I was up on the roof, and noticed that none of the houses have an antenna-except us! WE held off from cable for the longest time-we were OK with getting local TV channels. I decided to leave the antenna up because:
-it looked cool
-I’d have to take it to the recycling center
-its minding its own business
Dare to be different!
I installed a TV antenna just a couple of years ago because I wanted the local stations in HD and didn’t want to pay Dish Network $3-4 a month to include them. It was still on the house when we sold it. There were still a few antennas in the neighborhood, mostly 25-30 footers from the roof centerlines, dating from when the older owners bought the houses.
Don’t be too sure; I have one, it’s just inside my attic. Like NitroPress, it’s for super-pretty over-the-air HD.
- I can get local stations without renting a cable box (handy for that kitchen/guest room TV)
I have one only because it was here when I bought the place, and I’m not climbing up there to take it down. Hooked it up to my radio for FM reception.
There was one on the house when I moved in, in 2005. I had an electrician at the house for some reason and he noticed it and offered to take it off my hands (and my roof). Since I didn’t have a TV at the house and I’m not even sure if there was an indoor hookup for the antenna anymore, I let him take it.
Now I have a TV and a nice set of rabbit ears that do the job just great!
Ditto!
I took mine off when I painted the house last month.
StG
Our house had one when we bought it three years ago. I was just commenting to my wife this past weekend that we should probably take it down - it’s not hooked up to anything.
Another Doper with a super secret attic antenna. My code name is “Sparrow”.
A neighbor has one. It extends about 15 feet above the roof-line, and his DirecTV dish is attached to it.
You can get HD reception with an antenna? I did not know that.
an analog tv antenna that is good shape will work for digital tv. if you have a strong enough signal a set top or attic antenna will work. i’ve used both for digital tv from distant multiple cities.
The folks with rooftop antennas get the very best HD. Both cable and small dish HD signals are much more compressed and softer. I’ve directly compared the same network feed via Time-Warner cable, Directv and Over-The-Air and the last is always the sharpest with the least artifacting.
The only better source is the even more retro-seeming big dish. If you are lucky enough to still have one of these, you need to find out about DVB receivers. A 35 megabit C or Ku network feed is a wonder to behold, far superior to the 19.2 mb OTA (which is usually as low as 15 mb) or the pathetic 8-10 Directv or cable will give you.
English here, and all the houses in my street have antennae, and most also have satellite dishes.
Years ago I saw an ad for an antennae. In big letters, the caption said, **“It pulls signals right out of the air!” **
Another attic antenna owner.
I don’t use mine much because my cable compression isn’t too bad and with cable I get DVR near live (3 sec delay) pause rewind etc.
I have a rooftop antenna and use it. I can see paying for HBO (no commercials except for HBO between shows), and I am OK with free TV with commercials (though I often record shows and then skip commericals when viewing), but to both pay money AND deal with commericals bothers me.
I watch too much TV anyway =- with cable I;d be glued to my couch.
Brian
Not a lot in English to choose from. There are TV station feeds to their transmitters.
W5 has CBand programming.
Incorrect. Virtually all sports “backhauls” are unencrypted DVB feeds, and there is a community of people out there dedicated to finding them.
Yes, but I am not a Sports Person.
Star Trek feeds on C Band without commercials was heaven on Earth. 