antenna question (1 Viewer)

[benjaminBen]

I bought a 60" sony xbr2 and i know that it has a HD tuner. I hooked up an antenna to it, but i didn't get HD.
Do i need a HD antenna or something special like that?
What is the best brand to buy?
Would you recommend outdoor or indoor?
anything else i should be aware of?

Thanks for the help.....

 

[benjaminBen]

oh yeah here is my antenna results
DTV Antenna
Type Call Sign Channel Network City State Live
Date Compass
Orientation Miles
From Frequency
Assignment
* yellow - uhf KFOR-DT 4.1 NBC OKLAHOMA CITY OK 131° 2.2 27
* yellow - uhf KAUT-DT 40.1 MNT OKLAHOMA CITY OK 135° 2.8 40
* yellow - uhf KWTV-DT 9.1 CBS OKLAHOMA CITY OK 131° 2.2 39
* yellow - uhf KOPX-DT 62.1 i OKLAHOMA CITY OK 131° 2.2 50
* yellow - uhf KSBI-DT 52.1 IND OKLAHOMA CITY OK 131° 2.2 51
* yellow - uhf KOCB-DT 34.1 CW OKLAHOMA CITY OK 152° 4.5 33
* yellow - vhf KOCO-DT 5.1 ABC OKLAHOMA CITY OK 155° 4.2 7
* yellow - uhf KOKH-DT 25.1 FOX OKLAHOMA CITY OK 157° 5.2 24
* yellow - uhf KETA-DT 13.1 PBS OKLAHOMA CITY OK 131° 2.2 32
* red - uhf KTBO-DT 14.1 TBN OKLAHOMA CITY OK 146° 3.5 15

 

[Philip Hamm]

What kind of antenna have you tried? Where is it in your house? Try hooking the antenna to a regular TV set and see if you can get UHF channels, that's a good test to see if you will get HDTV channels.

I have a Channel Master 4221A in my attic and it kicks butt!

Yellow means you should be able to use a simple set-top antenna I think.

 

[Robert_J]

The Radio Shack Double Bow Tie should work for everything except ABC. It is broadcast on VHF. If the Shack has a UHF/VHF combo antenna, it should work. You are under 5 miles from the towers so almost any antenna should work. Just don't buy one based on it being HDTV. That's just marketing to raise the price.

-Robert

 

[benjaminBen]

ok thanks for the help i was looking at a terk indoor antenna and i noticed that alot of people didn't like it and i was wondering why, it is only 40 dollars.

Also my friend gave me his antenna and i hooked it up and i didn't get any HD. would it be on the regular channels (4,5,9 etc..) or is it somewhere else....also is there anything special that i need to do or just hook it up and it should work???

 

[Philip Hamm]

Hook it up and there should be a "scan" mode on your TV. HDTV channels are not the same as the channel number. Antennaweb has this information.

 

[DougR]

As suggested above........go into the Menu and do a "Scan for Digital Channels" .

 

[benjaminBen]

thanks, i will try that tonight.....