I want to use an OTA HD antenna...

01-06-09: Tabl10s
Gmood1, Tvad and Zieman,

Will the digital tuners replace the need for an OTA antenna? I have both DirecTV and extended basic cable.

You should be able to take your basic cable feed coax, add a splitter, and from the splitter run coax cable from the splitter to any antenna input on any digital box that decodes HD and get the same broadcast HD programming as you would using an OTA antenna. You would connect the other coax line from your splitter to whichever input you presently connect your cable.

You don't need to have HD cable service, and you don't need an OTA antenna (unless you want one for the purer signal).

It'd be an inexpensive experiment to try the splitter. You might find the picture is satisfactory.

Is this technique of interest to you?

BTW, what brand/model CRT TV are you going to use with the HD?

I'll have two Sony XBR Wega's(a 40" and 36").

Thanks for the TV info. The Sony CRT Wega TVs display 1080i.

The 1080 PPV is upsampled but not a true virgin 1080P signal as with most HD content on Sat and to lesser extent cable the lie is in the details.

I use one of these DB4 Multi Directional HDTV Antenna. Search for it on Amazon. Just this weekend I unhooked my cable and had this antenna in the attic. I had RG6 coax run from the attic to the crawlspace. I ran this to my TV. Good results. I dropped cable Monday morning saving $100 month now. But you need a TV with a digital tuner. Otherwise you need some kind of box. I'm feeling real good right now about the savings. Time Warner raised their price by about 8% starting Jan 1st.