“Will this work with a digital antenna or would I need a separate digital converter box?”
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Hello Ben and thank you for asking this question as a lot of people are cutting the cable these days to save money and/or because they might not find it necessary to have access to so many TV programs on a paid subscription basis. The answer is "yes" to your question--this TV will work with a digital antenna "and" you won't need a digital converter box. First, I would recommend that you go on the website TVFOOL.COM (and there are other websites like this) so that you can identify the location (i.e., direction) and distance of your major TV broadcast towers. I use the Winegard brand model Flatwave FL5000 indoor HDTV antenna. There is also the Winegard Flatwave FL5500A (amplified) version. A lot of people believe that by purchasing the more expensive indoor HDTV antennas that you would get better results, but if you do not need an antenna with a lot of signal draw it can "negatively" impact your signal reception. The above mentioned antennas are modeled after military "mud flap" technology and it is best to place them in a window as high as you can go. If you have "aluminum" mini blinds in the window, swap them out for "vinyl" ones as my experience has been that the aluminum mini blinds negatively impact TV reception of signals. If you need to add length to the antenna's cable, use RG-6 Coax cable and try not to make the extension Coax cable too long. This particular 40" Insignia TV has three (3) built-in tuners which impact signal reception--NTSC (for Analog) plus ATSC and Clear QAM (these last "2" are digital tuners). I have a 32" Insignia TV which also has an 8-VSB digital tuner (aside from the other 3 tuners) and I am able to get better reception with that additional 8-VSB tuner than with this 40" Insignia. Please know that certain electronic devices (such as if a nearby laptop is turned on) can affect the ability to receive stations. I've even found that certain weather conditions can affect reception. The best route, they say, is to use an outside mount (roof?) antenna. It sounds to me like you want to cut the cable for viewing TV programs. I like watching a lot of the classic shows; however, many times they do not fill the screen. Whenever a TV program needs to be enlarged with the remote control's P-size button to fit the entire screen, I found that with this 40" model the images a more blurry than when I engage in this same enlargement process on my 32" Insignia and my 32" Insignia is 720P and this year newer 40" Insignia model is 1080p. The major network/more-recently-produced TV shows look truly magnificent on this 40" Insignia 1080P TV. Please read my review of this TV under JerseyMike. Best Buy thinks a lot of its customers to allow well intentioned feedback to be published. Happy viewing Ben!
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.i have mine hooded up to RF input with a powered digital antenna.. works great except keep a way from a lot of power cords the rf shielding in the tuner is weak. and causes some interesting effects..
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Should work with the antenna. The tv has a digital tuner.
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