My rabbit ear reception hooked up to my digital tuner tv doesn't work as well as the analog hook up, why?

Question

my tv has analog and digital tuners. i hooked up 2 rabbit ear antennas, one to each. sometimes, the digital broadcast is very clear and uninterrupted, other times, i have to switch back to analog to get good reception. will the digital reception improve when analog is completely unavailable? If not, i will be forced to have to pay to watch tv stations like ABC, CBS, NBC, and FOX by contracting to cable, satellite, etc. Is it me, or does this sound unfair for those of us that have had free decent reception tv for years? What will the millions of low income people do regarding good digital reception with rabbit ears? I know they are offering the converter boxes, but will rabbit ears with these boxes give clear reception, because it's not with my built in digital tuner.

Answer 1

Your problem is not unique, and I think there will be a real outcry when thousands of people find they cannot get TV anymore even if they get the converter box.  The reason is that analog TV can be watchable even with a very poor signal.  It is amazing how many people watch TV pictures that are snowy, unstable and fuzzy.  These pictures are not really acceptable reception, but many people don't really care.  The problem is that digital TV will not show a fuzzy or snowy picture if the signal is poor--it doesn't show any picture at all (or one that is broken into a lot of pieces).

Not everyone (even those who may be able to afford it) have access to cable or satellite TV.  If they don't get good reception, they are out of luck completely.

In your case, you may be able to get reception with a higher quality indoor antenna.  The one most recommended is the Zenith Silver Sensor

http://www.zenith.com/sub_prod/product_D...