You might already know that you can cut off your cables bill by using an off air hdtv antenna to receive TV broadcasts in high definition.
If you do not want yourself ending up with numerous HD antennas in your house, you need to make an appropriate choice from array of HD antennas available in market. Learn a little about frequencies and the frequency at which channels are broadcasted in your city. If you live in a metropolitan city, you may need a different kind of HD antenna rather than if you live in the countryside.
Look for the appropriate frequency in your city and learn on which frequency most of the channels are broadcasted. If most of the channels are broadcasted on UHF frequency, you may need a UHF antenna. Check out how far is the transmitter from your place. If the transmitter is too far, then you may need to choose from long range antennas that have capability of catching signals from 50 to 70+ miles. On the other hand, if the transmitter in near by then you can opt from indoor HD antennas (0-15 miles) or short range antennas (0-25 miles).
Cities like New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago have centrally located transmitters. In such cities, you need to choose from multi-directional antennas. On the other hand, in cities like St. Louis the transmitters are scattered all over so you can opt for uni-directional antennas.
There are three major brands on the market - terk, channelmaster and winegard antennas. IMHO, for deep fringe reception channelmaster would be your best choice. For an indoor antenna in strong hd signal areas you might want to look at the popular terk hdtva model, or more powerful winegard ss-3000.
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