HD TV was still in the future for us when we moved here in 2003. I bought a 1st generation Sony rear-projection LCD set capable of receiving HD digital signals and a WIneguard flat-wave model antenna to install in the attic after the first HD broadcasts started around the Denver area in the 2006 time-frame.
That worked well for a couple years until the trees in front of the house started blocking it. Then I went for a small RCA omni-directional mounted outside the front of the house and a little higher. It did OK for awhile, being able to see SW somewhat better and also get signals from the northwest out of Ft. Collins and Cheyenne. Eventually that also became problematic as the trees in front soon blocked reception from every direction. The only solution was to go bigger and higher.
Third time’s a charm as they say – Wineguard HD8200U Long Range HDTV Antenna:
HD8200U-1 HD8200U-2 HD8200U-3
HD8200U-4 HD8200U-5 HD8200U-6
HD8200U-7 HD8200U-8 HD8200U-9
It’s able to peek around the corner of the neighbor’s house from that position and the reception is relatively amazing. It’s obviously directional, so Denver only, but we never watched the stations from up north anyway. Fox and CBS have the only decent HD content att.