Folks:
I am looking for a new over-the-air TV antenna (as opposed to satellite). Be big names appear to be Shakespeare (including Seawatch) and glomex.
I am lookign for antenna that can work well with our digital TV (including HD) and also connect to our FM radio.
Any experience/suggestions.
King Putt - The trawler man
I have a Glomex which I have above average luck with. Certainly not like satellite but it works for us. I do not have it connected to the FM radio so I can't speak to that.
The ability to receive HD signals depends on your TV. Is it truly an HDTV or HDTV "ready"? If only "ready" as mine was, I had to install an analog to digital converter for the tv signal to my older HDTV "ready" TV.
My GLOMEX antennae does support FM and a splitter sends the FM signal to my two radios and the TV.
Thank you to both of you for the reply.
One last question: why Glomex (an Italian) and not Seawatch (an American product)?
Glomex works very well for me. Even without an amplifier. Recommended.
Andre, You don't need anything special to receive digital HD over the air. The antenna only needs to receive UHF and in a few cases, just to confuse us, VHF. As was stated, you do need a digital TV. We use Shakespeare and I have installed a number of them with quite satisfactory results. I do find the signal booster very helpful if you are in the fringe areas. And of course if you want to receive FM, you will need one with that capability. I personally have found little to no difference in reception between Shakespeare and Glomax. Chuck