I was in antenna hell for about 2 months this summer after we got a new Panny plasma 65" ST60. Apparently, it uses up much more signal than our previous TV did. We only have OTA, no cable or satellite. And here's the crazy thing, we were getting around 30+ digital station with the Panasonic sitting on our entertainment center, but once we mounted the TV on the wall, it degraded the signal on many stations. Tried several antennas, preamps, changing wires, FM traps and nothing seemed to help. Since we record on Tivo, we don't use an antenna rotor.
So, as it stands right now, we have one sweet spot for the antenna, and can now get most of all the stations in our area after some tweaking with the antenna, but weather does effect several of them. Still puzzled why wall mounting degrades the signal.
