OK guys I finally got them to shut off the satellite dish, 100 and some buck a month for something I dont use is a waste. Anyways, I understand there are a bunch of ways to watch TV with out cable or dish, and yes I still have an antenna in the attic though I dont know if the new TVs will work with it. So guys let me know what y'all are using.
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Use an old TV antenna mounted on a 2" pipe 25 feet in the air. Get about 42 channels. Some duplicates, some I always skip over. Wife gets Net Flicks for about $15 a month for movies. There is also a lot on Youtubube that's interesting.
If you have an internet connection with 10 mbs you can get a Roku box and stream 100's of channels. Most of them free. Pluto TV is a good one, with lots of live channels and there are too many others channels to mention. We ditched directv years ago and never looked back. We get about a dozen over the air stations and the rest on the internet. We also have Amazon prime as well as Hulu at $6.40 a month. Can't see how satellite tv can survive with so many other options
Amazon and Netflix. There's more there to watch than I will ever have time for.Movies if you have amazon prime lots there included to stream
Disney is included with Verizon now also. My daughter has that. A lot of great movies there also.
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My father in law hooked his old ancient (HUGE) antenna to his digital tv with out issue. His was mounted on an old ham radio tower attached to the side of his house.
He picked up every station 50 miles south of him in Little Rock without the fading [emoji14] Probably 30 or 40 channels.
I have a small amplified antenna where the dish was mounted to my roof. I get about 12 stations most fade in an out. I'm only 35 mile from Little Rock.
I would hook it up, run some updated cable and give it a go and see what you get before buying a new antenna.
Wife and I have a roku stick hooked to the TV. We have subscriptions to Netflix and Amazon Prime for movies and shows. Only issue we've been having with prime is the videos play fine for the first half, then resemble the old kungfu movies where the voice over doesn't quite match up to the picture.
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Here ya go. Here's a website that will show you the location of the tv channel transmitters in your area. Just plug in your zip code and follow the instructions.
https://www.antennasdirect.com/transmitter-locator.html
Here's a great website for info on all over the air tv reception and what you need. A lot depends on the distances, directions, antenna selection, etc. We've only had an outdoor antenna for many years. Wound up buying a Winegard antenna with a pre amp and amplifier and got great results.
http://www.dennysantennaservice.com/?redirect=false
Make sure your antenna will receive all the frequencies in your area (VHF, UHF, subchannels? and future frequencies that might show up)
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Thought for today: Don't you wish there was a knob on the TV to turn up intelligence? There's one marked BRIGHTNESS, but it doesn't work!
Having those three tv stations reminded me of that.
Having those three tv stations reminded me of that.
The high points of the weekend were cartoons on Saturday morning, Lawrence Welk on Saturday night and Ed Sullivan on Sunday night.
Geez I remember that! And before that it was the Lone Ranger on the radio at 7, fo!!owed by the Shadow, which my mother would turn off, in case it gave me nightmares
Good Lord sheepfarmer, I remember Mom tuning Dragnet and Amos and Andy on the radio, And a good night sometime she could get WSM out of Nashville. Somebody said it,, life was a lot simpler then.
Yes guys I have to find a matching transformer to attach to the antenna so I can hook the RG 6 up and try it, or I guess I could just strip back the coax and do it that way too
Yes guys I have to find a matching transformer to attach to the antenna so I can hook the RG 6 up and try it, or I guess I could just strip back the coax and do it that way too
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The Rifleman is still one my favorites!
We don't watch anything exotic for TV channels - - no movies, HBO, etc....
We watch local news, TBS, Food, Discovery, Science, Hallmark, RFD-TV, and ACC Network for Syracuse basketball......
Have considered cutting the cord, but know nothing about streaming Netflix, Hulu, yadda, yadda...I guess there's a way to keep a "TV" Spectrum/Charter subscription, but only watch via streaming?
That's how we watch on our TV's with a Roku, but I hear the on-line only version of the subscription is much less $$$?
We don't watch anything exotic for TV channels - - no movies, HBO, etc....
We watch local news, TBS, Food, Discovery, Science, Hallmark, RFD-TV, and ACC Network for Syracuse basketball......
Have considered cutting the cord, but know nothing about streaming Netflix, Hulu, yadda, yadda...I guess there's a way to keep a "TV" Spectrum/Charter subscription, but only watch via streaming?
That's how we watch on our TV's with a Roku, but I hear the on-line only version of the subscription is much less $$$?