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True for NFL still but almost nothing else except maybe the World Series and NBA Finals (and college football on Saturdays) We used to get 60+ free Warriors games a year on channel 36 ~130 free Giants games on KTVU 😭

Try Anil’s antenna suggestion…it appears to have a … secondary… use if the reception is subpar 🫣

Doesn’t really work out in the sticks. My parents living in a very rural area can only sometimes get the 4 channels broadcast by the local abc branch even with a boosted antenna.

You can add DVR capabilities for like $150 these days too. I have an HDHomeRun, works great.

I think you just changed my life with this information. Right on!

(The base is flared for safety)

Thanks what do you recommend for recording?

Oh cool, a signal plug

Antenna tech is good!

I upgraded from 1970s rabbit ears to a flat HD antenna literally two or three years ago. We live in NYC! I can see the transmitter site (ESB) from my building's roof!

TVs these days are too thin for rabbit ears! 🐰😱

OTA tv is wonderful. 86+ channels here in Portland OR metro area. The affordable tablotv is a nice add on for a DVR option.

random-ass opinion: sports blackout rules should only apply to games that are broadcast over-the-air. Make the game cable-exclusive? No blackout protection. (Unhappy that I basically cannot watch the Phillies without paying for cable, because NBC Sports Philadelphia isn’t over-the-air.)

People are continually stunned when i bring up this basic concept for watching *local* television! A 10-dollar antenna! Local news and broadcasting!

Antenna gang!!!

Neither is watching live TV on their apps! And you can often set up DVR features with the antenna hookup; I think some TVs have features for this. Ours will automatically tune in when a show you want to watch is on, and some will buffer during ad breaks, etc.

If you're inside of 100 miles of a city with reasonable terrain between, there are antennas that can pick up good signal still. I'm 75 miles from the towers I'm watching football from.

I think it depends, I have friends who are well outside of a city but who are apparently at the perfect geographic location for signals to bounce to them from distant cities.

Yes. TV broadcast towers are designed to hit every possible area in their designated market. Large markets or small markets.

In many cases it works better if you aren't in a major city. Tall buildings tend to block the over the air signals.

It varies. We're 30 miles northish of Atlanta and have had to do some work to get a lot of the channels

Jealous that you get that many channels. I get a quarter that in central Illinois, and had fewer in Fargo. But, I also don't pay for them and I get the ones I want to watch

Yes but I can’t record any of it and I watch almost nothing live.

Unfortunately my apartment is on one side of a building and the path to all the TV stations is in the other direction. I used to be able to get a very weak and inconsistent signal. Now, nothing at all.

I do not have cable or a streaming package. I watch OTA digital and get about 40 stations.

And you can get an indoor HD antenna for as little as $25. No money from you to Fox!

Well, digital tv reception is trash in a lot of places, and not just rural. The analog signal was so much better. Digital was a lie😭

I have a Channel Master 4221 HD, I'm preparing to sell on the Karrot app ... (soonish). They work great if you live on Lake Ontario, it's like an amphitheater. I only stream on FireStick these days, and even that might change soon, very much dislike advert infestations.

The Rockford Files was such a great show! Years ago, when driving from San Francisco to LA, I had to stop by Paradise Cove to see where Jim parked his trailer: www.flickr.com/photos/15543...

Some new TVs even let you record to a USB flash drive, over-the-air TV is extremely underrated. Thanks to the NFLs broadcasting regulations your home team game will always be available to you for free if you use an antenna.

It’s my favorite thing to do! And no skips or page loading problems. I mean some static, but one just adjusts the rabbit ears.

Do you guys have free-to-air satellite as well? In the UK, I can just plug a satellite dish directly into the back of my TV and get around 200 channels, many in HD.

Not all games. You can't watch Thursday night without a streaming service.

lol!

Yes.

I totally depends on where you are in the country.

Not enough do. Some people think it's like theft or something.

Depending on where you live.

We keep cable because it (or an equally expensive streaming alternative) is required to get our regional sports network. But we are paying about $150/mo really just for the Astros and the Rockets.

got an antenna solely to provide The Game on thanksgiving, mission accomplished

You have to live in the right place. My prior house was in a valley and no matter the antenna, I could get nothing. The new house is out of the valley and with a rooftop antenna I get plenty. They are just a couple of blocks apart.