Ordered a HDTV antennae tonight

camper wrote"An antenna doesn't have to be HDTV. The t.v. does." I felt that people not familiar with tv,hdtv,antenna etc would think they needed to have an hdtv in order to receive over the air hdtv, which is not the case. and yes you will not get the same picture quality without hdtv but you can receive hdtv over the air with the old style outdoor antenna depending how far from the tv tower that is transmitting the signal. you have to take into consideration the curvature of the earth.. the horizon is 25 miles and that is why most tv towers are on the highest point they can be placed in the area..of course flat land you are limited in the height of the tower you can have....now did I make myself clear or do I need to break it down more???
 

We're too far out in the sticks for antennas..We currently have hulu streaming...

I don't think it will last too much longer....all my husband does is complain about commercials.

Supposedly if you load it to the dvr you can fast forward thru commercials, but these are just ..lies, lies I tell you.

He's had multiple conversations with them..I'm just waiting for the day he blows them off.:)
 
Seeker said:
We're too far out in the sticks for antennas..We currently have hulu streaming...

I don't think it will last too much longer....all my husband does is complain about commercials.

Supposedly if you load it to the dvr you can fast forward thru commercials, but these are just ..lies, lies I tell you.

He's had multiple conversations with them..I'm just waiting for the day he blows them off.:)
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We got Hulu for $11.99 a month ,no commercials ..
 

Seeker said:
We're too far out in the sticks for antennas..We currently have hulu streaming...

I don't think it will last too much longer....all my husband does is complain about commercials.

Supposedly if you load it to the dvr you can fast forward thru commercials, but these are just ..lies, lies I tell you.

He's had multiple conversations with them..I'm just waiting for the day he blows them off.:)
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Seeker if I want to skip the ads, then I need to record the
programme and watch it later, then I can "Fast Forward"
through them.

No other way, but if I go to the catch-up system of the
channels, then there are fewer ads.

Mike.
 
cdestroyer said:
camper wrote"An antenna doesn't have to be HDTV. The t.v. does." I felt that people not familiar with tv,hdtv,antenna etc would think they needed to have an hdtv in order to receive over the air hdtv, which is not the case. and yes you will not get the same picture quality without hdtv but you can receive hdtv over the air with the old style outdoor antenna depending how far from the tv tower that is transmitting the signal. you have to take into consideration the curvature of the earth.. the horizon is 25 miles and that is why most tv towers are on the highest point they can be placed in the area..of course flat land you are limited in the height of the tower you can have....now did I make myself clear or do I need to break it down more???
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Bottom line. The resolution of the television set determines HDTV. Your older set isn't capable. People are giving the old sets away. I took issue with the claim that camper is incorrect as usual. You are just repeating what we already know. I installed more antennas in the 50 s before cable was available. There was only VHF channels. No UHF. The best antennas were cut to the frequency of the broadcasting station
 
I must report to you all that I did not send the HD Digital Antennae back and installed it instead just to see if it works. Well it does and pretty well, too. I get 31 stations and that's pretty good considering how my unit is positioned in almost a cave like environment..lol. Included in the line up of the channels I get is NBC, ABC, PBS, Cozi, Escape, Justice, Laff, Quest, Grit, Ohio, World, Create, KIDS, Court TV (which says is coming soon), a few Spanish channels, a few home shopping channels, Get TV, 7 various themes channels, Movies!, Start TV, Decades, and some others I forgot off hand. They come in pretty well with good pictures. So, I am now happy with this antennae. I was going to send it back at first and get a different one but then I thought of all the good reviews this one had and how most of them look very similar and this one was only 21.99. Kind of disappointed not to get CBS or Fox but I certainly can live without FOX. I have CBS on an app that includes being able to watch many of their shows and movies for 5.99 a mo. I also have the Philo app. that has 45 channels for 16.99 a mo. So, I'm all set with channels.
 
