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People under 25, how many of you are aware that you can get 1080p HD TV programming (and many live sports) for free over the air with no app sign-in or susbscription fee? (lemmy.world)

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

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

I am aware. I am also aware that I haven't used cable tv over a decade and I do not regret ditching that garbage

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

You mean OTA TV? I don't even watch sports, the rest has 10 minute advertisements. And considering it's digital, I don't find it interesting at all. Yes, a weird reason, but anyway.

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (9 children)

Ads, ads everywhere.

Besides there, there is also a 4k OTA standard, ATSC 3.0. Most TVs don't support it yet, but some do. Worth googling before you buy. You can also get something like an silcondust 4k standalone tuner and plug that into your home network instead. You then load its app to watch over the air TV in 4k.

If you do buy the silicondust tuner, you can go further and get a DVR going. Plenty of free projects that will help you setup and record TV like jellyfin, and many of them will auto-skip the ads too with an application called comskip.