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Here's an 11 dollar solution to getting the Super Bowl in HD.

HD antenna

Since no one is linking you for some reason...you just need something like this.

Use this to find your nearest transmitter location and get an antenna that reaches that far in range.

Can't speak to outdoor antenna but I have this indoor one and it picks up ABC (WPVI-HD 6.1): 1byone Digital Amplified Indoor HD TV Antenna

That said, I'm in Fairmount and 20 floors up so it probably helps.

Have you checked the FCC coverage map to see if ABC has strong coverage in your area: https://www.fcc.gov/media/engineering/dtvmaps

Get an HD Antenna and you'll be able to get CBS, NBC, FOX and ABC. They're $15-$20 on Amazon.

6ABC Philly is super hard to pick up as it is VHF-Low. My 1ByOne antenna most of the time is able to pick it up (I am in South Jersey about 15 miles directly south from the tower). 1byOne antenna here.

I added Locast to my Roku which doesn't have Philadelphia yet (coming soon), but it lets me watch New York's ABC so if there are national abc shows or college football you want to watch you can try to watch them on there. If it's local news and stuff you are looking for on ABC then you'd have to go the Vue/Yttv/DTVNOW route if you can't get it through antenna.

RokuTV has a digital tuner, but you still need to connect an antenna to the coaxial jack for reception.

I have this antenna from Amazon and it does a really good job in a more urban area.

If you need a good digital tuner option try http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IYETYX8 -- I bought this and am very happy with it. You'll need an antenna to hook up to it -- usually a good idea to get one you can put on a window like http://www.amazon.com/Antenna-1byone-Super-Digital-Indoor/dp/B00IF70QCW -- and you're good to go. One nice thing about the tuner I got is you can hook an external USB hard drive or USB flash drive up to it and get DVR capabilities.

I don't know why you are getting downvoted because it's the best answer. Local channels you can receive for free as long if you have an antenna. you can get 25mile radius ones for $12.99

https://www.amazon.com/1byone-HDTV-Antenna-Miles-Performance/dp/B00IF70QCW/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1478910356&sr=8-7&keywords=antenna

A friend of mine uses an antenna and has been extremely reliable for her.

Obviously it's too late for tonight but for the future, I bought an antenna on Amazon and it works alright - I sometimes have to reposition it and it would work better if my tv was by a window but it's ok. You just plug it into the tv and it should pick up abc and a couple other stations. I got this one: 1byone HDTV Antenna - 25 Miles Range with 10ft High Performance Coax Cable https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IF70QCW/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_PAsMybEVG97QN but I'm sure there are more reliable options for a little more money. I finally broke down and got it since I've never found a good way to watch things like the bachelor live without cable :-/

I never thought an indoor flat antenna would work for me. Stucco house, foil faced plywood/tile roof, big hill and power lines towards the towers. I'm getting 21 channels clear as Dish provider. Just face it at 209 degrees on wall or cabinet and should work fine. Cheap way to test it. ($25 at Amazon).
I bought this one.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IF70QCW/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_u2rDDbBD483K9

Add something like this to your media mix, and they can both go fuck themselves over their little dispute.

Our media mix right now is an nVidia Shield TV with Amazon Prime, Sling, and Netflix + an OTA antenna for the rare times we want to watch the local news.

This one works for me.

I bought this one on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/1byone-UPGRADED-Amplifier-Channels-Amplified/dp/B00IF70QCW

Works great for NBC, but CBS and Fox are a little spotty (and I dont know how well it will play when the weather gets bad). Plus no ESPN obviously

https://antennaweb.org/ will show you which of the broadcast towers the signal is coming from (the Queen Anne or Capitol Hill towers). Sometimes angling the antenna so it's at right angles to the direction of signal can help...the 21st century version of futzing with rabbit ears and tin foil.

If you current antenna doesn't have one, the antennas with powered signal boosters (like this one) really help.

The signal for most of the channels in our area is broadcast from those large towers near Manayunk. If you're in Fort Washington you should have no issues with reception. Check this map if you want to be sure:

https://www.fcc.gov/media/engineering/dtvmaps

Just need to pick up one of these:
https://www.amazon.com/1byone-Upgraded-Amplifier-Channels-Amplified/dp/B00IF70QCW/ref=lp_172665_1_4?s=audio-video-accessories&ie=UTF8&qid=1563916929&sr=1-4

and you'll be set.

I'm a little further north than you and have no issues doing this after cutting the cord. Definitely the way to go, and basically free after buying the antenna.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IF70QCW/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_EurnxbV3WS8Z7

I bought the above HD antenna from Amazon. It's not bad. I've mainly used it to watch the NHL playoffs when they're on NBC. Otherwise, my fiancée and I stream shows and sports (mainly the MLB and NBCSN apps) through our Apple TV's (we cut the cord 4 months ago).

Went from 12 channels with a basic antenna to 50 or so channels with one of these amplified antennas mounted in the same area.
I have it on the wall behind a picture frame near the TV. No aiming necessary.
It plugs into a USB port on the TV or comes with a wall wart for powering the amp.


https://www.amazon.com/Upgraded-1byone-Amplified-Amplifier-Freeview/dp/B00IF70QCW/

I know people who have used this in their home with great success (sticking it to a window), but it really depends how far you are from the TV towers. They don't work very well for me because I'm in the middle of nowhere. You can definitely get a TV antenna made for a vehicle (think limos), but it would be a lot more expensive than the $15 home solution from Amazon. I personally wouldn't mess with the FM/Sirius antenna; especially on a nice new car. A short, monopole antenna like that probably isn't going to pick up TV very well and you also run the risk of messing up a perfectly good antenna. I would probably look into antennas specifically made for vehicles.

