antenna signal boosters

What are any recommendations for an antenna signal booster, for someone (me) living in an
two story apartment building between downtown Los Angeles and USC to use?

It would work mostly for the analogue feed, not the digital, right?

et472...

Chances are good that it won't help you.

First, the issue may not be lack of strength, but other signals
tha interfere. Or even the signal is strong enough, but there is
ghosting as the signal comes to you from more than one direction.

On the other hand, most of those amplifiers will be junk, and while
they will indeed amplify, they'll amplify too much and just give
you junk.

The trick is to get a better antenna, and a directional one that you
can aim is best, since that will attenuate the unwanted signals
coming from other directions.

Jorabi...

At this point I wouldn't bother with a signal amplifier. Buy a
digital TV tuner and hook it up to your analog set. If there is
blocking or no signal, then work on the antenna and possibly an
amp. You will get a pristine picture on all local digital channels.

~consul...

I do have a digital tv with a built in digital tuner, getting those great digital feeds.

However, my vcrs has an anlogue tuner in it, and I was still taping analogue versions of

videonovels...

analog versions

the shows I watch, some of it fuzzy, most of it not. I was just looking for something that
would help the analogue feed.

videonovels...

I have an antenna with built-in amplifier. It does nothing for the
already-existing stations (which still have ghosting problems), but it
DOES pull in some new stations that were previously not-viewable. In
other words, it boosts the weak signals, not the strong. (Also, it's
advertised to work with either analog or digital signals. I don't know
if that's true or not, since I only use analog.)

akjack...

...

Digital signals are delivered on an analog carrier.
All television broadcasting is analog in basic form.

videonovels...

Yeah. That's true of virtually everything. Digital signals that pass
through your computer's ciruitry are analog in nature (varying voltages
turned on and off).

Another option, if you're the type who only prefers "free" tv, is to
sign up for your cable company's "limited" service at ~$10 a month.
That will give you about 15 channels, both local and distant, and with
crystal clarity

On the other hand, does anyone know of a good digital vhs with a built-in digital tuner?

akjack...

Signal boosters often won't perform as folks might expect.

People are purchasing antennas for digital channels now.
Not a special antenna, but one designed for UHF channels or UHF and
VHF channels.