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Ok so the HDTV signal is not digital and is simply then a what...wide band, more encoded info type signal to send the HD info to the receiver/tv?
And we've regressed back to the damn bunny eared tellys to view it?
It is digital, but that doesn't change the type of antenna you need to pick up the signal. Where things are different is what you do with the signal. One big advantage of DTV is that you don't have to worry about ghosting, snow, or other artifacts that you get with analog OTA. You'll either get a perfect picture or you probably won't get anything at all.
If the idea of hooking up an antenna doesn't appeal to you, you can always hope that your cable company offers HDTV. Right now Comcast and Time Warner are rolling out HDTV services in many cities in the US. If I recall, you're in Canada though, so your best bet may be Bell ExpressVu satellite service, as I believe they are offering some HD channels. The nice thing about OTA is that it's free, though, and you don't have to worry about cable/satellite providers squeezing extra compression into the signal and degrading picture quality. In most cases with OTA you'll get the full 19mbs.
