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Is Digital Broadcast Television A Cheap Way To Unplug Basic Cable?
Electronics | Jul 30, 08
If you’re one of those subscribing to basic cable to get network television, you may find a digital antenna to be a low-cost, high definition alternative.
Digital broadcast promises crystal-clear reception and HD programming. With a digital antenna, virtually any television (and many computers with the right media software) can display digital broadcast, though models lacking digital tuners will require the purchase of one of these as well. Of course high-def sets can display broadcast HD as well, so long as the digital antenna is HD-capable. And HD digital antennas are selling for less than many cable providers charge for a single month of basic cable
In particular, Audiovox’s Terk line features several low priced antennas. The Terk HDTVa Indoor HDTV Amplified UHF/VHF Antenna is currently offered by vendors on this site for as little as $36.99, and, as the name implies, it can be placed on top of a surface inside the home, and features a powered amplifier for enhanced reception. Plus, it kind of looks like a sculpture by Calder (see below), which is cool.
Of course an external antenna may ameliorate issues of obstruction and interference from electrical appliances. If you’re able to mount one, consider the Terk HDTVo Amplified Directional HDTV Antenna, offered at $69.99 as of this writing.
Digital broadcast does have issues, including the afore-mentioned potential problem of interference, as well as the directional nature of transmitted signals. Some viewers may find that geography and their environment make paying up for cable a superior choice (and of course there’s the matter of those sanitized, wince-worthy broadcast versions of cable series like “Dexter” and “Sex and the City”). But in a slowing economy, the prospect of saving a few hundred bucks a year may make the switch to digital broadcast an option worth exploring.
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