'Rabbit Ears' Find New Life in HDTV Age

Sat Apr 28, 2007 2:01 PM EDT

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Joe Milicia, Associated Press Writer

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Garak

Weird that this is "news," but it's totally sweet. My favorite part is that I can use the nice UI on my TV, rather than the unspeakable horror that Comcast would have me use. I just send about half as much as I'd spend for cable to Netflix, and I'm never wanting for something to watch.

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#1 - Sat Apr 28, 2007 2:55 PM EDT

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JPW

AP writer Joe Milicia implies that all DTV transmissions are HD. That's false, and there is no mandate to broadcast in HD, which consumes essentially all of a typical 6 MHz TV channel these days. DTV is the mandate, and it has 18 primary formats, most of which aren't even HD--of course, all are digital, though. Sure, I like HD as much as the next guy, but obviously the writer and the public both remain pretty unaware that multiple programs per channel and other variations allow a wide range of content ranging from Standard Def to HD to be available to consumers . . . again, free and over our airwaves. New tweaks on the ATSC broadcasts system also are showing that mobile/portable DTV reception at speeds of 80 m.p.h. is possible--try that with cable and see how far you get.

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#2 - Sat Apr 28, 2007 5:50 PM EDT

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Studly

I've shown my antenna setup to 3 people, all of them blown away I can get HD over the air. And with mythtv I can now record OTA HD, very nice.

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#3 - Sat Apr 28, 2007 6:36 PM EDT

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Dick Stacy

Unfortunately, all of the antennae in the world won't improve the abysmal quality of contemporary TV programming.

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#4 - Sun Apr 29, 2007 1:12 PM EDT

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Ryan Joseph

Boo yeah, I use an antenna that I got for $14 to watch Lost every week in HD. Man does it look good! And yeah, everyone I tell about it can't believe that it's that easy. But oh...it is. :-)

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#5 - Wed May 2, 2007 4:28 PM EDT

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