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In reply to the discussion: TV antennas are making a comeback in the age of digital streaming [View all]hunter
(38,311 posts)47. I've built antennas. Last I checked we got more than twenty channels, but why?
I think once you quit television you never go back.
Our television plays Netflix over an inexpensive medium speed DSL connection, and DVDs. That's all it does. The only television commercials I see are posted here on DU as YouTube videos. I block moving noisy commercials on my computers too.
On the rare occasions I'm trapped in waiting room or motel breakfast room hell I'll always ask if I can turn the television off. Most of the time nobody is watching that shit anyways and I'm tall enough to reach the power switch or pull the plug.
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How did virtually every piece of technology in our lives go from wired to wireless EXCEPT television
EffieBlack
Dec 2018
#7
90% of my available cable channels are junk. Shopping, religious, and I don't watch sports.
SharonAnn
Dec 2018
#29
Sling also has an extra $5 charge for the DVR. And I believe another charge to get all locals
manor321
Dec 2018
#36
No, not digital terrestrial broadcast. In fact the ATSC standard is being updated to v3.0
CaptainTruth
Dec 2018
#15
You can find websites that will tell you exactly where the closest broadcast antennas are.
WeekiWater
Dec 2018
#44
I think that $300 was the sum of what he'd have to pay for cable in two separate locations. n/t
royable
Dec 2018
#34