It's fixed! (well, mostly).
Well, it turns out that it was the antenna but not in the way that anyone (including me) thought!
I was all set to shlep the TV to the repair place on Friday but last night when I changed the channel I had to move the antenna for better reception and the directional piece fell out! I never considered that it might've been loose because it is a very tight fit but I guess somehow it worked it's way out. So I turned off the TV and the antenna and unplugged everything and then plugged it all back in.
When I did the scan at first it looked the same when it was scanning the
DTV channels but then I noticed that as it went through some of the channel numbers changed color and when it finished - there it was!
DTV channels!
The only issue remaining is the one that I had in the first place before I "lost" the
DTV reception - I'm still not getting NBC (channel 4 in NYC) on
DTV. They won't return my calls at the local station.
To answer your question, I am in NYC on the east side downtown. And despite using an indoor antenna and all of the big buildings I've never had such a gorgeous picture! (Of course my last TV was probably older than most of you and finally conked out 7 months ago!)
Thank you for all of your responses!
Susan
