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    Quote Originally Posted by Bowtie View Post
    This website has alot of info on antennas. You can type in your address and they will tell you what kind of antenna and which direction to point it.

    http://www.antennaweb.org/aw/welcome.aspx
    beat me to it. This is a good site, and will help you out. Really, you can go get a crappy one, and as long as your TV has a digital tuner built in, it'll work
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    I recently dropped CommieCast cable and had to buy some new antennas... I went w/ an amplified model Clearstream micron (25 mile range/20db gain) made by Antennas Direct and bought at Best Buy for ~$80. I get probably around 35 channels up here in Westminster.

    They do have cheaper amplified models and non-amplified models also but I didn't want to be constantly moving the antenna around for poor reception. I have had to move it on occasion but overall happy w/ the two I bought.

    YMMV depending on your location...
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    I bought a $20 antenna from Walmart and got all the local channels, some of them in HD. You should be good to go with your TV.

    Funny story, we were trying to figure out the best placement for the antenna, and as i was moving it around the wall the wife was flipping through channels. We weren't getting very good reception until I accidentally dropped the antenna, it landed on the floor propped up against the wall facing the interior of our house, and BAM! We got all the channels we were supposed to get.
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    There is no such thing as digital TV antennas. It is just marketing.
    There are better and not so good antennas just like with old analog TV.
    Bunny ears actually work surprisingly well although directional.

    A broad spectrum non-directional amplified antenna will get you as good results as any marketed digital antenna at a fraction of the cost.

    In fact FM radio string antennas (split wire) will get you just about as good reception as a non-amplified antenna for about $3-5 although they too are directional although not as sensitive to direction as bunny ears.
    I say lets all remove the warning labels and let nature take its course.

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