Two years back I decided to make my own antenna. I had no idea what a folded dipole was, but found a website that instructed me to use a metal clothes hanger cut to the proper length for HD US signals, and a block of wood. I had neither so I taped some leftover enamel wire to a piece of cardboard. I still use this antenna today, and get about 50 channels, living 30 miles away from the nearest broadcast antenna.<p>Point is, these broadcasts are incredibly easy to access, and it doesn&#x27;t seem like the voodoo designs of $200 dollar antennas are actually needed by most people. It&#x27;s somewhat surprising TV manufacturers don&#x27;t simply add simple antennas as an accessory the same way my FM radio tuner came with one.