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Currently we have an indoor antenna. Depending on the weather we can receive 28 stations. Of course several of those stations are of the same network. We have the usual ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, 3 different types of local PBS stations, CW, and some networks that play classic tv shows and movies. What’s amazing is the audio and video quality of prime time broadcast or sporting events are much better than cable or satellite HD of the same program. Only thing missing is a DVR to pause, rewind, and slow motion play back to see if that really was a penalty or score.
Ok. Yes the pq is better on OTA antenna because sat and cable compresses the image. I get 3 OTA stations where I live.
I’ve been trying to convince some relatives to get a large outdoor antenna mounted inside their attic. Though they’d get better reception if mounted above their roof, in the attic they would not have to worry about wind, birds, and lightning nor having to get on a ladder on the roof to make repairs or replacements. My aunt and mom switched to antenna only for cost savings. They use an app to check tv listings. Even if you’re using streaming, cable, or satellite it’s still good to have the antenna as a back-up service.
I believe it's 21 stations I receive if I'm not forgetting any of them. Ideally, having a good DVR would work much better for me than the cheap PVR I bought, however, I am able to record one station at a time (have to use an external hard drive). Not that I'm recommending cheap PVRs, more than half the ones I've purchased over the past three or so years haven't worked well enough to be worth it, they've been junk. The ones that have worked though have been a great help recording shows that either come on late or that I don't want to sit through commercials to watch.
Have tried to convince my mother to get rid of that expensive tv package through Direct TV and watch the extra OTA channels she'd receive with an antenna but she has no interest to do so. Likes to have her Hallmark or TCM channels on more than anything.
What’s amazing is the audio and video quality of prime time broadcast or sporting events are much better than cable or satellite HD of the same program. Only thing missing is a DVR to pause, rewind, and slow motion play back to see if that really was a penalty or score.
Not amazing. The signals you are receiving via your antenna are not compressed.
I’ve been trying to convince some relatives to get a large outdoor antenna mounted inside their attic. Though they’d get better reception if mounted above their roof, in the attic they would not have to worry about wind, birds, and lightning nor having to get on a ladder on the roof to make repairs or replacements. My aunt and mom switched to antenna only for cost savings. They use an app to check tv listings. Even if you’re using streaming, cable, or satellite it’s still good to have the antenna as a back-up service.
That's where my roof antenna is located.
I get 40 channels. About a dozen unfortunately are home shopping channels. I scan for new ones every night. I always feel like I struck gold when I find a new channel that wasn't there before, can't wait to check it out on the internet to find out what kind of shows they carry. Every year or so I have to climb up in the attic, check to make sure there are no bats or yellow jackets up there, and turn my antenna a degree or two for adjustment.
Have been utilizing an indoor antenna for about 4 years and am amazed at the excellent quality of the picture and audio. I receive approximately 36 channels in my area and deleted those I'm not interested in watching, which leaves me about 25.
Not only do I enjoy the major networks, I enjoy the sub stations as well.
My only problem with the digital versus analog signal is pixalation. With analog if the signal is weak then the picture would get increasingly snowy but still viewable and able to hear the audio. With digital a weak signal causes the pixalation, breaking up of audio, and sometimes screen freeze or complete loss of picture.
OTA is one of only two ways to get true HD on your TV. The other is using a Blu-ray disc. That's one of the little secrets of cable... You're paying to get an inferior version of the channels you can get in superior form for free...
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