Hawaii is not an HDTV paradise {Engadget HD}

Dec 26th 2008 10:46AM Hi All, I've been working on my father-in-law's house in Kaneohe, trying to work out the OTA issues with digital stations and have had some success, which I'll pass on here. Not sure if anyone will read this, but if I found this article someone else will, right? So here goes. Back in August, I started this project by putting up a regular midsized antenna I purchased from Radio Shack. Finding the antenna was a pain, as only 1 in 3 radio shacks had them. My wife's folks have a hdtv ready tv, so I had to needed to bring an extra tuner from the mainland, but if you have a new tv, the tuner is already built in. I successfully pulled down two digital networks (three Ion stations and the two channel 4 stations which in include reg programming and a weather/traffic update). Not satisfied, I returned to Hawaii this Christmas with a PCT signal booster. This doubled my reception, allowing me to bring in two additional networks (channel 2 and 9). Picture is awesome, but to be honest your local news guys are pretty cheesy. lol. Anyway, good luck to anyone trying to set up free hdtv. Let me know if you need more info.