"Doug Smith W9WI" wrote in message
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SR wrote:
Can HDTV work without cable?

Yes. All over-the-air analog stations are required to convert to
digital HDTV - probably by 2009. All the NYC stations are up with some
kind of digital signal, though 9/11 stunted DTV pretty badly.



Close, they are required to switch to DTV, not to HDTV. Some stations will
never broadcast HDTV, and many will broadcast it only during certain times
of the broadcast day. Others will broadcast DTV at a lower resolution
(720i?) allowing them to have additional channels within the same bandwidth.