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At the VERY least you can receive 6 (six) FREE Hi-Def channels. You can get NBC, ABC, CBS, PBS, FOX, CW. Most major cities have more TV stations than that. But with Hi-Def each station can have up to 4 (four) channels inside itself. For example, if your NBC is channel 8, they can have "8.1", "8.2", "8.3", "8.4". The "8.1" channel might me the NBC you know and love and then the other 3 (three) channels would be whatever the network wanted to show. So you could have up to over 20 channels for free on your Hi-Def TV with the aid of some decent RABBIT EARS.
There are far too many choices right now. You can have a "High Definiton TV" or a "Standard Definition TV" and BOTH are called "digital". And ALL "digital" TV's can pick up of those crazy "decimal" channels for FREE with an ANTENNA.
"Standard Definition" is going to have the same sound and picture quality as your DVD collection. "High Definition" has more than twice the SCAN LINES (picture quality) of DVD. Remember the "Scan Lines" link? As you might of guessed, Hi-Def TV's cost about TWICE as much as Standard-Def sets.
In addition to that, you also have "1080p - Full HD" televisions, offering a picture almost twice as good as regular HDTVs. The final step after that is the "120Hz 1080P" HDTV, offering 120 frames per second (motion picure offers 24 fps). This gives the TV an almost 3-D appearance and smoother motion.
You can assume that "1080p" HDTVs cost more than the regular HDTVs. But you only need a 1080P display for your Blu-ray Disc collection and future HD broadcasts. Obviously, the "120Hz, 1080p" HDTVs cost even more than that. But they make ANY program look better, whether it's ShowTimeHD, Blu-ray Disc or standard DVD.
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Click here to see an ENTRY LEVEL "1080P-FullHD" television @ "Bestbuy.com"
If you purchase a "STANDARD DEFINITION" (SD) televsion or step up to a full-blown "HIGH DEFINITON (HD) televsion, all you need to do to receive your channels is attach your old antenna to the new DIGITAL set the SAME way you hooked it you your old ANALOG set - and you're all done.
The FCC or "Federal Communications Commission" has decreed that ALL "analog" or old-school broadcasts (the ones we've watched since the days of "I Love Lucy") must be TURNED OFF by February 17th, 2009. This will leave ONLY those crazy, super-clear, "decimal" channels to watch.
If you DON'T want to buy a new TV in the next few months, the government will offer 2, $40 "gift certificates" to everyone who hasn't bought one yet. Click right HERE to see how to get your FREE coupons...They're up for grabs on Jan. 1st, 2008...So don't waste time, it's first come, first serve.
The $80 is for you to purchase a couple of "Set-Top Decoder Boxes". This "decoder box" (which looks like any standard cable box you've ever seen) will take those new "digital" or "decimal" channels from your RABBIT EARS and WATER THEM BACK DOWN into signals your old-school TV can handle. Hook your old ANTENNA to your FREE box. Then hook the FREE box to your old TV just like a VCR - and you're all done.
Click here to see an ENTRY LEVEL "Set-Top Decoder Box" @ "BestBuy.com"