Great HDTV Antenna Guide

HDBeat has a great guide to setting up a HDTV antenna so you can record HDTV over that air (OTA as it is often called). It should be a pretty simple thing; buy a HDTV antenna, stick it on your roof, and watch local HDTV programming. But getting good reception, choosing the right antenna, and positioning the antenna can have a big affect on the quality of the HDTV stream.

We have all read the horror stories about how difficult it can be to receive a good OTA (Over the Air) signal, especially with DTV. There are a few benefits to OTA today that we didn't have before the US started the DTV transition. Some of the best picture quality possible can be obtained with an antenna, at least until High Definition DVDs are released. It's FREE, it's recordable on some computers like Windows Media Center Edition and it works sometimes when cable and Satellite doesn't.