[mythtv-users] Indoor Antenna with PChdtv 5500

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Nov 30, 2006, at 11:29 AM, nik gibson wrote:

> I've read of people in apartments using an indoor antenna to pull down
> Over The Air HDTV content.  I'm in Manhattan and I know all the
> antennas are on the Empire State Building but I don't have a clear
> view  (that would cost way more than I want to pay :).
> Is this feasible?  If anyone has a success story about pulling content
> over the air using an indoor antenna please let me know, I'd like to
> verify it works before shelling out $80+ to buy one.
>
> Thanks!

The short answer is yes, they work.

I'm in the southern part of San Francisco and get lots of channels  
with my indoor antenna. There are two major directions for channels  
here so I've got two relatively inexpensive antennae from Radio Shack  
(the $30 and the $50 one). I've got them pointed in different  
directions and pick up all the channels I want. Unfortunately I only  
have 1 capture card but I'm planning on ordering the HDHomeRun and  
plugging both antennae into that, positioning them differently and  
setting up different channels for each (with some overlap).