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Check how far you are from a tower here: http://transition.fcc.gov/mb/engineering/dtvmaps/

And read more about HDTV antennas here: http://www.fcc.gov/guides/antennas-and-digital-television

My tvfool:
http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=29&q=id%3de6a40a687f1581

I'm really only interested in the big guns: fox, abc, cbs, nbc, cw. Don't care about the foreign language/home shopping/bible channels.

The first antenna I got is a small 1byone:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IF70QCW/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

It's about 90% reliable, which is almost worse than totally non functional because you never know when it's going to fail. eg: Thursday's Late Show With Colbert is fine, Friday's is unwatchable. The Tivo's signal strength page shows most things coming between 60-70, occasionally dropping down to 40-50, which is when things get dicey.

The amplified one is Vansky:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01FUB4ZG8/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Signal strength with this is unusable. 30-40. I tried with and without the amp, doesn't make any difference.

I guess I'd personally start cheaper and return/exchange since all of these antenna take longer to get or if the box than setup:

$8 (with code: 8B38MY4B ) - 1byone 25 Mile Flat
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IF70QCW/

$5 (+shipping, $12 total to my house) Monoprice Paper Thin 35Mi
https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=13805

$16 - Amazon Basics Flat Antenna
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00X4RA74A/

$30 - 1byone 50 Mile Amplified
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00IF70T4M/

$35 - Mohu Releaf
http://releaf.gomohu.com

$40 - Antennas Direct ClearStream Eclipse
https://www.antennasdirect.com/store/mobile.php?cjid=5513721&productid=221

Gotcha, that helps. How flush is it to your wall though? You can get something like this which is paper thin and can be adhered to the back of your TV. It will limit reception a bit, but it's worth a shot IMO. Since you're downtown (I'm assuming so since you have Greenlight), I'd wager you're fine. There are also ones that power the amplifier via USB if you don't have a free spot in that outlet.

Also, I'm guessing you already have coax run to your TV since you used to have Spectrum. There's nothing stopping you from finding where it's run to, disconnect it from the coax service to your house, and plugging in the antenna there. Might have issues in your basement, but it'll definitely be out of the way if that's your main concern.

1byone HDTV Antenna - 25 Miles Range with 10ft High Performance Coax Cable https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IF70QCW/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_A2VkzbGB811D0

I have this antenna but no matter how I position it I cannot get the basic channels (cbs, NBC, fox) to come through clearly without interruption. Would the rabbit ear type antenna you linked be better?

If I am reading that right, your folks should be able to get 4(NBC), 6(PBS), 9(ABC), and 13(CBS) with a TV mounted antenna. And 11(Fox) is in yellow. Honestly, those are the only channels I really watch. I disabled more than half because they were in Spanish.

Best bet would be to purchase an antenna like this one and just set it up at different places around the room and see what gives the best reception. If you don't get much or anything, then you might want to look into an outdoor antenna, but there are some nice cheap ones as well. You might not need to spend much, this is the antenna I have duct taped to my satellite dish and I get great reception, way better than the $40 flat antenna box with amplifier that was hung in the window.

Also, if you don't want to get your dad a new TV, you can get at digital converter box for $30-40 at walmart or amazon.

Would this thing work? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IF70QCW

I don't have cable.

Cheap antenna. We have one TV that isn't cable-connected, and this antenna pulls quite a few OTA channels.

Specifically I have the 50 mile version of this one: 1byOne

PSVue just added CBS as the only local we didn't have, so I may be done with the antenna wrangling for the time being.


I really like these flat ones for not having giant rabbit ears to deal with.

Watch it over the air

As the /u/TheTrashyOne mentioned, there's nothing that makes an antenna "digital", that's just how the rf carrier is modulated nowadays. You might be able to get by with a pair of rabbit ears, or need something a little more elaborate. It really depends on how close you are to the transmitters and what is between you and them. Head over to https://www.antennaweb.org/ and punch in your address if you are in the states. It will give you an idea of what you can receive and with what type of antenna. If you are fairly close to the transmitters or line of site you might be able to get by with something like this or one of its variants - http://www.amazon.com/Antenna-1byone-Super-Digital-Indoor/dp/B00IF70QCW

No, no amp. I'm pretty sure this is the antenna we've got; it only plugs into the TV, and I see that the amplified models of this particular antenna have a separate component we don't have.

I had the same problem with that channel when I had the bunny-ear antenna. My other channels worked fine too. I'm NW of the station. Ended up switching to a flat antenna like this and taped it on a high spot on the wall and it seems to work well now.

just a suggestion, if you live in or near a major city you can still get free broadcast tv (ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC) over the air with an antenna that costs around $20(and obviously no subscription cost). and gets you great picture quality, even better than cable actually because its not compressed.

https://www.fcc.gov/media/engineering/dtvmaps

https://www.amazon.com/1byone-Upgraded-Amplifier-Channels-Amplified/dp/B00IF70QCW/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=tv+antenna&qid=1562818063&s=gateway&smid=A26IMHULYH7PHY&sr=8-3