrestrial-digital-antenna-sales-up-100-over-last-year/Not all of the Digital TV stations are assigned to UHF (yet?) Anyone purchasing an 'HDTV' antenna should first consult AntennaWeb.org and see if there are any VHF stations broadcasting in the area. If there are VHF+UHF in the area, you'll probably want a VHF+UHF antenna.

The earlier posters are correct. You can try using an old 70's style antenna if you have one.

One benefit of using Over-The-Air signal (rather than over cable) is that the picture can sometimes be compressed (lower quality) on cable. It is strange to think that a channel over an antenna can look better than the same channel on cable!

- Ryan Pertusio
AutumnWave Technical Support]]>Apr 26th 2007 3:51PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/04/24/terrestrial-digital-antenna-sales-up-100-over-last-year/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/04/24/terrestrial-digital-antenna-sales-up-100-over-last-year/That was the best $60 well spent in my entire lifetime.]]>May 3rd 2007 4:29PM