No more radios in cars?

I still watch tv on an antenna and YouTube, I’ve never paid for tv, never will

 

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":

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

I agree. But what would you do in my case were all OTA broadcast TV is going to go away? I don't think people understand me when I say that it won't matter what kind of TV antenna you have, there will be no more OTA broadcast TV in my valley; not one single channel, period.

Well, unless you get a satellite dish to receive those free European satellite channels. I don't know how that would help during college football or when there's a severe storm though.

 

there's a charge on my cable bill that helps pay for free broadcast tv. what do you want to bet the charge doesn't go away with the broadcasts

 

lots of free futbol

 

¡GOOOOOOOOOOOOOLAZO COMPADRE!

I wonder if they'll show the world cup. If so, it might be worth it.

I also wonder if my landlord would notice if I took down the VHF/UHF Yagi-Uda/log-periodic TV antenna and throw on a fairly large parabolic. So far, she hasn't mentioned anything about the GMRS UHF colinear array I installed. She did say that she didn't want me to install any satellite antennas though.

 

Are you not paying for YouTube?

 

I can't speak to that, since I'm not aware of your QTH (location.)
I'm presuming that you're familiar with antennae theory and wave propagation and that you've reviewed the RabbitEars.Info site for local broadcasters.
As much as I'd like to blame the government, in the end you cannot force people to be broadcasters, and PBS is like public rail.
In my experience it's always possible, if not technically convenient to watch OTA television given you are within about 50-70 miles more or less of a broadcast antenna.

 

We have previously established he is under-employed and renting in the rather prosperous city of Gunnison Colorado which is close to Crested Butte ski resort. The area needs over the air television repeaters for free tv.

If the repeaters are shut down, he could use satellite or an internet based tv provider like Sling (the lowest cost with partial groups of channels or even day passes), Hulu or Youtube TV (probably the best "streaming" TV provider), all with dvr capabilities.

Some areas of Gunnison need microwave based internet as well.

 

i thought what the government has done with broadcast tv was in fact forced?

 

See regulatory capture.

 

My last cable bill was $384/month. VOIP, 400 meg d/l, 1000+ channels and a sports upgrade. Started out at less than $120 18 years ago but local TV isn't an option and I'm a sports junkie. Add 2 cellphones at $94. I'm looking forward to move to the metro area where the locals are available over the air and I'll upgrade the TVs to smart roku like ones.

Only one internet provider in my small town though another will come to the neighborhood if 50% of the houses sign up for a 5 year period. Like I'd do that for unproved service.

It is not unusual to have 3 TVs on different channels in the house. And you need a bunch of channels to cover all the places even a local or national team's games will be available over the season. When you are a ND and Duke fan and a braves and Hurricanes fan, you chase games all over the dial. Thank goodness for recording.