Recommend me a TV antenna

[Snowwalker]

The GTA & Golden Horseshoe being between him and those US transmitters make it unlikely without going to extreme measures.

Now that you admit the distance is not the problem, topography will likely play a roll. But let's see what he gets. Is his house at the bottom of a valley or at the top of the hill. VHF/UHF/EHF also have this strange behavior of bouncing around off the rocks. Just like a flat stone skipping off the surface of a calm pond, the tv signals can bounce and bend 5 to 10% over the curve of the horizon.
So what the website says is a good "Gusstamation", now let's give it a try and see what works in the real world.

[Woodsman]

When your talking over 160 km's to the nearest US TV transmitter distance is a great factor.

[mosquito]

Yep, I will have to look into this more it seems. Not trying to hijack the thread but it looks like I am being forced to look into alternatives for tv now.

Just talked to Shaw Direct and got rid of some packages to save a few dollars and was told that at the end of the year my older boxes would stop working (only 600+ models would work) ..... I had to buy new ones that according to the webpage are $150 EACH, so with tax over $500 for the two at home and the cottage .... unless they start sending out new equipment I will be getting a Roku and free to air antennae.

I have a small one that gets about half a dozen channels indoor and it occasionally get the one Buffalo channel, I am located north Brampton for reference. anyone have anything great to say about the indoor ones, yes I realize they will be very limited but thought I would ask anyway.

[Snowwalker]

Yep, I will have to look into this more it seems. Not trying to hijack the thread but it looks like I am being forced to look into alternatives for tv now.

Just talked to Shaw Direct and got rid of some packages to save a few dollars and was told that at the end of the year my older boxes would stop working (only 600+ models would work) ..... I had to buy new ones that according to the webpage are $150 EACH, so with tax over $500 for the two at home and the cottage .... unless they start sending out new equipment I will be getting a Roku and free to air antennae.

I have a small one that gets about half a dozen channels indoor and it occasionally get the one Buffalo channel, I am located north Brampton for reference. anyone have anything great to say about the indoor ones, yes I realize they will be very limited but thought I would ask anyway.

In a top floor apartment sitting in a window they can be the cat's meow. You could put a small outdoor on the roof in a tripod or in the attic, and you'll do great.

I would even bet you'll get the buffalo station and Rochester all the time, even though they are both very far away.

[trimmer21]

Honestly,as long as I can get The World Series,HNIC and CTV News,I don't much care what else there is.

[Woodsman]

Honestly,as long as I can get The World Series,HNIC and CTV News,I don't much care what else there is.

Depending where you live I suspect HNIC & CTV News shouldn't be a problem.
Now the World Series may pose a problem.
It looks like in Canada you'll need a Sportsnet channel which isn't over the air that I know of.
Depending on your location you may be able to get a US Fox channel over the air. Channel 14 from Buffalo in SSE direction from Toronto.