Cutting the cable, lets talk options and media setups

I believe you are thinking about converters for non-HDTVs so that they could except the signal from the antennas.

Right. But it wasn't about HD vs non HD. It was an analogue to digital issue. There was a hard cut off where all the signals switched to digital, which most old TVs could not receive without the converter box. All modern TVs should have the digital receiver built in. So grab the $8 rabbit ears and just plug em in.