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- A good friend of my wife's actually ordered one of these. I think she paid about $45 for it. I told her it was a regular indoor antenna for local OTA channels. She didn't believe me until it arrived. She called and said I was right. I told her I could take a 20" piece of copper wire and form a loop that would accomplish the same thing.
- I miss the snow on the old TV's. :C
That was more pleasing than a black screen that says no signal. - No need, I heard they were making a comeback along with TVs that you have to whack now and then to bring the picture back...
Any chance the pseudo nostalia deja vu models will have a remote with a "whacker" button?
Press
WHAM!
Press
WHAM!
I'd be good for one. I wouldn't even connect it to an antenna...
WHAM WHAM WHAM WHAM WHAM WHAM WHAM...
Oops my bias is showing. Pardon me... gbopp wrote:
Can I just go to an Antique Shop and buy a set of rabbit ears? :B
No need, I heard they were making a comeback along with TVs that you have to whack now and then to bring the picture back... :)- When I had my house up North I subscribed to every channel and package known to man they could offer.
Over time you realize you watch the same channels routinely. AND if you took the time to chart what you watched over a couple of months it ends up being about the average of 10 channels. That is if your face isn't glued to the TV screen 24 7's that is.
Those of us that have a life will end up only watching a few of the hundreds and hundreds channels we subscribe and pay the piper for.
I now am a OTA inside channel antenna owner in my Florida winter home. 20 plus channels. Which now leaves me with a ton of money every month to spend on more RV stuff! :C - Search Amazon for "Kodi Box"
- Family had a TV tech back in the sixties. He asked how many channels the family watched. narrowed it down to three. A large amplifier and three "Cut Channel" antennas were amazing. But they were about eight feet in length. Each one aimed a little differently.
Reception went from zero to crystal clear. Cost was pricey. Folks got KCRA Sacramento from South Lake Tahoe, and KOLO Reno.
But not for an RV :) - You are correct as far as network broadcasts
But what about the adv on the other channels
The cable specific channels Cobra21 wrote:
I am not paying to watch commercials on cable, should be free just like radio with all the adds they have.
Brian
In defense of the cable/satellite providers, their business is delivering programming. They receive no revenue from the ads carried on the programs they deliver, and in fact have to pay the program suppliers to carry those programs. And those "carry" rates keep going up each time a contract is renegotiated. When they take a hard line on rate increases, the program suppliers cut off access to the programs and the customers start screaming "Bring them back!" until they give in. The Congress critters are the ones that created that mess. Do I like the current rates and the regular increases? No! Of course not, but I do understand how the program re-transmission business works under the current rules, and how important it can be, especially to those of us in remote areas where good OTA reception is a myth. I believe Internet streaming of programming will eventually replace traditional cable and satellite services, but that opens up a whole new can of cost worms.gbopp wrote:
Can I just go to an Antique Shop and buy a set of rabbit ears? :B
Sure, but you should shorten the ears for the higher channels used today. That would ruin the whole aesthetic value and might clash with the 1950's furniture. Perhaps some coat hanger wire and aluminum foil might fit in. Of course that too might be a problem since coat hangers are mostly plastic now.
