over the air HD channels?

[raverx3m]

ive searched some googles and came up with bunch of pages from 2009 but nothing updated.

anyone know where i can find more updated info on over the air digital channels for each area?
im tired of dinky comcast box and their remote...
and if anyone can recommed a good outdoor antenna to get best reception/ most channels

 

[PP Mguire]

If you are 30 or more miles away from the transmitting antennas for your area then digital TV over the air is going to be nothing but a nightmare. The channels should be the same as your regular local channels from yesteryear except some will have a .* like channel 5.2.

 

[C0RR0SIVE]

I am upwards of 100 miles from a few towers, the closest to me is ~30 miles and I get ~95% of the full signal from the closest ones... Nothing that proper pointing, mounting, cables, and pre-amp can't solve honestly, if you get a good quality omni-directional antenna, or multiple directional antennas and a combiner, oh, and the higher up you can get the antenna, the better, that's why I am lucky, I could place it on top of a house that sits high up.

Go here for the best available lists for your area, they report all full powered towers with-in a reasonable distance.

The Digital TV Transition: Reception Maps

 

[PP Mguire]

We were on a hill 26 miles away from the antennas that were also on a large hill with a huge omni-directional antenna mounted 15ft up on a pole with no trees around and kept having problems. That's why I gave up on regular TV.

 

[raverx3m]

anyone else is welcome to chime in about quality of the tv
i would like to know also

 

[PP Mguire]

The gist of it is, if you can get decent signal it isn't that bad. Just remember, that when you start to lose digital signal it comes in a form of corruption and stutter rather than white noise.

 

[raverx3m]

oh yea i fugured that. for me it seems like most of the stations are in same exact area there are only 3 stations that i want that are either 30-40 degrees off and one is opposite.
dont know if i should get a unidirectional antenna or 2 directional antenna and a coupler.

 

[raverx3m]

are there multi directional antennas? like a set of 3 directional antennas in one.

 

[carnageX]

are there multi directional antennas? like a set of 3 directional antennas in one.

That's called an omnidirectional antenna, like what c0rr0sive mentioned.

 

[raverx3m]

oh i was under the impression that omnidirectional has less pickup than a directional one.
the outdoor ones i mean