Antennas

I have done a great deal of research on antennas over the past few months and a couple of months ago installed a Winegard antenna in our attic.  I have posted the model below.  Before you click on it or decide to buy it, you need to do a little research on the frequency and range of local broadcasts in your region in addition to the distance from the main broadcast center.  This link will help you determine the distance and the type of channels in your area.  From this you can select which antenna works best.

http://ota.winegarddirect.com/

Once this is done you can go here, which is Amazon to buy the antenna. I found Winegard to be more expensive than Amazon or other antenna suppliers.

This is the antenna I installed. 

My area consists of high VHF channels - 7 to 13.

This is a great option to mounting the antenna to a dish.

Digital Converter Boxes

There are many converter boxes available on the market and at the moment most of them are names I have never heard of so it makes it difficult to buy on brand reputation.  If you have already been doing some research you may have noticed there are many mixed reviews on most models.  I couldn't even tell you the name of the model we have in our home, so I am not going to really recommend any.  I will mention one I found, (but have not tested  yet) that goes out 7 days on channel programming.  The one we currently have goes out 1 hour.  The model is the DTVPal Plus http://www.dtvpal.com/, which comes from Echostar or Dish Network.  We will have a review soon here and on our blog.