HD antenna

[Wayne Davis]

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 <david at damnetwork.net> wrote:
>
>   
>> On Dec 5, 2007, at 11:49 AM, Michael Havens <bmike101 at cox.net> 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
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