[mythtv-users] Hardware questions

[John Finlay]

Bobby Gill wrote:
> Okay, brace yourselves for the ultimate noobness.. but I've never 
> used/had an antenna for TV--  Is the antenna all that's needed to get 
> HD signals? How is it setup (in the simplest terms)? Is it used along 
> with a subscription of some sort with a provider (bell, rogers. etc.) 
> ?? Like from the start.. say I buy the channel master 4221.. what 
> exactly am I doing with it to get from A-Z ?
>
> I just purchased an HVR-1600 from best buy so I can test it with my 
> parents' Rogers digital box (30 days to return so I can at least try 
> the setup out and see what it would be like).
>
When I was starting on this path I found the HDTV Primer to be very useful:

http://www.hdtvprimer.com/

See the section on Erecting a TV antenna

John