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Posted by Mark Lloyd on October 9, 2007, 8:57 am
On Mon, 8 Oct 2007 18:01:09 -0600, massello@newsguy.com (Neill
Massello) wrote:
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>> On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 05:09:39 -0700, RickH
>>
>> >> We have 4 TVs in the house connected to satellite. We have another, a
>> >> Sanyo, on which we would like to be able to watch local TV (we live near
>> >> Memphis). Can someone recommend an antenna for us?
>> >> Many thanks,
>> >> Jackie Davidson
>> >
>> >
>> >You want the best, go with Winegard, they are awesome:
>> >
>> >http://www.winegard.com/offair/products.htm
>> >
>> >Also consider that VHF analog broadcasts will be gone in short time,
>> >so an antenna that favors UHF reception would be better for over the
>> >air High Definition which is broadcast digitally in UHF. The HD8200P
>> >should be fine if you still need good VHF reception now, and should do
>> >outstandingly well for everything in the future and current HD
>> >broadcasts.
>> >
>>
>> Most of the newer TV stations around here use UHF, but there's an
>> interesting exception. The local ABC station broadcasts digitally on
>> channel 10.
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>UHF TV channels above 51 are being phased out to accommodate cell phone
>and other uses. As far as I know, all the current VHF frequencies will
>remain available for DTV, and current analog VHF stations will be
>allowed to switch their digital signal to their VHF allocation when
>analog TV dies in 2009.
One of the stations here (NBC) broadcasts analog on 56, but the
digital version is on 22.
--
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Mark Lloyd
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"I have found Christian dogma unintelligable. Early
in life I absented myself from Christian assemblies."
-- Benjamin Franklin
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