Samsung SIR-T451 High Definition Terrestrial Tuner
I am hopeful that there are better OTA ATSC tuners...
I live about 3 miles from the signal towers that are now on the Empire State building and using two different antennas (including the Terk HDTVi) and various placements, I've only been able to receive about 50% of the ATSC HD/DTV channels available in the NYC area.  This tuner, according to it's signal meter (which is difficult to access via 3 different menu buttons) tells me that signal strength must be in the %60-%70 range in order to not dropout.    Specifically, the unit's scanning function is very slow.  The menu is not logically arranged, and the \\"data guide\\" function is so slow that it is unusable. Also, the zoom/full/pillar aspect ratios result in grey letter/side-boxing. Unfortunately many stations broadcast in varying sizes of HD and some programming results in both black and grey boxes on the screen simultaneously.  This is unacceptable.      I will return this unit and most likely buy the now discontinued LG LST-3510a because I've read that the tuner is better even if the DVD player is sub-par.  The DVI output on the Samsung SIR-T451 is its one redeeming feature, the 720p signal for the World Cup soccer games looked good.  Also, [...] has been helpful, but I still haven't found a definitive page of short range antenna reviews.