movdqa t1_iycr6r8 wrote
We've had Comcast since around 2011 and have only internet. We had a CRT TV from the 1990s and got rid of it about five years ago. We use OTA - one member of the household wanted to watch one show every week.
Network television keeps raising rates and there have been some very public battles between the networks and the carriers and I haven't heard about those kinds of battles for several years so I assume that the carriers have just given up and pass on the costs. Cable television is a declining business model and the networks and carriers are just milking an aging cow to those willing to pay for it. Similar to landline phones.
kb_klash t1_iycxfhz wrote
> We use OTA
Got any recommendations for a quality antenna? The two I've tried so far have fallen far short of their advertised ranges.
movdqa t1_iycxuda wrote
We got this huge thing from Radio Shack that I put in the attic. I think that it was 10 feet long and five feet wide and that thing pulled in stations from Boston but we were also on a hill. There are a lot of factors that affect reception - at least back before digital.
After the digital transition, my son bought a big square antenna (don't recall the brand or model) and that pulled in a couple of stations but he was able to watch the show that he wanted to watch. This was also in the attic. We tossed everything five years ago and nobody watches TV shows anymore.
DerekPDX t1_iyd85z7 wrote
Signal quality is highly dependent upon many factors including your location relative to the station broadcasting the signal, local terrain, etc. That being said if you can get a good signal, OTA HD signals, unlike cable and satellite, are uncompressed so they provide a higher quality signal.
Sirhc978 t1_iydt18m wrote
>Got any recommendations for a quality antenna?
It is more about your location than the antenna. There are parts of nashua where the best antenna on the market can't get a signal, and other parts where a $20 antenna will pick up 15 channels.
Cantide756 t1_iyeklfx wrote
>Cable television is a declining business model and the networks and carriers are just milking an aging cow to those willing to pay for it.
They are going to milk that until it's coughing out dust, then blood.
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