I think it could be a short lived revival once the local broadcasters
and the cable companies see eye to eye or congress makes them play
together. If the rest of the US is like Omaha, one of the local
broadcasters (KETV Ch 7) wants Cox to pay to put their HDTV on cable. No
matter which side of that you are on, Cox does not feel they should
pay for something that is free. So KETV HD can only be recv'd with
a separate antenna. And if your favorite program or sporting event is
on KETV and you want to see it in Hi Def, you will need an antenna.
Ron N0POM
At 12:25 PM 2/15/2007, J A Sheffield wrote:
>Could this be good news for ham radio? Or maybe we can start to
>complain when all these TV antennas start appearing on our neighbors
>houses. The following taken from a Kim Kommando newsletter.
>
><http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17080800/site/newsweek/>Antennas enjoy a revival
>Thanks to high-definition television, antenna sales are increasing.
>New antennas are capable of picking up over-the-air high-definition
>signals. Cable operators compress high-definition signals.
>Over-the-air signals aren't compressed. So some say antennas provide
>a better picture.
>
>Go to this link for the full story from
>NEWSWEEK:
><http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17080800/site/newsweek/>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17080800/site/newsweek/
>
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