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High Definition Antenna for Free HDTV

Posted By: izwan00 Published in Hardware Specifications, Reviews

Nov

With a high definition antenna you can watch HDTV for free and stop paying for the cables HDTV programming package. These important key factors would help you to decide the right type of antenna suited for your location and your home. You should also remember that there is nothing called as “one size fits all” where high definition antennas are concerned.

You do not need special antennas are necessary to receive the new HDTV signal. In fact, HDTV is and will broadcast on many of the same channel frequencies that traditional television has been broadcasting on for years. Do not think that all HDTV signals will be broadcast on the UHF (14-69) frequency band. Actually every television broadcasting market in the U.S. will have at least one or more VHF (2-13) and UHF (14-69) HDTV channels. You do not need to replace you existing TV antenna to receive HDTV as your existing antenna can receive both VHF (2-13) and UHF (14-69) TV signals and is in proper working order.

There is no need to purchase two antennas. You can easily get a combination of UHF/VHF/FM antenna from any of the reliable antenna manufacturers. Do no think that because of the limits in channel space allotted for television broadcasting, most HDTV channels are temporarily assigned to UHF channels and will permanently be assigned in February 2009. Just remember that there is no difference between a traditional off-air TV antenna and an off-air HDTV antenna. In fact while choosing your antenna, use the same guidelines as used for selecting a traditional antenna. Consider the antenna’s quality, size, range, and how much money you are willing to spend. In most cases, be sure it’s VHF/UHF capable. Remember, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

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iPhone iPod News Says, in 11-19-2007 at 19:06:28

How well does HDTV work via antenna? Do you lose any quality?

Denny Duplessis Says, in 11-24-2007 at 19:48:48

Actually in most cases HDTV With an antenna is better then cable or satellite.

The word HDTV antenna is used very loosely and it applies that there are special TV antennas for HDTV. The fact is HDTV is a format that provides a sharper picture and is a wider picture on the TV screen, but it is not a signal. The type of signal that can carry the HDTV format is a digital signal. Digital signals for the most part are transmitted in the same manner as analog signals. The big difference between the two is the digital signal is data, 0’s and 1’s. Think of digital signal as a code that’s deciphered by the digital tuner. The digital code is much more efficient then analog and can fit in a smaller space. This allows over the air digital signals to carry more information and provide you with sharper pictures, more channels, on screen programming guides, and who knows what in the future. To produce an HDTV picture requires more information be sent to the tuner and the analog signal can’t carry the amount of information required to produce HDTV, but the digital signal can.

TV antennas are designed to receive certain frequencies, VHF channels 2-13, UHF channels 14-69, or a combination of both VHF and UHF. Choosing a TV antenna for digital/HD reception is not much different then choosing an antenna for analog reception. Since digital signals are broadcast on both VHF and UHF frequencies just like analog, the same antennas are used to receive the signal. I suggest that you visit a page I wrote called “HDTV Antenna or Digital TV Antenna” - It doesn’t matter what you call it, it’s still a TV antenna and you better choose the right one. http://www.dennysantennaservice.com/2029710.html

Also, you don’t have to have an HDTV to receive the digital signals. I get upset when I hear people who are in a position of expertise say, “you have to have an HDTV to get TV after the analog shutdown in 2009″, this simply isn’t true. To receive over the air TV after February 17th 2009 all you will need a digital tuner, not necessarily an HDTV. Although most HDTV’s have digital tuners and will receive the signal. There are standard TV’s available with built-in digital tuners for much less money, You can get a 27″ digital TV that will work fine after the 2009 deadline, provide you with a better picture then your old analog set, for less then $200.00. You can also get a digital set top tuner for your current analog TV that will convert the digital signal back to a analog signal for your current TV. The Federal government will soon be offering $40.00 coupons towards the purchase of a set top digital tuner. I can’t even imagine how much money is being wasted on HDTV’s when the consumer would have been satisfied with a standard digital TV had they known. Yes, there are those who want HDTV, but many more are buying them because they think they have to.

sorensen Says, in 12-7-2007 at 12:05:43

i’m not sure whether a hdtv promise a better picture quality or not, but i think in terms of viewing satisfaction, it is. malaysia have been introducing astro digital satellite tv for 11 years, some of the channels (mostly free-on-air channels) are converted from terrestrial broadcasting to digital. in that case, maybe it won’t give much difference whether u use a hdtv or vice versa. but it might possibly different if u watch channels conducted by astro itself using hdtv.