DirecTV vs. cable

[KLHJ2]

Originally Posted by mredskins

If you have a HD TV with a HD converter built in you can pick up HD channels with bunny ears with no problem. Agruable maybe the best HD picture you will see.

It will be displayed as a ##-#. for example my NBC is 11 but over bunny ears my HD NBC is 11-1.

If not for the wife this would be my set up at my house also. MPT (Maryland Public TV) has seriously 4 or 5 HD channels that they brodcast and can easily be picked up by bunny ears.

I figured this out becasue the wonderful world of DircTV didn't allow HD local channels in my area. I now have Comcast.

Yeah, but all of that goes away this month. There will be no "over the air" Broadcasts.

[mredskins]

Originally Posted by Angry

Yeah, but all of that goes away this month. There will be no "over the air" Broadcasts.

Really because isn't the convert box built into the set??? My understanding is that people with non-HD TV with Rabbit ears will now plug the Rabbit Ears into the convert box then the box into the TV, thus they are essential still using the rabbit ears. Most newer HD TV's already have this box built into so all you need are the bunny ears even after it switches over. Correct?

[mredskins]

Originally Posted by Angry

Yeah, but all of that goes away this month. There will be no "over the air" Broadcasts.

So basically this statement is false. OK.

[KLHJ2]

Originally Posted by mredskins

So basically this statement is false. OK.

Yes I was incorrect. I forgot that you could send a Digital signal through an over the air broadcast. It is a practice that has not used in the private sector until recently. That's part of the reason why they had to push the shutoff date.



You guys were granted an extra half year according to this link. Read "Analog Shutoff"
High-definition television in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia