I’ve thought about doing this so many times. If I didn’t have my mother-in-law living with us, I probably would’ve by now, but it would all be too confusing for her.
I would need to put a good antenna in my attic (we’re not allowed to have them on the roof), my TiVos would record OTA broadcasts and I could use Hulu, Netflix, and Amazon to fill in what I miss. I’m just not sure it would come out cheaper as we watch quite a few cable shows (especially Syfy, HGTV, and Food Network). > On Jun 25, 2015, at 6:09 PM, K.M. Richards <[email protected]> wrote: > > I solved the entire dilemma. I cancelled my DirecTV on Monday. > > I should point out that I live just under 25 miles away from Mount Wilson, > from which virtually all broadcast television service -- excluding some LPTVs > -- transmits, and I get great reception even though I am using the ancient > antenna which is mounted in the attic of my apartment building. (I mean > ancient as in it was already there when I moved in back in 1994, has not been > replaced since, and no one at the property management company knows when it > was originally installed. It might have been there when Newton Minow made his > "vast wasteland" speech, for all I know.) > > Anyway, excluding a whole bunch of foreign language, religious, and home > shopping channels which I never watch, here's what I get with the antenna: > > All the traditional broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, CW) from O&Os, > plus the all-rerun "networks" MyNet and ION. > Two traditional English-language independents and one non-commercial indie > (KCET, which has the English-language feed of NHK on one of its subchannels). > Two PBS stations, one of which also runs PBS World (the other is owned by the > L.A. Unified School District and uses its subchannels for instructional > programming and WorldView. > Classic television channels Antenna TV, Cozi, Decades, Laff. MeTV and Retro > (plus the all-classic game show channel Buzzr). > Movie channels This, Movies!, GetTV, Escape, Grit, and The Works. I'm not > sure where to classify Bounce anymore as they moved all the reruns to daytime > and are all-movies at night now. > > 30 channels. No monthly bill. > > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > <http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
