What exactly is an HDTV antenna? I heard it can receive HD broadcasts for free without subscription?
I have AT&T U-Verse, and we just got a new Sharp 32″ HDTV, but we aren’t subscribed to the $10 a month for all the HD channels that broadcast in the higher quality HD. But someone mentioned some sort of antenna that can receive that HD quality for free and all you need to do is buy the antenna and hook it up. I’m not sure how it works and it seems too good to be true. Can someone explain?
If you are old enough you will remember back in the old days when everyone had an antenna and used it to catch all the local stations. Well those days are back. The local stations are now broadcasting digitally and a lot of the programming is in HD. All you need is the right antenna pointed in the right direction to get those stations. Just hook that antenna up to the coax input of your tv and scan for channels. You must understand though that the channels you get are only the local ones, like NBC, CBS, FOX, ABC etc. You cannot get the cable HD channels. Those you need to subscribe to HD cable to get.
Fill out this online form and it will tell you what type of antenna and which way to point it to get your local stations in HD.
http://www.antennaweb.org/aw/Address.aspx
How to get free HD Channels