Camper6 said:
So now. Do you have a a High Definition capable television and are you getting HDTV channels.
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Yes, I have a HD tv and assume I'm getting HD channels but I don't know the difference anyways..lol..so I am happy, thank you:eek:
 
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cdestroyer said:
and no camper is not correct as usual.. the tv does not have to be able to receive hd signals. all that is done thru the digital to analog converter receiver...my tv only has a coaxial cable connection to which my decoder box is connected.
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To watch HDTV, you need an HDTV-compatible television and a means of receiving an HDTV signal. HDTVs come in both 16:9 and 4:3 formats (for backwards compatibility). Some HDTVs include HDTV tuners for receiving over-the-air broadcasts, but others require the receiver to be bought separately. Fortunately, most cable and satellite TV companies offer HDTV-compatible boxes with their digital service plans.

https://techterms.com/definition/hdtv
 
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Ruthanne said:
I must report to you all that I did not send the HD Digital Antennae back and installed it instead just to see if it works. Well it does and pretty well, too. I get 31 stations and that's pretty good considering how my unit is positioned in almost a cave like environment..lol. Included in the line up of the channels I get is NBC, ABC, PBS, Cozi, Escape, Justice, Laff, Quest, Grit, Ohio, World, Create, KIDS, Court TV (which says is coming soon), a few Spanish channels, a few home shopping channels, Get TV, 7 various themes channels, Movies!, Start TV, Decades, and some others I forgot off hand. They come in pretty well with good pictures. So, I am now happy with this antennae. I was going to send it back at first and get a different one but then I thought of all the good reviews this one had and how most of them look very similar and this one was only 21.99. Kind of disappointed not to get CBS or Fox but I certainly can live without FOX. I have CBS on an app that includes being able to watch many of their shows and movies for 5.99 a mo. I also have the Philo app. that has 45 channels for 16.99 a mo. So, I'm all set with channels.
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If you can't get CBS or Fox, put the antenna in a different location, say near a window, and do another channel scan. It's location, location.
 
Camper6 said:
Well lucky you. I tried an over the air antenna and couldn't even get one channel.
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That's unfortunate. I wonder if it's your location. I think I would get more channels if I didn't live on the bottom floor surrounded by other apartments and in the middle of an apartment crowded street and city.
 
johndoe said:
If you can't get CBS or Fox, put the antenna in a different location, say near a window, and do another channel scan. It's location, location.
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I did put it near the window and still can't get them. Did the scan, too. My apt. is surrounded by other apts. and higher apts and the whole street and area are crowded with apts. and high rises, too.
 
Digital aerials are directional, at least they are here,
the ones on the roofs all point in the same direction.

I have an indoor one, which is not directional, but
several things can affect it, weather, parked vehicles,
vehicles driving past, if the weather doesn't upset the
reception, then vehicles don't either, they are linked.

I just move it somewhere else in the room and that
normally fixes it.

I have no high rise building close, only 2 storey homes.

Mike.
 
Ruthanne said:
That's unfortunate. I wonder if it's your location. I think I would get more channels if I didn't live on the bottom floor surrounded by other apartments and in the middle of an apartment crowded street and city.
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No it's just that we are isolated from big cities that have broadcasting facilities close by.

To use an over the air antenna you have to have broadcasting close by to be received by the antenna, especially an indoor one.

If you could put the antenna up high, the results would be better.
 
cdestroyer said:
camper6... it has been two months or more and you still dont get it!
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If you like I can send you pictures of channels that I get. Some come in on SD (standard definition) and some come in on HD (High Definition) via cable.

And how do I know? Well there is a button on the remote called info. It tells you if what mode you are watching in.

Now previously to getting this new television which is High Definition capable I was using an older version television.

When I clicked on the High Definition Television stations a message would come through telling me I need a HD television to watch that channel although I could watch it in SD (standard definition).. There is a big difference in picture quality.

And I just had a technician from the cable company install a new cable box which is capable of recording programs to watch later. I believe it's called a PVR. I asked him if you needed a High Definition television to watch HD programming.

He said yes. So what else can I tell you? My eyes are bad and the technician doesn't know what he is talking about?
 

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