[Jeffhs]

[QUOTE=Jeffhs;3205538]Unless you are in a fringe or deep fringe area for Orlando TV stations (which I doubt, as Google says Oviedo is only 15 miles from Orlando), you should get every station in that area using only an indoor antenna. I just looked at TV Guide's web site and, after inputting your zip code, found a very long list of stations serving the Orlando area. In addition to all of your area's locals, there were a bunch of independent stations listed, so you should be getting much more than just one channel, even with an indoor antenna.

Have you tried moving the antenna around the room to find the strongest signal? This is important, since DTV signals are nowhere near as strong as analog TV signals were. There will be areas, even within a room, where the signal will be weaker or stronger than in others; in fact, there will even be dead spots, as this is the nature of DTV.

The only other suggestions I can give you, aside from using an amplified indoor TV antenna, are to put up an outdoor antenna or to get basic cable. However, given your living situation and your limited budget, you may be limited to using amplified rabbit ears (for want of a better term), as I suggested above.

Edit: I looked up your area on CityData.com and found that Oviedo is at least 90 miles from Tampa, not Orlando, as I said in my post; therefore, you are in a fringe area for Tampa-St. Pete TV.

I just read two new replies to your post and now realize why you aren't using an outdoor TV antenna (it's your grandparents' house, so what they say goes), but I can't imagine why your grandparents will not allow you to get a cable box. If you are willing to pay for the extra connection, there should be no reason at all why they should forbid you to have a box.