Yeah, it will be weather-sensitive, and unlike old analogue — where you could still see the whole picture through the fog, snow and ghosts — weather fragments digital into time-delayed pixelation and empty areas before deciding there's no worthwhile picture to be had and going black entirely.Yeah. You can be in the burbs. As long as the antenna has a decent path aimed at downtown, it should be good. Although, my buddy who lives downtown and does OTA HD (which he says is better than cable box HD as it's not compressed) can still get shaky sometimes. He says that when it's bad weather, the reception can be lousy.
You sorta hafta think of it as 'keeping you at one with Nature' while you pursue one of the innumerable other entertainment feeds coming into your comfy home.