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Originally Posted by Pazuzu
If they both DO get signal, then they both get the exact SAME signal.
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Not exactly. The NTSC channel bandwidth is 6 MHz and I think that is what is assigned to the new digital stations. The bandwidth required for a raw 1080i image is well over 300 MHz. The compression schemes and error correction to accomplish this require a fairly continuous accurate data stream.
What you see as a ghost around the image or light snow now will be picture and sound that drops out until the decoder fills up again -- to me unwatchable.
I think it is generally agreed to that an indoor antenna will be unusable except in the most ideal conditions. Do you have a TV on your dresser you turn on while getting dressed not hooked up to a central antenna? For me that will go away.
antennaweb.org says I am 15 miles from all the transmitters but they still tell me I need a highly directional antenna.