Will this pick up a digital signal? Or do I need a digital antenna?
146586
Hi. Yes, it picks up digital stations for me. Unfortunately, it just didnt get all the major networks. However, for those channels I did get, they were great quality. A friend of mine uses one of these and he gets all the channels available.
146587
It did pick up digital signals. I even got some High def channels, but you must have a digital capable TV. Great antenna for the price. I'm quite happy with it.
146588
Yes. All traditional TV antennas can receive digital ATSC transmissions, though some antennas are better at this than others. The ANT-111 is pretty good compared to a lot of other indoor antennas on the market. If you are fairly close to the broadcast transmitters and have no major hills or tall trees between your dwelling and the transmitters, this antenna may be all you need.
146589
There is no such thing as a "digital antenna" - the terminology is just a marketing term. All digital signals are transmitted over the air on the UHF frequency band, which is the same band that the old analog channels 14 through 68 used to be transmitted on. So to pick up a digital signal all you really need is a UHF antenna, which is the smaller rectangular loop in this antenna. With this antenna, I am able to pick up over 100 digital channels at my house.
146590
The local channels have all gone to digital, and if you have a digital tv, this antenna picks up the local stations. It will NOT convert an older tv (analog) to a digital. You still need a digital converter for that.
179673
If your TV has a built-in tuner to receive digital broadcasts, the antenna should work. If your TV does not have a digital tuner, you will almost definitely get nothing. Digital capability is also know as ATSC. Old analog-only "cable ready" sets did not have ATSC tuners. In the U.S., there are some cities that have a few low-power analog channels still being broadcast, but that is rare and all the major channels are only broadcast digitally now.
979424
I have cable, but I think it will work with a digital antenna, such as a Terk FDTV2A.
2071598
This antenna is very low in quality and will absolutely not replace any good quality digital antenna. On the other hand, is the TV set is not capable of decoding digital signals, you will need the decoder as well.
1549600
No. This is an indoor antenna that will work ok in a metro area where you are less than 25 miles from the TV towers. You will likely need to take extreme measures to pickup digital TV signals from that far away.
1855107
Yes, but it is an analog tuner only. It doesn't pick up digital TV signals.
1940752
Probably, but you would have to have it connected to a converter box as the signals are now digital - not analog anymore. Any antenna will pick the signals (analog or digital) but the old sets need the converter box.
1473655
Yes, but you will still need an old fashion antenna for the converter box to pick up a signal.
761691
Eddy, Most HD TVs will pick up the digital signals (older HD "ready" models require a converter box). So, you shouldn't need a converter box to receive the digital signals, just an antenna. This box will not pick up any digital channels without using an antenna as well. However, if you do need a converter box, I would not recommend this one. I had one and it went out after a few months.
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I easily pick up digital signals from 60 miles out. I live on a hill, which helps, but my Eagle Aspen antenna is mounted in my attic. Several programs are duplicate because they are broadcast from different cities. Like, I might get 3 channels of Home Shopping Network.I live 30 miles north of Pittsburgh.
809033
I used a plain old fashioned cheapie kind and it works fine. (I got it here at Amazon - an RCA that cost about 10 bucks.) No such thing as a "digital" antenna.This one: RCA Indoor FM and HDTV Antenna
168274
It only works with analog signal... So if it is digital it does not send the signal
462825
Yes, with digital transmission reception will be either great or non-existent. This could be due to cable loss if the run is too long and a line amp may be required. Just my two cents.
1542327
No - it's just an antenna with a signal amplifier. You'll still have to buy/obtain a separate unit for converting the new digital signals to analog.
1587253
We use this in our motorhome. We plugged it right into the antenna. We do get digital channels.
1029999
No it just has to have the ability to pick up digital channels. It picked up one channel without the booster and it didn't pick up any channels with the booster.
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Your tv must be able to take a digital signal across the composite feed though, it is not common and you should look it up in the manual