Hello- Does anyone know if a regular rabbit ear antenna is capable of
capturing HDTV signals ? Thank you.

moonlite

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Hello- Does anyone know if a regular rabbit ear antenna is capable of
capturing HDTV signals ? Thank you.

As far as an antenna is concerned, a signal is a signal. It doesn't
know anything about analog or digital.

That said, you do need the right type of antenna. Most digital
broadcasts (not all digital is HD) are UHF. The typical two-pole 'rabbit
ears' are only for VHF (2-13). Just because the analog is on VHF doesn't
mean the digital version is. Here in Chicago, the only VHF digital is
WBBM-TV/WWBM-DT (analog 2, digital 3). UHF usually uses either some form
of round antenna, or those arrow-shaped directional things like the
often mention 'silver star', or bow-tie shaped, sometimes with a
reflector (grid or similar behind bow-tie) behind it.

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Andrew Rossmann wrote:
As far as an antenna is concerned, a signal is a signal. It doesn't
know anything about analog or digital.

Don't tell the marketing folks that...they have a whole new opportunity
to sell stuff.

http://www.terk.com/pdfs/T0428-HDTVi-LK.pdf

Travis Jordan wrote:

Don't tell the marketing folks that...they have a whole new
opportunity to sell stuff.

http://www.terk.com/pdfs/T0428-HDTVi-LK.pdf

And don't forget the digital coax.

http://www.bettercables.com/digitalcoax.html

"Travis Jordan" wrote:

}Travis Jordan wrote:
}
} Don't tell the marketing folks that...they have a whole new
} opportunity to sell stuff.
}
} http://www.terk.com/pdfs/T0428-HDTVi-LK.pdf
}
}And don't forget the digital coax.
}
}http://www.bettercables.com/digitalcoax.html

Can't afford them...spent all of my money on digital headphones!

Stan.