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Published Oct. 3, 2009
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I'm hoping some of you can help me. I don't have cable or an HD TV. I am using the converter box along with a little Phillips HD antenna outside. We get some channels but a few of them are choppy. There's only like 2 or 3 really good channels we get. Is there anything else that I could get to get better reception and possibly more channels? I know the easiest and  best way is to just get cable or satellite but they are just to expensive right now for our budget so we are making do with this converter box/antenna

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You should at least have as good a picture as in the past, and more channels.

One way might be to stream from your computer. But it depends on your equipment.

Broadcast cable is under $20/month. Otherwise, look to putting up an outdoor antenna, preferably roof-top.

Read a book

we got a flat cheap looking atenna for around $10 that stays inside and it does better than the outside one.

Yay for no cable! 75% of the population I teach at my school is on free or reduced lunch but look at me like I have 3 heads when I make the comment we use a converter box and rabbit ears for our TV viewing. Go to walmart.com, read some reviews, pick up a antenna in the 25-30 dollar range and try it out. Make sure you keep your receipt, if it doesn't work better than your other one just take it back. I will be doing that exact thing tomorrow. If you have small kids they will LOVE PBS kids if you get that.

Digital TV has a shorter broadcast range than Analog TV did.

I sometimes wonder if Digital TV isn't just a scam to get people to get cable or satellite tv.

I get a few more channels with digital than I did analog. And the picture is ALWAYS clearer. And I don't live in the 'city'. I live half hour outside of Greenville.

Can't get some of the channels I use to up in my area. Not sure if they still continued the one. It's the ONLY broadcast weather channel in the REGION that isn't a fluff garbage news information. It was the only TRUE Pilot Weather Service channel with up to the minute maps and charts. They went downhill about 5-6 years ago and the maps about 10 years ago when they went to another company for graphics.

Before it was GREAT for a pilot weather service and up to the minute weather. I'd flip it on for a wx briefing and be up to date in 15 minutes for the up coming week. You didn't need cable, just an antenna and half a brain to understand their complicated vocabulary, but it became easy to understand.

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