however, now, with digital tv, the signal carries a far shorter distance and is far more line-of-sight. true, the picture you DO get is absolutely crystal clear, but if the antenna was to deviate, even slightly, from the direction from where the signal was coming, the picture would pixilate, stop or go blank altogether.i’d rather have ghosts and snow.
Yeah, what Chris Maple said; An outside UHF antenna, (not deep fringe) and a booster usually does the trick.. When they ‘went over,’ with a good box from BestBuy, instead of the usual static and ghostly 5 channels ‘off-air,’ I suddenly wound up with 23 digital channels. Admittedly, 4 were bible-thumpers, 4 shopping channels, and another 4 were PBS 1930’s b/w (hah!) ‘classics’.clunky, jumpy, gargly sound, patched-together video, But no more static and ‘ghosts’..
Ohhhh, yes! Built my first TV in 1954, so I’m pretty much up on the technology, but boy you oughta see the fun I have with geezers my age that haven’t the foggiest !
firedome over 11 years ago
however, now, with digital tv, the signal carries a far shorter distance and is far more line-of-sight. true, the picture you DO get is absolutely crystal clear, but if the antenna was to deviate, even slightly, from the direction from where the signal was coming, the picture would pixilate, stop or go blank altogether.i’d rather have ghosts and snow.
Jonni over 11 years ago
Definitely an interactive, immersive, and participatory experience.
LuvThemPluggers over 11 years ago
..and who can forget yelling out the window at a person adjusting the antenna on the roof, “Better……… Worse!…… WORSE!”
unca jim over 11 years ago
Yeah, what Chris Maple said; An outside UHF antenna, (not deep fringe) and a booster usually does the trick.. When they ‘went over,’ with a good box from BestBuy, instead of the usual static and ghostly 5 channels ‘off-air,’ I suddenly wound up with 23 digital channels. Admittedly, 4 were bible-thumpers, 4 shopping channels, and another 4 were PBS 1930’s b/w (hah!) ‘classics’.clunky, jumpy, gargly sound, patched-together video, But no more static and ‘ghosts’..
unca jim over 11 years ago
@Tigger;
Ohhhh, yes! Built my first TV in 1954, so I’m pretty much up on the technology, but boy you oughta see the fun I have with geezers my age that haven’t the foggiest !