any antenna is hd ready

just get cable

Antenna is one time investment until it breaks due to wear and tear, if any. Cable is monthly fee.

Thanks for clearing that up.

I'll show you a 2" diameter pipe.

Go and get the Radio Shack 40" Boom Length, 17 Elements outdoor antenna. Its a way better antenna that picks up signal much better than this Winegard and its only $35 with free shipping. It was way better than the amplified "stealth" antennas I had replaced. I just bought two more this week for other family members. Its good to receive uncompressed HDTV signals from local broadcasts, especially sporting events.

i want a window mount one any surgestions live in apt. roof off duty ? thanks

# 5 no thanks on 1" incher

# 4 is jerk he e-mail me talks a lot of baconnaise .. ben kick him off please ..

#6 is correct and a decently made antenna can last for decades. If you have a long cable run, be sure and use very low loss cable- the stuff they sell for the dish network dishes is excellent. Also, you will want a rotator, unless all of the local stations are in the same general direction.

In the SF Bay area, I now receive about 35 stations, all super high quality HD. Cable is a ripoff and the movies are old. Latest movies are on the net, you know where.

Many of the "HD antennae" bought before the transition were UHF only. This worked great until last Friday. After the transition, some of the stations moved back to the VHF band. Depending on your area, you might need a UHF/VHF antenna again to get all stations.

Example: That great Radio Shack antenna mentioned by #6 is UHF only.

Absolutely true, wolf. I live in Washington DC and can no longer receive local CBS and ABC stations since last Friday.

Agregious!!!

My UHF ant. works better for digital TV than the VHF. Both are mounted on a roof mast w/ rotator & separate downleads, and the U pulls in 2X the # of stations than the V.

VHF not good for HD, UHF is.

Thats probably because your stations are UHF, not VHF. Go to antennaweb.org or lookup the call sign on wikipedia. Wikipedia gives the coordinates of the towers and the output power. Plus, if its on wikipedia, it must be true.

Not true #16, VHF has better signal propagation than UHF. Which is why many stations moved back to VHF last Saturday.

I have the Radio Shack 40", 17 Elements antenna mounted at ground level (anyone know how to get to your two story roof without a $200 ladder and risking death?) and live about 30 miles away from my area's broadcast towers. It picks up the UHF stations at full strength, and picks up the VHF stations at maybe 65% signal after going through two, two way splitters. My HDTV's is fine with that, as well as my convertor box, but my PC TV tuner has a little trouble with signal strength that low. Hard to complain for an antenna that was designed to be UHF only, but I might have to get a new antenna after all.

I have RabbitEars outside with an amplifier attached prior to a 4 way splitter. All of my channels come in fine. I've been Digital OTA for about a year now. On Transition day (June 12) I lost 2 channels. Went to the TV web site where they clearly mentioned I would need to rescan the channels.

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