Using an old dish for over the air hdtv

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"cmarch" <cmarch@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I've been googling for an hour and can't seem to find any
> good info on this....
>
> I am an ex dish customer, and still have the dish on the side
> of my house. I would like to get a off-air HDTV receiver, and
> was thinking that I may be able to use the old dish as the antenna.
> Has anyone tried this ??
> Does it work ?
>
> Just looking to save a couple bucks !
> Thanks

You can't use a dish for OTA reception. It is for receiving satellite
signals only.
You will need a regular roof top antenna, or an indoor if you are close to
the towers.

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Hi,
When you had Dish, did you have an 811 receiver by any chance? That one has
off-the-air reception and pretty good, too. You won't need a satellite
signal, just spend some money to have an HDTV antenna on your roof. Or even
an attic antenna like I did, and I get ABC and Public TV off the air in HD.
If you dumped Dish I guess you have digital cable? They provide all
available HD local channels usually.
Roger