We bought a new digital TV just in case our little old TV/DVD died, which it finally did, but we found another analog one at the Goodwill with a VCR and we like it better than the little digital TV. We got a converter when the change came around, and use it along with the analog TV because the sound/reception is so much better. If we find something on TV that we want to finish watching, we just pop in a tape, and watch it later and go do what we want to do. Last time I checked, there are still some analog channels around, but they're mostly Spanish speaking, which can also be amusing, trying, with my limited knowledge of the Spanish language, to figure out what's going on. The soaps are the best.
You don't need any special antenna to pick up either digital or analog stations.