i am a newbie about over the air hd channels

[rahulkatti]

i have an hd ready lcd tv for about year now......i was living on osu campus then and my neighbor said that the hd antenna setup would not work.....but now i live on kinnear road, close to west campus....i have been planning to by an indoor hdtv antenna for a while now but i do not know anybody who has used one successfully......i have the following questions...

1) i have a hdtv ready tv if i get an hdtv antenna from target or circuitcity which cost about 30-40 dollars, i should get over the air hd channels( fox, nbc, cbs...etc)....right...

2)my window faces downtown/the osu towers so the signal should be good ....right....

3) do i need a hdtv tuner box or having only the antenna will do

4) does anybody have any suggestions for indoor antenna(i live on the second floor)

thanks in advance......

[Scott]

i have an hd ready lcd tv for about year now......i was living on osu campus then and my neighbor said that the hd antenna setup would not work.....but now i live on kinnear road, close to west campus....i have been planning to by an indoor hdtv antenna for a while now but i do not know anybody who has used one successfully......i have the following questions...

1) i have a hdtv ready tv if i get an hdtv antenna from target or circuitcity which cost about 30-40 dollars, i should get over the air hd channels( fox, nbc, cbs...etc)....right...
If your set is "HDTV Ready" then you'll need a receiver to tune the channels along with an antenna.2)my window faces downtown/the osu towers so the signal should be good ....right....
Check out http://www.antennaweb.org, enter your location information, and this should give you a good idea of where you should point it, what channels you'll receive, etc.3) do i need a hdtv tuner box or having only the antenna will do
See the answer to question one :D4) does anybody have any suggestions for indoor antenna(i live on the second floor)
It really depends on what antennaweb.org tells you. If you're mostly in the green/yellow, a cheap Radio Shack antenna should do the trick (unless you have some obstructions like trees or buildings in your way).thanks in advance......
And, welcome to HD Columbus!

[rahulkatti]

also there are 25 db antennas, 45 db antennas....which one to choose....

[Timcredible]

1) i have a hdtv ready tv if i get an hdtv antenna from target or circuitcity which cost about 30-40 dollars, i should get over the air hd channels( fox, nbc, cbs...etc)....right...

2)my window faces downtown/the osu towers so the signal should be good ....right....

3) do i need a hdtv tuner box or having only the antenna will do

4) does anybody have any suggestions for indoor antenna(i live on the second floor)

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1 - no. you have to have an hd tuner. hd-ready doesn't equal hd built-in.

2 - right... although, as many of us have found out, multipath could be an issue. more on that later.

3 - need the tuner (but if you have cable or satellite, their hd tuners should have an antenna input.

4 - and here's the problem. from everything i've read, if you have your antenna indoors, you might have multipath issues (i have that problem too). so, if i were you, i'd find an old bowtie antenna, or an old rabbit ears antenna at a garage sale or big lots or something for less than $5, and try that first (sounds like you're pretty close to downtown). if that doesn't work, tell us, and we'll try to steer you towards an antenna that will work.

5 - there's really no such things as an 'hd antenna'. all digital (including hd) tv signals use the normal tv frequencies that have been used for 50+ years. make sure the antenna picks up uhf and vhf since we have stations on both here.