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Thursday May 3, 2007 2:31 pm
Rabbit Ears Back in Style
A few years ago, Richard Schneider went into his garage and began creating and selling TV antennas. Really. His Missouri-based business Antennas Direct is so successful that he made $1.4 million in sales last year and expects to double that amount this year.
“Eighty-year-old technology is being redesigned and rejiggered to deliver the best picture quality,” said Schneider. “It’s an interesting irony.”
Although many of us are opting for LCD and plasma TVs these days, we forget the obvious, that HDTV comes over the air and is free. No need to worry about a fuzzy picture, because you either receive the signal or not. Schneider suggests the use of an indoor set of rabbit ears for those within 25 miles of a station’s tower, while an outdoor antenna can capture signals from as far away as 70 miles.
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| Antennas Direct via CNN
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