After trying just about every basic antenna in the market, an RCA digital flat antenna detected all free channels for us(pbs; cbs; abc; nbc; and fox--38.1, our favorite, which was the only channel requiring the antenna's amplifier). We had it connected through our old vcr(sony) into our samsung flatscreen. Then we connected it through our digital vcr(magnavox) and at first still received fox but for only a few hours at best before losing it altogether forevermore. We were under a snowstorm so didn't initially sweat over it, but afterwards reconnected the antenna through the ol' vcr to no avail and then directly through the tv with no such luck neither. Strangely, our samsung had shown us it still detected a fairly strong signal so we rescanned for it only to lose its last remnants for once and for all. It simply pauses on the channel(38) during the scan yet refuses to pick it up! Since we cannot manually enter a digital channel into our digital television, we cannot even test its signal strength furthermore. Meanwhile, it detects all our other channels with or without the amplifier, no matter the direction nor position of the antenna. Can anyone make sense of this? PLEASE DOES SOMEBODY HAVE AN EASY ANSWER TO SUCH A DARNED DILEMMA!?! We do believe we've found the direction and position where it still receives the strongest signal from fox 38.1. Here's our most accurate tvfool report link:
http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wr...8d1792258d2877
Any assistance you can offer us is immensely appreciated!!