[mythtv-users] 138" diagonal -- now I really need HD!!

[Nick Rout]

On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 12:24 AM, Larry on the Dell <larry at foxgulch.com> wrote:

> Rob,
>
> I'll just add my experience with OTA  analogue vs digital.  I live only
> ~25 miles south of the Missoula Montana TV transmitter sites but I am
> shadowed by a mountain from direct line of sight.  I suffered the first
> few years with extremely degraded ghost ridden NTSC reception.   A year
> or so ago,  I upgraded the family TV and switched to ATSC OTA digital.
> I went from grade "C"  to grade "A" excellent crystal clear reception.
> I did find that I had to replace my exterior TV antenna with a four bay
> bat wing (four X wire antennas in front of a mesh reflector)  and UHF
> preamp which I purchased from solid signal.  The antenna has a small
> wind load and looks extremely rugged suitable for our Montana winters.
> I'd consider giving OTA another try if I were you.
>

But that begs the question of what the analogue reception would have
been like with a better aerial!