Do you watch TV over the air with an antenna?

Question

So I've been hearing about the impending deadline for digital conversion for years and years now, since they also moved it out. Now it's finally coming and they are making a big deal out of it.

How many people really actually still watch TV over the air with an analog television? Personally, I'm the only person I know that doesn't have Cable, but I live in a city and I can get lots of broadcast HD stations with a small antenna. And I only watch one channel anyway. I'm watching on a 1080p tv with atsc tuner of course. I can't even imagine still watching the analog stations these days.

Answer 1

Here's my 2 cents.  I have Direct TV and still also use an analog antenna.  Reason being, I do not have a TIVO, so if we're recording something from Direct TV, on a VHS machine,  we can't watch regular TV unless I switch over to the Antenna input and watch all of our local channels during this recording time.  I also have UHF antennas up with a Digital Converter Box so I can also watch Digital TV on my Aux input.  My analog antennas are on 30 ft. poles with rotators and pre-amps.  The station transmittiing  towers are about 75 miles away.

Answer 2

a lot of rural people still use analog antennas for local channels because there is no cable in their area.  But most also have a satellite dish to.

In the LA area - you can pick up a lot of channels just on  rabbit ears.

Answer 3

I must know 25 people (mostly elderly, fixed income) that have NEVER had cable.