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Will rabbit ears work for the over-the-air digital on a new HDTV?

I am planning on buying a new TV soon, and I was just wondering, if I want to pick up the over-the-air digital HDTV signal can I do it with an old-school set of rabbit ears with a coax cable, or do I have to buy a special antenna?

If your in an area that has good strong signals from the local stations, and they look pretty clear on your analog tv, then a simple pair of rabbit ears will probably work fine.

An RF signal (the signal that carries the tv station) is still just an RF signal, doesn't matter if what that RF signal is carrying is digital or analog. There is nothing special or different about an antenna that makes it work better with a digital or analog signal.

If you live in a fringe area, where you are getting snowy pictures now on analog tv, then the signal may not be strong enough to drive a digital receiver, in that case a better antenna may help.

The catch with digital is that its all or nothing, there is no such thing as a snowy picture. This is why there has been such a big market for antennas recently, people that were willing to live with a snowy picture in the past may not get anything now.

A good high quality antenna will make a difference with signal strength, but again if your in an area where the signals are already strong, you don't need to worry too much about it.

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