Satellite TV is Dead, Direct TV just lost 267,000 customers

Digital has been an marketing buzzword for decades such as digital speakers, digital headphones, and now digital antennas. No matter how many times we keep saying "There is no such thing" the trend will continue.

rk911 wrote:
warning: do not feed the trolll.

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Holly Molly I just found another company that also false advertise

Spend more time watching TV and enjoying the great outdoors and spend less time pointing your antenna. Introducing the Rayzar Automatic, Winegard's first fully automatic amplified digital HDTV antenna.

http://www.winegard.com/rayzarauto

But wait maybe not Mr Winegard, he went to same high school as my dad and both were friends, maybe I will give him a pass.. ;)
{Morning Sun, Iowa}

warning: do not feed the trolll.

Bill.Satellite wrote:
A topic started by a guy who believes there are DIGITAL and/or HDTV antennas.
Snore!
You can post random thoughts and regurgitate "stuff" you have read elsewhere (if it's on the internet it must be true!) but if you really have no idea what you are talking about it might be better to just sit on the sidelines or ask what others think.

Yea we need to sue this company and Camping World for selling a fake HDTV antennae and false advertisement..

Wait don't RV manufactures put something similar on there RV's now and call it a HDTV antennae, **** we need to sue them all, false advertainment..




https://kingconnect.com/product/king-omnigo-portable-omnidirectional-ota-hdtv-antenna/
OmniGo Omnidirectional Portable HDTV Antenna :)

A topic started by a guy who believes there are DIGITAL and/or HDTV antennas.
Snore!
You can post random thoughts and regurgitate "stuff" you have read elsewhere (if it's on the internet it must be true!) but if you really have no idea what you are talking about it might be better to just sit on the sidelines or ask what others think.

Campfire Time wrote:
You said it yourself. Cost. That's the biggest restriction.

Not quite the point, but ok. Doesn't even concern me. Having to watch ads does concern me.

Atlee wrote:

chiefneon wrote:
Howdy!

We have been fulltiming for over 12 years and up until last year used DirecTV satellite for our TV viewing. We had planned our trip last year to Alaska and new we would lose satellite in Canada and Alaska so we cut the cord. We have a unlimited plus AT&T plan and now also have prepaid Verizon unlimited MiFi plan. We were already using Netflix’s and Amazon Prime so we added DirecTV Now. We had great success streaming in Canada and Alaska. Only one location in lower 48 was a problem and that as a TT’s Park in Cottonwood, AZ but knowone had service. One nice thing about stream is I know longer have to worry about the satellite being blocked by anything when we setup. We are very happy with streamingand also save money as we had the largest DTV satellite package.

“Happy Trails’
Chiefneon

How much does an unlimited plus AT&T plan run and how much does a prepaid Verizon unlimited MiFI plan cost. And would that be enough for a full Saturday of football games?

Unlike some who camp to get away from TV, our group goes to all of our university's home football games and some away games in the fall. When we are not in the stadium watching our team, we tend to have the TV on showing other games that are being aired.

To answer your first question: I can only speak to the prepaid. $70/mo and if you have it set up to autopay, it drops to $65.

The answer to your second question is “It depends”. It depends on which tower you are pinging off of when you want to stream. Prepaid plans have little to no priority for bandwidth, so if lots of people are pinging your tower, your prepaid mifi could be virtually useless.

At my home a little north of you, my mifi is nearly as good as my cable modem. We’ve been on a winter escape this winter and have experienced it all from great to ****.

2oldman wrote:

Campfire Time wrote:
Same types of restrictions from the cable companies on a cable box with a DVR,.. If you want to think there are drawbacks, then you have not done the research.

There are no restrictions I'm aware of with DTV DVR recording...with the exception of PPV.

I just did research on the brands mentioned here. I'm pretty sure my reading comprehension is up to the task.

You said it yourself. Cost. That's the biggest restriction. You pay far more than I do for TV. I'm done with that racket. But if you like throwing money away just for an extra, and small, convenience, I guess that's OK. It's not my money.

rk911 wrote:

Campfire Time wrote:
...True to a degree, but not "lots". Same types of restrictions from the cable companies on a cable box with a DVR, actually the cable companies are far more expensive...

to what kind of restrictions are you referring?

2oldman tried to make a point about add-ons and restrictions to streaming packages. Cost is the biggest restriction of using traditional cable and satellite. Spectrum charges a DVR fee, in addition to a fee for the box. I know others do too. Either way if I had to pay an extra $5 a month for a cloud DVR for a streaming service, that's still $95 a month less than I was paying before (including $15 a month for the DVR and the box). Again, there are not "lots" of restrictions on streaming services.

Regarding fast forward, keep checking. These services are rapidly maturing and adding new features all the time. That's why I mentioned in my first post about this to do your research. What was true 3 months ago probably has already changed. I've been watching the cord cutting options for 3 years. A lot features we wanted just were not available until last year. When I started getting serious about it, within 6 (roughly June 2018 to Dec 2108) months several things we were looking for were added. Then it was no-brainer.

Bottom line, how would you like an extra $1200 a year in your pocket?

when is 8 track, and vcr tapes coming back?
no computer required. no monthly fees,taxes. you own the tape.