Are the antennas to tv updated and better than the old ones?

fancicoffee13

fancicoffee13

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So, I got an antenna and it is hooked up and ready to go when I no longer have local channels. I know how to scan the channels-is that hard to do? I used to go through a lot of frustration with the old cheap antennas in 2019. I love how AI makes things easier as it gets better. I am looking forward to it. Can I scan for things like FOX and HGTV channels? Especially FOX, because I watch football on it.
 

A channel scan as I understand it does a search of the band for recognizable signals and for virtual "subchannels" within each one. It remembers these so you can scroll through and select among them later.

Every so often these change as transmitters come and go or the FCC dictates "repacks" where they have broadcasters move to new actual channels to make vacant blocks they can sell off to cell phone providers. So you might need to rescan every 3 to 6 months or if a favorite "channel" disappears.

The "channels" and "subchannels" are not the same thing as the actual physical channels we used to have. They try to keep fake numbering similar to avoid confusing users. So what was once "channel 10" keeps the same faux numbering even if it moved to channel 22. It might now be called 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, etc. depending on the number of multiplexed "subchannels" they broadcast today.
 
dilettante said:
A channel scan as I understand it does a search of the band for recognizable signals and for virtual "subchannels" within each one. It remembers these so you can scroll through and select among them later.

Every so often these change as transmitters come and go or the FCC dictates "repacks" where they have broadcasters move to new actual channels to make vacant blocks they can sell off to cell phone providers. So you might need to rescan every 3 to 6 months or if a favorite "channel" disappears.

The "channels" and "subchannels" are not the same thing as the actual physical channels we used to have. They try to keep fake numbering similar to avoid confusing users. So what was once "channel 10" keeps the same faux numbering even if it moved to channel 22. It might now be called 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, etc. depending on the number of multiplexed "subchannels" they broadcast today.
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Ok, thanks. Good heads up.
 

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