HDTV and Antennas

If you have an HDTV, you might be considering setting up an antenna with your television. While this may seem like a throwback to the dark ages, using an antenna with your HDTV may actually be able to help you get an even better picture than what you would get with satellite or cable.

The reason for the difference is really quite simple. When television is broadcast, over the air, it is not compressed nearly as much as it is when it is sent by satellite or through cable. Therefore, in order to get the best HDTV picture, using an antenna may be a good idea.

Of course, you won’t be able to pick up as many channels with an antenna as you will with satellite or cable. If you live in a larger city, however, you should be able to pick up all of the major television stations, all of which will likely be broadcasting in HDTV. What this means is you might ultimately go back to the days of having an antenna along with a satellite or cable hook up in order to pick up your local channels. It’s pretty ironic considering the battle that satellite subscribers had to endure in order to get their local channels carried by their satellite companies in the first place.