Where can I find the correct antenna to get digital TV over-the-air?
You’ll be able to find out what the best antenna type for your home is by going to checkhd.com (will open in a new window) and entering your address. The website will locate your home and the location of all the digital TV transmission towers in your area, suggesting the correct antenna type for the best reception. Return to Questions • Why does my television black out the picture on both sides and sometimes the top and bottom? A lot of people wonder why their current TVs have black bars on the top and bottom during some programs. That’s because those programs are shot for HDTV and its wider 16×9 theater-like aspect ratio. To get the full widescreen picture to fit into standard 4×3 TVs, producers put black bars on the top and bottom to fill the TV screen. The technique is called letterboxing. Return to Questions • I know the picture looks different. What about the sound? With DTV and HDTV, you not only get a better picture than today’s analog TV, but you get better sound. Digital sound
