No more radios in cars?

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  1. Rmay635703

    Rmay635703 Senior Member

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    I still watch tv on an antenna and YouTube, I’ve never paid for tv, never will
     
    #41 Rmay635703, Dec 15, 2025 at 2:34 PM
  2. Mendel Leisk

    Mendel Leisk MMX GEN III

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    I had a tv antenna making "phase", just a few years back, when we cut the cable. Don't use it to speak of though. Life can be a series of "cargo cults":

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  3. Georgina Rudkus

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    I've always used OTA TV antennas fir local channels.

    Paying for something I can get for free has always been stupid.

    I went to DBS satellite TV early in the 1990's, because they did not offer local channels.

    Even when they started offering local channels, I got a discount for not subscribing to them.

    Today, I still do not pay for local channels and use an OTA antenna.

    OTA is also better quality than anything retransmitted by cable or satellite.
     
    #43 Georgina Rudkus, Dec 15, 2025 at 6:30 PM
  4. rjparker

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    The way to use OTA tv is to add the cable hook, eg a dvr function with an integrated listing guide. I have a "legacy" 4 antenna tuner version from Tablo which uses your local wifi to distribute to streaming tvs or boxes around the house.

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  5. Isaac Zachary

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    That's one big reason there are companies that don't want you to have it for free. Because then your only option is to pay for it.
    (Me, still pouting over all broadcast TV being taken down in my valley).

    On the other hand, we all pay for everything in the end. It may not be with our money, but it can be with our time by watching ads. I guess what gets me is when there are services that you both pay to subscribe, and then they still add in ads.
     
    #45 Isaac Zachary, Dec 15, 2025 at 11:43 PM
  6. ETC(SS)

    ETC(SS) The OTHER One Percenter.....

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    I've been a cord cutter for a while now and I see no reason to go back.
    I do pay for a $15/mo YooTube upgrade for the ability to 'load and go' and lower the screen while driving and listen.

    I installed a decent attic antenna and we probably watch about an hour a week (local news.)
    More during college football season or when there's a named storm in the Gulf.
    Like a decent radio - the ability to receive OTA broadcast TV is fairly important when you need it. ;)
     
    #46 ETC(SS), Dec 16, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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