Money News:- Good Old Antennas Pick Up Free HDTV - AOL Money & Finance: According an an article I read on AOL News, HDTV can actually be captured from good-old "rabbit ear" antenna's...kinda funny, since people are payin' big bucks to DirectTV and other various "cable" operators to get this new "High Definition" technology.
According to the article, this over-the-air HD is actually _better_ quality than what the cable and satellite companies offer, since they (the sat/cbl companies) compress the HD data, so they can send out more signals to a wider audience through the same pipes.
AntennaWeb.Org has an article on these "HD-capable" rabbit ears :)
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