Vhf antennas for those closer to broadcast wont be that hard of an issue, though they are much larger then typical uhf antennas. For folks in my area the uhf/vhf combo antennas would be quite large, and easily damaged. Wont take long and rural fringe areas will consume less ota tv. Its pretty simple really, but like with many things since less people live in rural areas its ok I guess. Of course we are all getting our panties in a wad over something that we cant even get tuners for until later this summer, and probably wont even be seen except in some parts of the country for some time. Oh yeah and those uhd broadcast eveyone is so excited about, yeah might be a few but like with the digital transition not many stations broadcast in full hd either, I believe only one in my area ever broadcast in 1080p, sometimes other then that its upconverted 720 stuff. IM not too keen on hooking my tv up to the internet either. Is it a neat idea? Sure, but when i watch ota its for local news and a couple of primetime shows and thats about it, which in the case of the primetime shows I dvr, other then that i fully consume premium subscription channels because commercials suck. Its bad enough that everywhere you go online now there are tons of ads. I sure dont want popups when im watching tv, its not cool, it aint hip, and it aint fun. Popups are annoying, especially when im trying to sit down and relax and tune out of reality for a few hours in the evening. Im gonna watch how this rollout works, might just be that I wont have ota after full transition cause I certainly am not gonna put a 10' long antenna up just to watch tv, already had to replace several of those monsters over the years due to storm damage. For those of you excited about all the new bells and whistles in ATSC 3.0, im glad for you but just because your happy dont mean that others have to like the idea. Heck I mentioned it to several people and they have no idea what im talking about. I see a bunch of people getting mad. What about the less fortunate, what are they gonna do another government tuner box program? No thanks, my hdmi slots are precious as it is and i dont wanna have to decide what im gonna have to unhook just to watch tv because someone decided it was a good idea to change things up, again. Cant beleive im going to see another major ota transition in my life time.
