On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 7:17 PM, <Don55CM@aol.com> wrote:
> In a message dated 12/14/2008 6:20:27 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> doug@dougbraun.com writes:
>
> An antenna that is good for traditional analog broadcasting will be good for
> digital (HD or regular).
>
> So if you have a usable antenna today, just try tuning in the digital
> version of your favorite stations to see if you are happy with the results.
>
> Doug
>
>
>
> Any good UHF antenna will be good for HD / digital TV. A directional
> antenna mounted up high will work a lot better than the little wire loop
>that came
> with the TV. A VHF antenna (like the rabbit ears) that only pulls in the old
> channels 2-13 (no decimal point) won't work after next February. The new
> digital channels (2.1, 2.2, etc.) are actually located up in the UHF band.
>
No. The VHF band is solidly part of the digital TV world. What's
happened is that digital TV decouples the "display channel" (what your
receiver tells you you're watching, 16-1, for instance.) from the
actual frequency at which the station is broadcast. Many, probably
most, of the existing VHF stations are, currently, broadcasting on a
different UHF channel. Most will switch back after the analog
transmitter shuts down.
--
David Scheidt
dmscheidt@gmail.com
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