Do I still need an antenna to pick up local TV stations with this TV?
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Yes, you do need an antenna. I tried many, many, many and found the best one to be this white square one.I'ts about an 8 by 10 but you can slip behind the tv so no one sees it.I'm sorry I don't have the exact name but I will find it and update.
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Yes. Just connect to your TV and from the setting menu choose antenna and the TV will find the channels that are available. I get 13 free channels including local ABC, CBS, Fox And NBC stations.
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Hi Judy. This website maybe able to help: http://www.antennaweb.org/ Although it is really hard to tell what stations you can pick up. This antenna does have an amplifier so it may help getting distant signals. I would give it a try, if it doesn't work Amazon is good about returns. If you have a BestBuy close to you they may have some suggestions, although their price is usually high.
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It will tune in any over-the-air broadcast that your digital antenna will pick up. The key here is the digital antenna. I used one when I moved a year and a half ago, and it was fine because I had good reception in the area. Then I moved again a couple of months ago, and I couldn't pick up anything...zero...zilch...nada! Where I'm at now, I'm kind of down in a valley, and it's impossible to pick up a signal. Bottom line, it will tune anything that your antenna will pick up.
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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.
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No. It just has the option for it. You have to purchase a separate antenna. It is about $13.
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I'm sorry, I didn't use an antenna. I had cable and used the roku box. Plus my Tv didn't last a year before going out. You have better call customer service if you haven't had the TV that long.
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No. It picks up only local channels in your area. Has a "search" that will auto select any / all in your area. But no, no proper cable channels.
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Yes you will need also antenna adapter. The adapter comes with a cable that needs to be connected to power if i remember correctly. Otherwise channel recception will be poor. Check your instructions.
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To answer the questions as asked, Yes, an antenna is needed. No, It does NOT come w/ antenna.
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The unit come with option but you have to get digital TV tuner to get local TV
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Glad you asked! I bought this TV just for that purpose and it works very well. The TV does have a built-in digital tuner and one standard coax antenna input. I have used this TV with a small portable antenna for local reception and now I have a roof mounted antenna and I can reliably receive stations from 50 to 75 miles distant. No special connectors needed. You also might want to consider the UNH4500. For a little more, you can get a SMART TV that I use for You-tube, Netflix and more. I have my TV in the kitchen... perfect size for that. Good luck. N/
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your smart HDTV will get local channels once you connect an antenna. The converter box is for old TVs. Get a magnovox or phillips antenna.
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I cannot. It receives local channels, not channels which would be pay for view on cable. Although I do get excellent HD reception.
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If you live in a digital broadcast area no antenna should be needed. The set is new enough that it should also not require the special box from a couple years ago. I just have basic cable hooked up to it and had to program the tv twice to get all analog and digital channels.
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do i need cordtv?? there is a antenna conection in the the back of my tv. so, dont i need a attenna for my kind of
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This box is to pick up a High Def digital broadcast so a lot depends on how close you are to the broadcast stations. It's a TV Antenna, only more high tech than when I was a kid and it does plug into the HDMI port of your TV. Great for free TV but limited to your local broadcast. I got about 30 channels out of it. All my local stations plus some others and many Spanish stations in my area. I'm not much of a TV watcher so that worked for me.