My family has watched CNN’s NYE show every year since Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper were on. This year, it’s locked behind a paywall. Cannot stream it on any service without paying
My family has watched CNN’s NYE show every year since Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper were on. This year, it’s locked behind a paywall. Cannot stream it on any service without paying
Local tv can still be received over antenna, even on modern, fancy TVs
So a caveat to this is that digital signal is absolutely shit compared to analog. Back when we had rabbit ears, even if the picture was fuzzy/suboptimal, you could watch the show just fine. Nowadays? If you’re not getting 100% full strength signal, it is literally unwatchable. The audio and picture freeze every two seconds which makes it literally impossible to understand and follow dialogue. Either I get a crystal clear picture and audio or I get an unwatchable mess. There is no in between anymore with digital signal.
Plus, I only seem to get this crystal clear signal from the top floor in my home and near a window. If you have a lower floor or have the antenna a bit too far away from the window, it also just does not work hardly at all. This was never an issue with analog signal for me.
Idk if it’s just me or not. There are a ton more channels overall with the digital signals compared to analog, but it’s frustrating that I only seem to be able to watch them if the signal is absolutely perfect.
The “every 2 seconds” hit a chord with me. I hated antenna channels because of the glitching.
Turns out 4G & 5G cell phone signals cause interference. I added a filter in line with my antenna and most of the glitching went away. I still tuned the antenna for max signal strength, but there is enough error correction in ATSC that a signal strength of 75% or higher is stable for me.
But definitely look up that filter. It should really be standard kit. OTA sucked without it.
Very interesting. I had never really heard of this before. Thanks for the info. I’d try it out, but personally I don’t watch much TV anymore tbh. It’s all YouTube videos (ad free with ad blockers and modified apps) with very rarely some free streaming platforms thrown in there (PlutoTV, Tubi, etc.).
It depends… Sometimes it’s terrible, while other times even low signal strength is fine. I only get around 65% signal strength and 75% signal quality for one channel (ABC, I think?), and it still works fine with no stuttering.
I use a HDHomeRun TV tuner, so I can place the antenna where I get the best signal, and the HDHomeRun transmits it over my LAN.
If you live far from the city center, you might just have to get an outdoor antenna. I used one for many years before moving into the city.