I think it depends on where you live. If you live in Middle of Nowhere, VT, I would imagine you are likely to get more stations and better signal. I don't know anything about it from personal experience. A ham radio guy out in Underhill tried it; he lives an "off-the-grid" lifestyle, with solar panels on the rooftop and an energy efficient washer. I can send you his contact info off list.
On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 3:21 PM, john bertelsen <[email protected]> wrote: > Sam, > I have thinking about the same thing, even if to add to our not-HD wired > service. I asked a guy at the Radio Shack in Sherburne Road, about what luck > his customers had with digital antennae. He said "Not good". He did say you > could buy an antenna from them and try it. If it does not work, return it > during the return period. > > Hope this helps. > > John Bertelsen > > On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 3:05 PM, Sam Hooker <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA512 >> >> Hi folks, >> >> Sorry for posting off-topic, but I'd like to talk TV antennae: I'm looking >> to go over-the-air for all non-Internet TV at home, and want to know if 1) >> you have personal experience with OTA digital TV, and/or 2) if you have a >> favorite TV shop (a what? an anachronism?) containing the requisite gruff >> character out back with whom I can have a hacker-to-hacker talk free of >> marketing hype. >> >> Yes, I could read the Internet for this. I read the Internet all day for >> work; this is for the off-hours. Also, the Internet seems to be populated by >> people trying to sell me things. (Have I mentioned my distaste for marketing >> hype?) I'm looking for someone who's in it for the love of electromagnetic >> radiation. ;-) >> >> So: Who's my new TV-hacker buddy? Please reply off-list. >> >> >> Cheers, >> >> - -sth >> >> sam hooker|[email protected]|http://www.noiseplant.com >> >> "The wooden boards and other incised artifacts of Rapa Nui >> also bear a boustrophedonic script called Rongorongo, >> which remains undeciphered." >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boustrophedon >> >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Darwin) >> Comment: Use GnuPG with Firefox : http://getfiregpg.org (Version: 0.8) >> >> iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJNp0V2AAoJEPoh2/xXOP2jxysP/2XQsJvMRwPPvrjvYHuBW432 >> mYnogKH3HaVPIY29h7prBAX+5lpfMY/sGcYLLJMFOMLIHyJTxmNU9CbqlCEAkM7t >> 6s1TB3aEW41hRzbLMva2/fJzFOlFlaWlnc0ZRgEco7YfJ9kkRRB8w1OGX2l5HMbK >> Jr/49qPceqRYBSDbJMHHTzL6/zPFKlB5M3M2cX7LtReWS79EMoCjNSr+Mp9OdggM >> ropV181zQ/WWI7jPVnSTUgFKk96K+s56ns4C1SC6voR1dk5Kx4Bw/gJiP1SzPE5S >> y1zzGnjYau6w2M0CgtHNQsDPUuu6LFjOjTWsqTwkbT3eKeKUSebf7ZoH89jySe3C >> SRgqSvlIlqNDkKE5fFsv/etUSQMlQYwzkYGGTAToZ4VjX8117sAbBAPNfHSCqFEo >> A9b/FJ3ACA0aGvpDeuWoP16JL47nNclEOu/LzEIZsfAQkAUDUbqWibm3O9TlrYQ2 >> e78OHgn374PfAaw6t4hObVGdhWgd5Vmt3fPtwUhDWZEUtAL/Xq2AZ4Mj6EB+Evdk >> wbf7PaKHGknloEgO+R+NHmqQP+Grx7+cWwghSicYnw5mHlXNiKfyBcM5kl6gOO7b >> k0S7XRkxH4VJxW3erjQHYNiMsfB8lETsUH6z7c5G43VC7pseO8iOjPlEKkp4mq2G >> wg/e/RjCMz5lWJNpy6qf >> =nhCC >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >
