Posted on 07/04/2017 6:37:47 AM PDT by AbolishCSEU
Two local channels in the DFW area
HOT TV - old tee-vee series
RETRO TV- old tee-vee series
COMET - which is now in new format (meaning poorer, newer tee-vee series) It was better in their beginning, old monster movies.
Decades does have good, old tee-vee series on occasion.
ME TV is also a go to station locally.
We also enjoy Antenna TV on occasion.
The fun starts once the antenna is up and you have to figure out how to get your (smart) TV to search for channels and then decide which to keep and which to delete! I deleted all shopping/foreign language/fraud bible thumper channels from mine and went from 76 channels down to about 22 that were usable.
Beyond that finding all the different types of content available on one's Roku device and figuring out which ones to install and keep vs. which to remove is really a personal choice.
I have Netflix, Amazon Video, Crackle, Vudu, Fox News (clips only, not a full streaming service) Fox Business (same as Fox News), Smithsonian, BBC, Google Play Movies & TV (Pay), USA Network, ABC TV, NBC TV, CBS TV and Pluto.
Most lower-speed Internet Services come with some form of "entry level digital TV" service included, that's true for Comcast here in the Chicago area. So adding the ABC, NBC, CBS "channels" to my Roku and being able to stream that content was included in my internet access fee. Added bonus: much of the content that the three major networks put out is available online to watch at ones own leisure, so you're not limited to when a show is on over-the-air tv.
There are more advanced "pay for" services that would include the ability to "DVR" a show from one's Roku to a service or to a PC, those can be complex to setup so I'll cover those at another time.
Living in the boondocks of Texas, no cable TV. We subscribed to Direct TV at one time, but eventually the dish made its way to our dish graveyard (alongside our very large dish) DH made an antenna with copper wire coat hangers (instructions on you tube) and a long pole. New antenna brought in a number of ‘local stations’ from DFW ares and Oklahoma. That and ROKU are all that is needed.
You won’t regret it or miss the 500 channels of crap. I live southeast of DC (15 miles) in a valley. I pick up 60-70 free channels, depending on the weather, from DC and Baltimore.
1. Buy an Android TV box. (If you have decent wireless internet)
2. Load the latest version of KODI (17.3)
3. Load up Kodi with anything you want. Yes, I said anything.
4. Watch TV until 2050 and never see the same thing twice.And most of it free.
Android box is about 50-150 bucks.
I have so so DSL
I did have a raspi running kodi but gave it to my son in law and daughter (who happen to be liberals, LOL)
we use raspis at work for signage; my bash is so so
got a roku which has been pretty good.
USC... Thanks! Great starting point !
Get 62 channels at 25 miles southeast of Philly with an old Radio Shack antenna - good viewing, all free......
In addition to crackle tubitv is a decent free streaming service similar to crackle being free but contains ads
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