Adding OTA (over-the-air) HDTV to your PC

With a simple indoor antenna (RCA Basic Indoor Antenna), I now have HDTV on my PC. I've been watching the Oscars tonight, and the picture is truly impressive. Gone are the black bars on the sides of my 24" widescreen LCD.

Setup was simple. Open the antenna box, screw in the 2 extending poles and attach the co-axial cable to the "DTV In" plug on my ATSC/NTSC tuner.

Then, go into Windows Media Center and change your TV settings. It's mostly automatic, and Windows Media Center easily configured my signal for over-the-air HDTV combined with basic cable from Comcast.

The RCA antenna was only $13.43 at Amazon. It looks pretty wimpy next to the fancy ones that look like the radar towers on an aircraft carrier, but the user reviews were very positive, so I bought it thinking I could always go for a more expensive antenna if things didn't work out.

No need. The picture is crystal clear.