[BC] Re: HD Receiver

[Robert Orban]

At 10:29 PM 2/17/2007, Dana Puopolo wrote:
>Let's get real...
>
>NO ONE is going to put up a huge rooftop antenna in a large city to pick up
>local FM stations. Besides, most renters and condo owners can't - even if they
>wanted to!
>
>Most people get local FM fine with just a small wire attached to their analog
>FM radio. They expect the same performance with ANY radio!

I'm not "in a large city"; I'm in the suburbs 25 miles south of San 
Francisco and am terrain-shadowed (on the side of an east-west canyon). I 
can't get analog FM very well with just a wire connected to the 
receiver.  And even my rooftop antenna can only get one of the San 
Francisco DTV signals from Sutro or San Bruno (KNTV, whose digital signal 
is on channel 12). I have always depended on my rooftop antenna to get 
analog FM to my clock radio.

I read an article recently that stated that antennas are making a comeback, 
at least for television, because in DTV service, an antenna will usually 
pull in a signal with better quality than anything off cable or satellite 
because the antenna will receive the same data rate that the broadcaster 
sends, whereas many cable and satellite services are bit-starving the DTV. 
Moreover, once one has put up an antenna, reception is free.

Bob Orban