"Richard Webb -> Earl Croasmun"  wrote in
news:31028$POL_INC{at}JamNNTPd:

 ~>> Not so. The "rabbit ears" won't work very well because
they are a
 RW> form of ~> simple dipole antenna designed for VHF frequencies. However
 RW> the "bullseye" ~> antenna or the wire circle antenna
supplied with
 RW> many NTSC tuner TV sets ~> will receive the now mandated ATSC
 RW> (digital) signals just fine.

 EC>> True, if they have one, but the stumbling block is the tuner.  Any
 EC>> antenna attached to an analog tuner will not get digital.  The
 EC>> original switch-over to digital broadcasts was supposed to come
 RW> when EC> most consumers HAD digital-ready sets.  It kept getting
 RW> pushed off, EC> because people weren't buying them.  The rebate for
 RW> add-on EC> converters was supposed to take care of that, but I have
 RW> never seen EC> any research on the effectiveness of that idea.

 RW> Most I know either have the converters, or digital ready
 RW> sets, or don't give a rip about a tv.

Out of all my relatives, only one has a digital antenna.
The rest have satellite or cable.

Her antenna looks much like a analog antenna.

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