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if you want to cut the cord you could spend time and money installing an outdoor antenna but if you live in a good reception area you could probably get away with something like the channel master flattener for only 10 bucks and there's no more cable feed here's what you need an indoor antenna a tuner which will either be a TV or digital video recorder and finally good adhesive tape antennas like these are designed to be installed high on a window and some like the antennas direct clear stream are even reversible so it won't look obtrusive in your living space setup is easy while some antennas do include their own adhesive the flat Tanner doesn't instead grab some masking tape and fix the antenna onto your window try not to use duct tape as it can mark the glass also keep the antenna away from magnetic metals such as security bars if possible as they can interfere with your signal experiment with placement though as you may find that using a wall instead gives you better reception while the flattener is perfectly good and you can pull in a lot of channels it comes with a pretty short cable if your window is a long way from the TV you might want an antenna with a replaceable cable like the $40.00 Mowgli next next the other end of the coaxial cable to the back of your TV or DVR screw it in nice and tight and finally you can now set your tuner to scan for available channels be aware that you're receiving digital signals instead of analog and you won't get snow if you have no reception you'll get nothing at all you'll get a jumpy or pixelated picture with poor reception or simply a good picture you should find you're able to get at least the major network channels and their affiliates plus your local PBS depending on where your house is you may have some issues and doing a web search on a problem channel will tell you if it's a common one in the end it may turn out you need a roof top model after all but at least it will only cost you 10 bucks or so to find that out check out our indoor antenna roundup on CNET for an in-depth look at the differences between the most popular models