# Anybody else with HDTV and antenna-only?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-with-hdtv-and-antenna-only/445624>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 16, 2008, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-with-hdtv-and-antenna-only/445624 "2008-04-16T18:44:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-with-hdtv-and-antenna-only/445624/21 "2008-04-20T03:46:03Z")

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[QUOTE=carnivorousplant]  
So, about the egg thing…  
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Don’t knock it 'till you’ve tried it. 😃

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-with-hdtv-and-antenna-only/445624/22 "2008-04-20T04:08:49Z")

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[QUOTE=John Carter of Mars]  
Don’t knock it 'till you’ve tried it. 😃  
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I’m sure she’s worth some minor kinkiness. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Amblydoper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Amblydoper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amblydoper)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-with-hdtv-and-antenna-only/445624/23 "2008-04-20T04:15:31Z")

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Another OTA viewer here. I canceled cable to save money, like I have done in the past, so I never even set up my TV in my new apartment. Then, one day, I stumbled upon some info about the digital conversion, and realized that my LCD TV likely had a tuner. Sure enough, I set it up, with the antenna I bought 7 years ago (lived with my father for a year, and he didn’t believe in cable TV), and VIOLA! digital HD TV for free. Free WiFi and Free TV? Comcast just lost a customer for life!

Sorry Frank, I know that “ComcastCares” but your prices are too high!

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-with-hdtv-and-antenna-only/445624/24 "2008-04-20T07:18:56Z")

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Well, dang! Since I live in a TV-plentiful metropolis, and since we’re going all-digital in something like 2011, I may just try attaching an ATSC tuner to my Mac. I was just saying to my friend, “I watch so little TV, why am I even paying for cable?”

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