[mythtv-users] Damn you Time Warner

[Scott Alfter]

David Brodbeck wrote:
> On Apr 8, 2008, at 5:04 PM, Brad Fuller wrote:
>> simply because little dishes are smaller and more compact than VHF  
>> antennas!
>> Some people place their Dish on their apt. balcony. But, placing an
>> antenna on a balcony is tough to do and most apts restrict it.
>>
>> Then again, if it's a small UHF antenna, then it'll be the size of a
>> small Dish (but, that's not what people have experience with... yet.)
> 
> The vast majority of HDTV broadcasting in the U.S. is on UHF.

All five of the Las Vegas broadcasters who've been broadcasting analog VHF will 
continue to use VHF for their HD broadcasts.  One of them (KVBC, the local NBC 
affiliate) is even using low-band VHF (analog on channel 3, digital on channel 2).

Here's a list of HD broadcasters using VHF...it's actually pretty widespread:

http://www.antennasdirect.com/vhf_hdtv_stations.html

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