Oh No ! ! Antenna TV ? ? ?

[john59]

A little ways back I posted about cable tv & a digital transport converter (DTA).

Trying to dot my Ts and cross my Is, I started to think about antennas. Yes I admit I should try and get a life, but (there's that but again) we will soon be staying at a couple of State Parks in Florida.

No cable, you have to run on your antenna in your RV. About 6 months ago we bought a small flatscreen.

The question, do I need some sort of converter for antenna signal tv. I know something changed and a box was required if you had rabbit ears.
john

 

[Judy in Texas]

I don't think so. The boxes are for older non-digital tv's. I also bought a small (really small) flat screen TV last fall. I added a separate antenna from Radio Shack and it works just fine. I'm surprised at the local channels I get that aren't on cable. For example, our local NBC affiliate channel 5 has a dedicated weather channel that is something like 5.1. I hadn't seen channels with decimal points before trying the antenna.

 

[I'mDownWithDisney]

If your flatscreen has a digital tuner (which it most likely does) then you just need to connect it via coax and run a channel scan on the "air" channels.

 

[I'mDownWithDisney]

I don't think so. The boxes are for older non-digital tv's. I also bought a small (really small) flat screen TV last fall. I added a separate antenna from Radio Shack and it works just fine. I'm surprised at the local channels I get that aren't on cable. For example, our local NBC affiliate channel 5 has a dedicated weather channel that is something like 5.1. I hadn't seen channels with decimal points before trying the antenna.

A lot of those channels are on basic cable, but your tv may not be able to see them. Not all digital tv's are made equal. You need a built in "clear QAM" tuner to see the sub channels.

 

[AuburnJen92]

We just upgraded both of our TV's to flatscreens right before Christmas. We use our regular antennae and get great reception and a lot more channels with no box. I think you will be very happy once you see the results. We just used ours on a partial hook-up in Titusville and got all the Orlando channels.