I suspect the cost will start to come down soon AND go to relatively cheap considering how many folks have standard tuners and will not switch to a HD set till the one they have now dies. Mike Storke wrote: > As a ham radio operator, I can tell you that the thing about needing > a special antenna for ATSC (aka (H)DTV) is total BS. A TV or radio > antenna for broadcast reception is the same regardless of the > modulation technique. The only difference, as pointed out earlier, > is in the receiver. > > Once again, the whole "Special HDTV Antenna" thing is just a scam to > make some people rich off ignorance. We've all seen it before in the > computer world with all the types of FUD (or worse) out there. Save > your money and if cheap rabbit ears will work, more power to you. > > BTW, as a reminder, we (meaning the USA and Canada) just HAD to have > our own over-the-air standard separate from everyone else in the > world in the form of ATSC. Europe and most other places use the DVB > set of standards, which coincidentally is also what's used in nearly > all cable TV systems here as well as at least one satellite service > (DirecTV, I think). This is also why if you want to receive both off > the air and cable you need 2 different tuners. But if you're using > cable or satellite exclusively and never intend to receive over the > air, you can save a lot of money by just buying an "HDTV Monitor" that > leaves out the ATSC tuner (and, last I checked, around $500!). > > Mike > > --- David wrote: > > >> On Dec 5, 2007, at 11:49 AM, Michael Havens wrote: >> >> >>> I have a question....... earlier it was said that to get hd >>> >> channels >> >>> you need >>> a special antenna but I recently got an hd tv and it seems that my >>> >> old >> >>> antenna is picking up the hd channels. Am I missing something? >>> ------------------------------------------------- >>> >> I don't know about needing an antenna, but you do need a reciever. >> Most HDTV's include one, though. >> >> David >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss