Comments on: TV & Electronics : About HDTV Antennas

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By: lavelliINC

lavelliINC — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:55:56 +0000

at best buy they said those are for outdoor and indoor use

By: jakispowalonynick

jakispowalonynick — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:34:54 +0000

You are fucking noob. It’s no difference between analogue antenna or DVB-T antenna. This is marketing bullshit.

By: RealmEternal

RealmEternal — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:15:53 +0000

OTA antenna are definitely affected by trees and buildings in the way.

By: AntennasDirect

AntennasDirect — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:08:14 +0000

If anyone was wondering, this is one of our antennas used in this eHow demonstration — Antennas Direct Clearstream1.

By: DoofNoofem

DoofNoofem — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:20:37 +0000

I wonder how many suckers have old “analog” tv antennas on their roofs and get suckered into buying “HDTV Antennas” by “techies” who either lie or don’t have a clue what they’re talking about. HDTV is broadcast at VHF and UHF frequencies- the SAME frequencies on which analog signals are broadcast. If your old antenna worked well picking up analog (without major ghosting or dropouts), then it will work well picking up digital. The word “Digital” or “HDTV” on antenna packaging is bullshit.

By: Iamthelaw1526

Iamthelaw1526 — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:13:13 +0000

this is just a UHF loop with a reflector, good
for probably 15 miles, A grey hoverman with
narods is one of the best antennas.

By: CoroaEntertainment

CoroaEntertainment — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:48:58 +0000

@DoofNoofem, but most of those old setups have RG59 coax. To get the best performance, that cable should be switched to RG6 (& keep it as short as possible). A new baulm should also be used. For lengths under 50 feet one TV, an amp is not usually needed. Of course you also require a TV with a built in digital ASTC tuner, or a TV top box with an ATSC tuner. Without that you will NOT be able to receive these free digital HD channels. I get 27 OTA digital HD channels. Yep, I gave up my cable. : )

By: CoroaEntertainment

CoroaEntertainment — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:51:21 +0000

Some of the channels I get are Fox, PBS, ABC, CBS, MyTV, NBC …. all in glorious digital/HD. I canceled my regular basic cable, because I was getting the same channels for free over the air (OTA), and the nice thing is that the channels I get now are digital/HD compared to lower quality analog from the cable company. But unless you live within 50 miles of a big city, the chances of getting that many OTA hd channels gets harder to do. That’s when a Yagi antenna and a rotator/amp can help things.

By: DoofNoofem

DoofNoofem — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:50:17 +0000

@CoroaEntertainment , sounds like you know your stuff. Btw…I’m not suggesting that the antenna presented here is necessarily bad or anything (though that reflector looks mighty small compared to the element).

Also, you left out one option…I have a “HDTV ready” Tv (no ATSC tuner) use a computer tuner to receive, record and present HD content on my TV because for the price of a Tuner-card I can use my computer as a PVR and record as well. PCI-card tuners are better than USB tuners afaik.