>>>> Maybe it's the big city thing, but most people I knew before cable just used rabbit ears.
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>>>>Rather difficult to watch things in high-definition with rabbit ears... <s>
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>>>You can get internal HD antennas, but it didn't work in my basement.
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>>Did you try putting it in the attic? Or even outside?
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>Yes, I tried a few things. I tried attaching it to one of the cables from my dish with no luck, and that was on my roof. I live in a rural area, so I wasn't really surprised, but I was hoping to avoid the "I have to put another ugly thing on the roof" talk with my wife.

How far are you from your HD stations? Digital TV is usually only good for "line of site" (no major obstructions like a mountain) and 25-40 miles max. Those indoor ones are probably only good to about 20 miles max.

As far as the "ugly thing on the roof", I've got three (actually only one is on the roof, the other two are on the back porch roof):

HD antenna (roof) - looks like an airplane wing
DirecTV 5LNB oval dish - normal looking dish, aproximately 30 inches wide
SprintBroadBand wireless transceiver - about 12 inches square