Does an outdoor OTA antenna (no dish) require a hopper?

[AndyQuestion]

As the title suggests, I'm a little confused on whether or not an outdoor OTA antenna would need to connect to a hopper to broadcast channels on my television - I do not have and am not interested in satellite television.

Would it matter if I wanted to have it available on two different televisions?

Does anyone know?

 

[Bobby]

As the title suggests, I'm a little confused on whether or not an outdoor OTA antenna would need to connect to a hopper to broadcast channels on my television - I do not have and am not interested in satellite television.

Would it matter if I wanted to have it available on two different televisions?

Does anyone know?

You don’t need a Hopper at all. In fact your present TV probably has a TV tuner in it already and will work just fine. You just need a coax cable from that OTA antenna to the TV. If you have two TVs simply run a second coax to that one.

 

[AndyQuestion]

Thank you so much!

 

[raoul5788]

to Satelliteguys AndyQuestion!

 

[Foxbat]

Scott Greczkowski was there something wonky with the XenForo software? It looks like three threads were created in the Support Forum that shouldn't have been.

 

[fayrich]

Just make sure that your tv has a built-in tuner. Some of the newer ones do not. In that case you would have to buy a stand alone tuner. Had to do that with my newest Vizio.

 

[Bobby]

Just make sure that your tv has a built-in tuner. Some of the newer ones do not. In that case you would have to buy a stand alone tuner. Had to do that with my newest Vizio.

That is true, my 2016 Vizio doesn't have a tuner. Vizio brought back tuners in 2018... As far as I know all other other brands have tuners.

 

[waylew]

Of course, if it doesn't have a tuner it's not a TV,it's a monitor.

 

[Bobby]

Of course, if it doesn't have a tuner it's not a TV,it's a monitor.

That, or display as Vizio calls it....

 

[ekilgus]

Of course, if it doesn't have a tuner it's not a TV,it's a monitor.

True, but Vizio recognized the error of their ways and returned the tuner to their sets.