PF7 Picture Frame Antenna

does anyone own this or know anyone who does.

http://www.antennasdirect.com/PF7_antenna.html

I thought digital TV was going to be a good thing but what i reading seams not to be. All this directing antennas and distance from transmitting towers stuff seams like it's going to cause major trouble. The government said they will buy digital decoder boxes for the switch over but what about the antennas is seams are also needed. Figures the government does everything half A again.

In most cases if someone is already receiving analog OTA, the same antenna will work for digital OTA. These are the people that will be buying the SD STBs to keep their TV's from going obsolete. Anyone that is currently using cable or sat for their SD locals won't need a SD ATSC tuner or antenna to keep receiving them.

Now if you want to get your digital locals in HD and cable or sat doesn't carry them, then you'll need the proper antenna and HD capable ATSC tuner.

As for the picture frame antenna, not knowing your reception requirements makes it impossible to recommend. What's your TVFool.com results?

. All this directing antennas and distance from transmitting towers stuff seams like it's going to cause major trouble

No antenna, despite how fancy a design or ridiculously high cost, has yet to overcome the laws of physics. :)

i live long island ny 11001 and it seams like ever since everyone around me went to direct tv and now FIOS our tv receprion has gotten worse. Or it could mean the old Radio Shack antenna is failing or having 3 tv connections pluged into the line is making problems but only 1 is in use. I do have a officel spliter but it uses 300 ohm cable like the atenna. I'm all confused with this switch over stuff and my sister bought me an Emerson 19" Widescreen LCD HDTV, SLC195EM8 on black friday for $198.00 from walmart.

DTV Antenna
Type Call Sign Channel Network City State Live
Date Compass
Orientation Miles
From Frequency
Assignment
yellow - uhf WFUT 68 TFA NEWARK NJ 290° 14.5 68
yellow - uhf WXTV 41 UNI PATERSON NJ 290° 14.5 41
* yellow - uhf WXTV-DT 41.1 UNI PATERSON NJ 290° 14.5 40
yellow - vhf WPIX 11 CW NEW YORK NY 290° 14.5 11
* yellow - uhf WPIX-DT 11.1 CW NEW YORK NY 290° 14.5 33
yellow - vhf WWOR 9 MNT SECAUCUS NJ 290° 14.5 9
* yellow - uhf WWOR-DT 9.1 MNT SECAUCUS NJ 290° 14.5 38
yellow - uhf WPXN 31 ION NEW YORK NY 290° 14.5 31
* yellow - uhf WPXN-DT 31.1 ION NEW YORK NY 290° 14.5 30
yellow - uhf WNJU 47 TEL LINDEN NJ 290° 14.5 47
yellow - vhf WNET 13 PBS NEWARK NJ 290° 14.5 13
yellow - uhf WNYE 25 IND NEW YORK NY 290° 14.5 25
* yellow - uhf WNYW-DT 5.1 FOX NEW YORK NY 290° 14.5 44
* yellow - uhf WABC-DT 7.1 ABC NEW YORK NY 293° 14.5 45
* yellow - uhf WCBS-DT 2.1 CBS NEW YORK NY 290° 14.5 56
yellow - uhf WLIW 21 PBS GARDEN CITY NY 84° 14.4 21
* yellow - uhf WLIW-DT 21.2 PBS GARDEN CITY NY 84° 14.4 22
green - vhf WNBC 4 NBC NEW YORK NY 290° 14.5 4
green - vhf WCBS 2 CBS NEW YORK NY 290° 14.5 2
* green - uhf WNYE-DT 25.1 IND NEW YORK NY 274° 14.0 24
green - vhf WNYW 5 FOX NEW YORK NY 290° 14.5 5
* green - uhf WNET-DT 13.1 PBS NEWARK NJ 290° 14.5 61
green - vhf WABC 7 ABC NEW YORK NY 281° 15.8 7
green - uhf WPXU-LP 38 MNT AMITYVILLE NY 82° 4.9 38
lt green - uhf WEBR-CA 17 IND MANHATTAN NY 290° 14.5 17
red - uhf WMBQ-CA 46 MNT MANHATTAN NY 290° 14.2 46
blue - uhf WFTY 67 TFA SMITHTOWN NY 86° 41.3 67
blue - uhf WMBC 63 IND NEWTON NJ 307° 50.1 63
blue - uhf WTXX 20 CW WATERBURY CT 46° 65.8 20
blue - uhf WNJT 52 PBS TRENTON NJ 253° 59.5 52
blue - uhf WCTX 59 MNT NEW HAVEN CT 52° 62.6 59
blue - uhf WNJB 58 PBS NEW BRUNSWICK NJ 274° 42.1 58
blue - uhf WNJN 50 PBS MONTCLAIR NJ 304° 27.4 50
violet - uhf WNJN-DT 51.1 PBS MONTCLAIR NJ 304° 27.4 51
violet - vhf WTNH 8 ABC NEW HAVEN CT 52° 62.6 8
violet - uhf WEDW 49 PBS BRIDGEPORT CT 48° 47.3 49
violet - uhf WNBC-DT 4.1 NBC NEW YORK NY 294° 14.3 28

If your antenna is in good condition, consider upgrading to RG-6 and removing the extra splits off you don't need. If the antenna seems to be beyond use, all of your digital OTA stations are UHF, consider something like a ChannelMaster 4221.

the cable i understand but is that antenna for HD? We are going to need a splitter for plugging in around 5 TVs so I'm guessing we will need some kind of amplifier to strengthen the single or does digital change that.

There is no such thing as an HD or digital antenna, the new digital channels are broadcast in the same VHF/UHF frequencies the analog channels are.

Now feeding 5 TV's you may need a powered distribution amp to lower loss of signal.