[kanishk]

Thanks for your reply.

As for apartment, it is wood construction with vinyl siding. Apartment buildings have two floors and are surrounded by trees.

I have looked at the link for Indoor antenna and the first two are not available. (Phillips antenna at Walmart shows unavailable and HomeDepot link with GE antenna doesn't open). While looking for these two antennas I found the link for Terk non-amplified and the Lava HD800. Not sure if the Lava HD800 has an amplifier or not. I will buy it only if there isn't one.

Can you also answer the question related to sound? Is optical connection from TV to Yamaha receiver the only way to get the sound into my surround speakers?

Thanks