You know you CAN still use an antenna. It amazes me people seem to have forgotten that! Ditch the cable bill and spend less than a month’s bill on an antenna to get TV for free. …. And as a bonus, the quality of over the air digital TV is generally better than cable / satellite too.
With an antenna we could get one channel. No HD either of course. With Directv we could count on it going out once a week or so for 15 minutes or more-rain within 10 miles, snow on the dish, and our lights blink on and off at least three times a month, always seemed to happen when we were watching something interesting.
How sad I feel so left out not experiencing the troubles of the broadcast media. I have to be my own Program Director; when I can afford them I go buy my movies and TV re-runs. The TV I have is used to view those movies when there is power or else I have to resort to reading a book and use my …oh the horror…imagination.
Just my basic cable because they scrambled all the channels and gave me a box with the old analog standard def out..I’d drop their internet too if I could find a reliable provider.
Yep, there used to be little that my husband couldn’t fix on a car himself. Now, the last car we bought, you can’t even have a replacement key made at the hardware store. There has to be a (rather expensive, of course) computer chip in it. The same goes for most other repairs. And the joy of music: You went to the store and bought a physical record that was yours to have and to hold, for better or for worse, till breakage did you part, amen. Now, what are you paying for? Convenience and portability, to be sure. But nothing physical, and it all is dependent upon expensive, complicated machines and services…. ( I know my attempt at contrast is flawed, so please, I’m not looking to argue or quibble.) It just seems like we have “I Smarted” every little thing till we feel “I Dumb.”
I bought a digital antenna for a tv in a location where I don’t have cable. It gets 20 channels, including two shopping channels, and all of the major network channels. On top of that, like the commentator above, I have a small dvd player attached to it and am able to play music, movies, and tv series through that.Just an fyi.Respectfully,C.
If cable was ala carte, I might try it, but 20 years ago it wouldn’t even let me sign up for the basic, 6 channels. I had to sign up for premium channels, then try to drop them down to basic cable. Which means I didn’t know what I’d be paying until I got there. Just like telephones. Ask them how much your bill would be and they tell you they don’t know. Yet they manage to bill us every month. I like my antenna, though.
I got rid of cable a few years ago, don’t miss it at all. Get 19 channels over the air, find MORE than enough to watch. Need to invest in a DVR eventually though, because some evenings, there will be more than one thing I want to watch on at the same time.
wow, all this talk about how horrible television is!!! we already know that!!! (the internet, too) the real story is that Arlo is missing out on some nookie because his wife is glued to the internet like so many are these days! get a life, people, get disconnected once in a while! the sun is shining outside! get some fresh air! now that i’ve got my comics fix; it’s time to go fix some fences!!
My wife has direct tv on 3 tvs; I note that here in Atlanta we have 65 over-the-air channels on the other two: 10 shopping channels, 10 Hispanic or Korean channels, 10 with religious broadcasting, 10 radio stations. Leaves around 25 stations with visual entertainment programming in a language I mostly understand.
“You can’t get anything worthwhile on antennae except local news and PBS….”
Oh contrare, ME, THIS, GET, and MOVIES (This one is relatively new to me, but it has fast become my favorite channel, just finished watching The Blue Max.
baddawg1989 over 9 years ago
Seinfeld’s Soup Nazi says, “No cable for you!”
Logicman over 9 years ago
You know you CAN still use an antenna. It amazes me people seem to have forgotten that! Ditch the cable bill and spend less than a month’s bill on an antenna to get TV for free. …. And as a bonus, the quality of over the air digital TV is generally better than cable / satellite too.
Varnes over 9 years ago
You can’t get anything worthwhile on antennae except local news and PBS….
doublepaw over 9 years ago
With an antenna we could get one channel. No HD either of course. With Directv we could count on it going out once a week or so for 15 minutes or more-rain within 10 miles, snow on the dish, and our lights blink on and off at least three times a month, always seemed to happen when we were watching something interesting.
