A directional antenna will pick up less signal from the "sides" or the "back" of the antenna. Since you have stations coming from so many different directions, I'm not sure you'd be able to pick all of them up at the same time.
If you went with a directional antenna, you might need an antenna rotator so that you could turn the antenna as needed. A directional antenna plus rotator is fine, but it brings up its own special considerations like how do you point the antenna do deal with un-attended recording of shows, or who gets control of the antenna when different people in the house want to watch stations from different directions?
The HBU-22 and -33 are only mildly directional, so maybe you'll be lucky with them and still pick up enough signal from all sides of the antenna. However, expect to spend some time with trial and error. It's hard to tell what the optimum antenna aim will be until you try it.
Omni antennas like the MS-1000 are not recommended very often, but you seem to be in one of those rare situations where an omni antenna would actually work. Your signals come from many spread apart directions and they are all pretty strong.
|