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    I need some help choosing a good HD option

    What would happen if I tried to just put an antenna on the ground? Would it get anything? Also, are you saying that stations within 20 miles probably have a better chance for me to get them than I think? One more thing: I've never installed a dish or antenna or anything like that. How...
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    I need some help choosing a good HD option

    Problem is, the issue isn't getting the 811, it's getting an antenna configuration that would work.
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    I need some help choosing a good HD option

    According to that site, all the towers are in the violet area. Which is really weird, because it claims some Durham stations are 34.3 miles from me, but Durham is at most 15 miles from Chapel Hill.
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    I need some help choosing a good HD option

    I see. And even with a large antenna I might not necessarily get a signal from 35 miles away, is what it sounds like. It doesn't really sound like it's worth it then. My only problem now is that I have to figure out some cable thing to go with if I do that. The cheapest thing for HD I...
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    I need some help choosing a good HD option

    Locals or not doesn't really matter to me, but you're saying that to get any sort of ABC, NBC, or FOX affiliate at all, I'd need to pick them up OTA, so if I want those channels in HD I will have to get cable?
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    I need some help choosing a good HD option

    Right now, I have a Dish500 receiver with dual LNB, and a SD receiver hooked up to a TiVo. Given that I already have TiVo, I don't need any sort of DVR with HD, I just want HD to get things like football games and whatever. I currently live in a two-story apartment with trees nearby. I can...