If you spend over a dollar, you have extravagant taste.

Ask me how I know.

TY

In this impoverished area, scrappers pick all the garbage clean as vultures would.

The ads for “digital antennas” are baloney.

Okay, if you insist, a Mohu Leaf works pretty well.

But if you’re in an urban setting, rabbit ears can pull in dozens of channels.

I'll have to look & see if they still sell rabbit ears. LOL

TY!

I got all excited when I saw them advertised online that could pick up stations from hundreds of miles away. Just scams, I'm told. Sadly.

Full disclosure: at this very second, I am watching over-the-air teevee. I am in Alexandria, Virginia, which is due south of Washington DC. This shows the channels that are more or less available to me. The stations that come in are dependent on weather conditions.

https://www.tvtv.us/dc/washington/20500/luUSA-OTA20500

20500 is the ZIP code for the White House.

I am watching WMAR from Baltimore MD. I am using a Mohu Leaf. WMAR is coming in just fine. I watched WBAL from Baltimore last night, using the same setup. Baltimore stations have always come in here better than DC station. No, I can’t explain why.

The Mohu Leaf does a pretty nice job. That’s not to say that other antennas won’t do just as good a job, or maybe better. Sometimes, rabbit ears work just fine.

Memphis is the only US city to make the Top 10 Most Dangerous Cities in the World list.

I live to gtf out of here. (It is also an intellectual desert. Gawd help me!)

TYVM!

Had cable for a few mos. 10+ yrs ago. No tv in the past 10 yrs. Zero tolerance for liars.

But now someone here at DU said Rocky & Bullwinkle are played on Me.tv. so I'm thinking of trying to get an antenna.

Although, now that I think of it, the aluminum radiant het barrier in attic will block signal, right?

In my mind, if foil on rabbit ears helps signal, my entire attic should pull in everything out there, but guessing it won't work that way.

the trick, but running the lead to and from the barrier to the TV in the attic, a little long perhaps.

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The one I have is an amplified antenna. That helps. It has a cable that is about ten feet, maybe more, long. They really helps, as I get to move it around to find a position where it works.

Analog TV gave you the option of watching with a less than optimal signal. You could still watch the station, even if it wasn’t coming in well. Digital TV is a yes-or-no thing. The signal comes in, or it doesn’t.

ETA: I just went to the Mohu website to see what their current lineup looked like. It linked to this article.

https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-indoor-hdtv-antenna/

A $35 Channel Master came out on top for them.

Not an endorsement. YMMV.

I'll try a Mohu. I'd never heard of it. Ty for taking the time to share.

If you’re near a Best Buy, the have a lot of products available online that they don’t have in the stores. They’ll ship things to you for free.

Again, not an endorsement.

I’m watching WBAL now. Channel 11.2 is MeTV.

Lo9ks as if the Channelmaster will work fine. Tyvm!

TV is all digital now. Here's an example:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01L2WKTAU

That's just to show you an example. Anyplace that sells TV's or even general hardware has them too. The "futuristic" ones that sell for over $50 are just a ripoff.

I appreciate you taking the time to explain this.

at Best Buy or similar stores