Reply #53: And you have tested the everywhere that currently [View All]

[Ms. Toad]

receives analog signals?

>>use an antenna exclusively, buy a new damned TV or a converter box. That's all people have to remember.<<

I use an antenna exclusively and currently get about a dozen channels. With digital, I get one reliably (5 flavors of "All Jesus All the Time), PBS over half the time, and ABC if I turn cartwheels underwater while singing America the Beautiful (if you really want to know what I have to do, I posted it earlier in the thread).

I have a set top antenna (both UHF and VHF) with separate amplifier controls, and a rooftop antenna. I am neither a member of the "procrastinating public" nor a "simpleton couch potato."

The simple reality is that digital signals cannot be rendered into an image everywhere that analog produces a viewable image. An additional reality is that the situation may change on the day of the switchover when many stations trade frequencies - and some may boost their signals. I do not plan on investing in a second/replacement rooftop antenna until after the switchover, as it may not be necessary. If it turns out to be necessary, I would prefer to be crawling around on my rooftop in June rather than February.