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With the impending phase out of analog TV, there’s a migration to digital (high definition) television. And due to the kind of signal from the TV towers will change, so will the TV sets and their antennas.

Digital signal is unlike analog signal in more ways than one. A digital antenna promises richer colors and higher resolutions than older analog TV. With older analog system, if the signal is weak, you get fuzzy video, whereas in a digital video systems weak signal means no reception. The advantage, of course, is that high-def TV sets provide better experience for the owner. The reception received contains all the information that was sent. The question remains whether the digital TV antenna will receive it at all.

Additionally, there are lots of sources for HDTV receivers. There’s satellite, cable, and free TV broadcast from landbased towers. Some digital TV antennas which can also be used to receive from multiple sources. The exception is satellite TV, as the data have to be decoded through the satellite TV service provider’s set-top box.

Digital TV antennas are a growth market and it’s quite easy to find one. Most times, it is really necessary to find one, since digital receiversdon’t come with one. Most appliance stores have these in stock, though, usually situated beside the digital flat panel display area. There are a lot of designs to choose from in an array of shapes and sizes.

It’s not necessary to find a big antenna, nor an outdoor antenna model. In most cases, an indoor model will do. And usually, if the indoor model couldn’t get any signal, no need to bother as using an outdoor antenna would most probably have the same result.

Funny, but one of the questions which need to be answered after buying an indoor digital hdtv antenna is where to place it. If you have a slim flat panel display, either an LCD or a plasma TV, this is more of a nuisance to think about.