I have AT&T U-Verse, and we just got a new Sharp 32" HDTV, but we aren't subscribed to the $10 a month for all the HD channels that broadcast in the higher quality HD. But someone mentioned some sort of antenna that can receive that HD quality for free and all you need to do is buy the antenna and hook it up. I'm not sure how it works and it seems too good to be true. Can someone explain?
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Yes, this is true. The HD antenna’s will pick up the usual local channels which are now all transferred over to digital. Its just like the old-school “rabbit ears” except they pick up HD. Since you have a new TV you don’t need to get a special converter box.
If you are old enough you will remember back in the old days when everyone had an antenna and used it to catch all the local stations. Well those days are back. The local stations are now broadcasting digitally and a lot of the programming is in HD. All you need is the right antenna pointed in the right direction to get those stations. Just hook that antenna up to the coax input of your tv and scan for channels. You must understand though that the channels you get are only the local ones, like NBC, CBS, FOX, ABC etc. You cannot get the cable HD channels. Those you need to subscribe to HD cable to get.
Fill out this online form and it will tell you what type of antenna and which way to point it to get your local stations in HD.
http://www.antennaweb.org/aw/Address.aspx
It depends on your local area. In some area there might not be any tv stations beside ABC, CBS and NBC. It is an antenna that you connect to the tv and mounted outside the house for receiving tv signal that is broadcast over the air waves. Hope this will help you out.
Trust me, spend the ten bucks a month.
An “HD” antenna is just marketing speak for an antenna designed to receive the reduced TV broadcast band, which is all digital.
You just need to get one approprate for your reception location in relation to the transmitters you wish to receive from, install it and run the coax to your TV tuner, then do a channel scan.
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