Dick,

Since the vast majority of HDTV channels are on UHF, make sure that you have
good UHF performance. If using an outside antenna, and you do other OTA
viewing, you might as well get a good one that covers VHF/UHF. I
particularly like the Channel Master antennas with boom lengths anywhere
from 6 to 10 feet. In most cases there is no such thing as too much signal.
Of course, if you are really close to the transmit towers, you can get
exactly that. As far as a "simple" antenna...you may find that you have
multi-path problems with them. Lots of variables to consider, but none of
them have anything in particular to do with HDTV grin.

Your best bet is to go to the antennaweb site, plug in your zip code or
location and see what antenna they recommend. This site is used by a lot of
HDTV enthusiasts.

www.antennaweb.org

73,

....hasan, N0AN


"aRKay" wrote in message
...
What is unique about the new HDTV antennas? We just picked up a new
HDTV with a tuner and was advised to pickup a simple HDTV antenna to
pick up the local digital broadcast. Any magic to these other the high
gain claims on the boxes?

Dick AA5VU