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Digital TV Antennas Find Frugal Young Fans
NY Times ^
| December 5, 2010
| MATT RICHTEL and JENNA WORTHAM
Posted on 12/06/2010 4:30:13 PM PST by brityank
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I canceled my cable back in '96 when my provider wouldn't lock-out certain channels, and their box didn't have the capability either. Haven't really missed it, but do like the added HDTV fare since the change-over.
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posted on
12/06/2010 4:30:16 PM PST
by
brityank
To: abb; Tribune7
Found this as an adjunct to the discussion on PBS. I keep getting hit by both Verizon and Comcast, and occasionally the satellite guys, to waste more money with them. Too many hands in my pockets now - don’t need another!
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posted on
12/06/2010 4:34:28 PM PST
by
brityank
(The more I learn about the Constitution, the more I realise this Government is UNconstitutional !! Â)
To: brityank
Cancelled my TV last year and haven’t really missed a beat thanks to the advent of Hulu and other similar websites. I don’t regret a thing.
To: brityank
I've seen several stories like this recently. The one thing they don't mention is the fact that there's a recession going on with high unemployment.
When people don't have jobs they can't afford the high price of cable.
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posted on
12/06/2010 4:36:00 PM PST
by
rllngrk33
(0bama, proof we can no longer underestimate the stupidity of the voters.)
To: brityank
I tried to use the DTV antena box but not many channels came in. The NBC channel was very unpredictable on the reception. I’d love to be cableless but the reception with the DTV box just wasn’t good enough. Of course nowadays one can go without tv at all for sports. You can see all baseball, football, basketball and hockey games LIVE over the internet. I’ve had some times when I did not have cable and just used the antenna (before the DTV thing) and it was OK althought the reception was of course inconsistent. You definately do alot more reading when you dont have cable plus it was really nice not to have to write that check for 50 or 60 bucks to the cable company.
To: brityank
We switched to grabbing stuff from iTunes and are building up a library of things we actually want to watch. Paying for 120 channels that have no value to me to get 3 that sometimes do makes no sense.
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posted on
12/06/2010 4:37:35 PM PST
by
noblejones
(Obama rules!)
To: brityank
And Netflix. If you have a nice 10gb line, you can stream in HD.
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posted on
12/06/2010 4:38:25 PM PST
by
Uncle Miltie
(0bama thought he'd find "common ground" on 0bamaCare because of ROMNEYCARE!)
To: brityank
We can’t pick up anything off the air where I live, too rural and remote. We used to get a fuzzy signal from KOLO in Reno but when they went digital, that disapeared.
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posted on
12/06/2010 4:39:13 PM PST
by
Inyo-Mono
(Had God not driven man from the Garden of Eden the Sierra Club surely would have.)
To: brityank
So let me get this straight...... we’re not the only family on the planet that doesn’t have cable? My kids will be disappointed to discover that they have been gravely mistaken :-D
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posted on
12/06/2010 4:41:33 PM PST
by
Mygirlsmom
(Men are mean! Dad said "no dates till you're 35" but when my bday came, my husband wouldn't let me!)
To: brityank
I use the HD rabbit ears. I was having lots of problems with the one in my bedroom every time the cars went by so I went a purchased another HD rabbit ears that had more strength.
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posted on
12/06/2010 4:41:33 PM PST
by
Spunky
(You are free to make choices, but not free from the consequences)
To: brityank
If someone wants to sell you a “digital” TV antenna, one that costs a lot more than a normal TV antenna, ask them to explain, and put in writing, the difference between a digital TV antenna and a an analog TV antenna.
To: Mygirlsmom
I’ve never had cable. It always struck me as outrageously expensive.
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posted on
12/06/2010 4:42:36 PM PST
by
Uncle Miltie
(0bama thought he'd find "common ground" on 0bamaCare because of ROMNEYCARE!)
To: brityank
Not to mention that windy days will ruin most rabbit-eared-digital reception.....
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posted on
12/06/2010 4:43:11 PM PST
by
ButThreeLeftsDo
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To: brityank
I believe that the over the air signals have less video compression than the same channels on cable.
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posted on
12/06/2010 4:45:09 PM PST
by
Paladin2
To: brityank
My husbands best friend thinks were big dorks for having rabbit ears and not cable, Ms. Bayerl said. No.
You're big dorks for having rabbit ears instead of having a real antenna...
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posted on
12/06/2010 4:45:25 PM PST
by
Zeppo
("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
To: All
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posted on
12/06/2010 4:46:35 PM PST
by
Tagurit
(Are your pigs fed, watered and ready to fly?)
To: Inyo-Mono; fkabuckeyesrule
Yeah - Will admit being out in the rural areas makes it tougher to get. I’m near Philly, so have lots of choices.
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posted on
12/06/2010 4:46:42 PM PST
by
brityank
(The more I learn about the Constitution, the more I realise this Government is UNconstitutional !! Â)
To: Mygirlsmom
We got rid of cable a decade ago when the last kid started HS.
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posted on
12/06/2010 4:47:16 PM PST
by
Paladin2
To: Spunky
I use an amplified rabbit ears antenna upstairs (really just the UHF circle in the middle) feeding another amplifier just before hitting the TV.
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posted on
12/06/2010 4:49:31 PM PST
by
Paladin2
To: Mygirlsmom
Now don't you feel just a little bit guilty quashing their pre-conceived notions like that! ;^)
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posted on
12/06/2010 4:49:31 PM PST
by
brityank
(The more I learn about the Constitution, the more I realise this Government is UNconstitutional !! Â)
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