Observer fo Irony over 9 years ago
How sad I feel so left out not experiencing the troubles of the broadcast media. I have to be my own Program Director; when I can afford them I go buy my movies and TV re-runs. The TV I have is used to view those movies when there is power or else I have to resort to reading a book and use my …oh the horror…imagination.
JoeStoppinghem Premium Member over 9 years ago
Just my basic cable because they scrambled all the channels and gave me a box with the old analog standard def out..I’d drop their internet too if I could find a reliable provider.
Arianne over 9 years ago
Yep, there used to be little that my husband couldn’t fix on a car himself. Now, the last car we bought, you can’t even have a replacement key made at the hardware store. There has to be a (rather expensive, of course) computer chip in it. The same goes for most other repairs. And the joy of music: You went to the store and bought a physical record that was yours to have and to hold, for better or for worse, till breakage did you part, amen. Now, what are you paying for? Convenience and portability, to be sure. But nothing physical, and it all is dependent upon expensive, complicated machines and services…. ( I know my attempt at contrast is flawed, so please, I’m not looking to argue or quibble.) It just seems like we have “I Smarted” every little thing till we feel “I Dumb.”
nosirrom over 9 years ago
Looks like this internet/cable outage is getting worse. It’s starting to affect all the comics.
chazandru over 9 years ago
I bought a digital antenna for a tv in a location where I don’t have cable. It gets 20 channels, including two shopping channels, and all of the major network channels. On top of that, like the commentator above, I have a small dvd player attached to it and am able to play music, movies, and tv series through that.Just an fyi.Respectfully,C.
KTB over 9 years ago
DirecTV. It only goes out f the weather is really bad.
1MadHat Premium Member over 9 years ago
Of course, you could go steampunk and pick up a book (YES, REAL PAPER!) and read by the light of your TV. .8^)
1Username over 9 years ago
If cable was ala carte, I might try it, but 20 years ago it wouldn’t even let me sign up for the basic, 6 channels. I had to sign up for premium channels, then try to drop them down to basic cable. Which means I didn’t know what I’d be paying until I got there. Just like telephones. Ask them how much your bill would be and they tell you they don’t know. Yet they manage to bill us every month. I like my antenna, though.
bachinsure over 9 years ago
What giant metropolitan area are you close to Clark K?
alfracto over 9 years ago
Roku?
Albert Sims Premium Member over 9 years ago
I got rid of cable a few years ago, don’t miss it at all. Get 19 channels over the air, find MORE than enough to watch. Need to invest in a DVR eventually though, because some evenings, there will be more than one thing I want to watch on at the same time.
ladylagomorph76 over 9 years ago
I can’t get the internet oner the antenna!
Nicole ♫ ⊱✿ ◕‿◕✿⊰♫ Premium Member over 9 years ago
Time Warner was down nationwide today. Perfect timing!
wes tnt over 9 years ago
wow, all this talk about how horrible television is!!! we already know that!!! (the internet, too) the real story is that Arlo is missing out on some nookie because his wife is glued to the internet like so many are these days! get a life, people, get disconnected once in a while! the sun is shining outside! get some fresh air! now that i’ve got my comics fix; it’s time to go fix some fences!!
jbmlaw01 over 9 years ago
My wife has direct tv on 3 tvs; I note that here in Atlanta we have 65 over-the-air channels on the other two: 10 shopping channels, 10 Hispanic or Korean channels, 10 with religious broadcasting, 10 radio stations. Leaves around 25 stations with visual entertainment programming in a language I mostly understand.
ARLOS DAD over 9 years ago
Books don’t “go down”….
sstamilio over 9 years ago
“You can’t get anything worthwhile on antennae except local news and PBS….”
Oh contrare, ME, THIS, GET, and MOVIES (This one is relatively new to me, but it has fast become my favorite channel, just finished watching The Blue Max.