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Just curious because I don’t see people talk about it a lot.

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[–] [email protected] 51 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

The transition from analog to digital really hurt my desire to watch OTA TV (you caught me! I'm not under 25).

With analog broadcast, any weak signal or interference produced a little bit of static, but you could still see and hear what was being said. With digital, any weak signal means dropped frames and silence or weird glitches. You completely lose what's happening. Even with a powered antenna, I have frequent issues with weak signal. I could probably try to get a rooftop antenna installed, but there's no guarantee it would be any better. It's just easier to find other entertainment at this point.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

Living in tornado alley, having a TV antenna and a weather radio is almost a requirement. If the Internet gets knocked out, OTA still works. Also, my Internet is shit so I wouldn't rely on it if a tornado is bearing down on my location, but I do also love watching 9Β½ hours of nonstop tornado coverage when nasty storms might come my way.

Outside of that, I know to tune in at about :15 past the hour during newscasts to catch the weather report, which gets uploaded to their website later anyway. If the football game is on, I might catch that if I care to watch. I don't really watch OTA otherwise.

But I'm 32 lol

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Whatever, all free broadcasts are on YouTube anyways. But on demand and adblock exists

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago

Wait, what? Are you talking about people who upload content and try to slide by the copyright filters?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Does this include american football games?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

I love my rabbit ears. Watch local news and the super bowl if I care that year.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

TV isnt even something i think about. Im aware of it existing, but the very few things i watch i just pirate. Ive never paid for any streaming service, cable, or even considered doing so. In fact i dont even own a physical TV. When i watch media i carry it around with me as im doing things.

To me the content on TV be that cable, or air broadcasts is too full of both ads (which i entirely block on everything so i never see), and propaganda to stomach.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

They recently cut our cable because it's no longer included in the rent and I'm not willing to pay extra. I haven't even noticed.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (5 children)

I don't care about cable TV. In Hungary nearly all news broadcasts over here are just propaganda machines and spitting out literal garbage content. Also the ads.

UbO + Internet + torrent goes br

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Im really glad I moved to germany, aside from all my bad experiences there, the whole place was a shithole from the beginning. I just want to See that place burn

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago

This (applies everywhere). Besides it's all aimed at boomers and not at all engaging. People who are internet savvy can easily find better free content.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Yes.

https://fmhy.net/videopiracyguide#live-tv-sports

Although I don't tune in to live sports, I just share resources to find free livestreams/media with others :P

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

IPTV is also pretty great

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

(Assuming you mean DVB-T). In some place OTA is just the standard. Where I'm from cable TV is simply unheard of and all terrestrial digital channels are free with varying degree of ads.

Another great example of how things work so different in different parts of the world

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

Are you talking about the US? You really should be mentioning that

[–] [email protected] 33 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The ads on over the air programming are so so terrible. And even with a great antenna the many channels aren't exactly the highest quality content even if they didn't have ads.

YouTube has taken the place of over the air TV and for good reason.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

It has taken the place in people's behaviour but it has not taken the place functionally. No doubt, you use technology to filter ads out of YouTube viewing, and one could do the same with OTA broadcasts.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I am curious though, what do you recommend?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

YouTube, free broadcasts are on there

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Pick up Tablo or HDHomerun. Connect an antenna. Drop it in a closet or wherever you get the best reception. Then just record stuff you like. You can browse from any media streaming box (AppleTV, etc).

There’s decent content in there and after the upfront cost, it’s free.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

Vaguely aware that's a thing you can do, but I have no reason to use it as I don't really watch anything on regular TV anyway

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago

why would I use that when I have a *arr setup?

[–] [email protected] 73 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

The cost to move to America is quite steep, though, and there are significant drawbacks.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Dunno where you are but most countries I've visited in Europe have hundreds of free TV channels broadcast over the air. Minimal ads because a lot of the channels are tax subsidised, or like the UK, a loicense innit

Where I am, you get a TV streaming box from your ISP for a few euros, and streaming is free for about 200 channels; ad breaks are around one minute long every 30 minutes

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Heck, here in the UK, we have a TV licence and the OG ad-free service, the BBC.

Yeah, the BBC has had its fair share of controversies over the years, but I’m still glad it’s there and still ad-free.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 weeks ago

People who say the TV licence is a ripoff should be made to watch US cable TV. I nearly gouged my fucking eyes out with a rusty spoon.

The BBC produces the best quality TV programming on the planet

An awful lot of shite as well

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That’s interesting! So it’s like free cable TV?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Not free, tax subsidised. It's about €120 per year paid through local taxes. If it had the number of ads that cable has, nobody would watch it lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

I pay that much per month and get more commercials :(

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

People would be talking about it if there was anything actually worth watching on OTA channels

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Have you looked? A bunch of the new shows on Hulu are broadcast. Lots of reality TV. PBS rules.

Also a bunch of movies. Especially shitty Christmas movies around the holidays which are a personal favorite.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

Ah, good old linear TV!

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