🚀 go-pugleaf

  Re: Re: Favorite Streaming se
  By: Cozmo to Nightfox on Sat Jan 18 2025 11:17 am

 Co> I recently dumped my cable, was getting way to expensive for the amount of
 Co> time i watched it. I bought a antenna to pick up local stations. I get
 Co> about 30 stations  but it all depends on where you live and if you have a
 Co> lot of trees and buildings blocking your signal.

A couple years ago, I heard there's a newer broadcast standard, ATSC 3.0, which has been rolling out in the US.  A couple of the main goals are to allow over-the-air TV broadcasts in 4K and improvements to the signal to allow better reception in places that have a lot of trees & buildings & such.  It looks like the main networks in my area broadcast in both ATSC 3.0 and the older standard; my HDHomerun Flex 4K tuner is able to pick up the ATSC 3.0 broadcasts and it seems like they do tend to get better reception for me.  I often like to watch Jeopardy (on ABC), and for some reason I tend to have trouble getting the regular ABC broadcast station, but ABC's ATSC 3.0 channel tends to come in fairly well for me.

 Co> Also I use a bunch of the
 Co> free streaming services like Pluto, Roku TV and Plex Tv. Plenty of decent
 Co> stuff on there to make me happy.

I have a few of those too - Plex TV, Roku, Pluto, and I recently signed up for Tubi.  I don't use them very often, but perhaps I should use them more, as there's lots of stuff to watch with those.  I probably watch enough TV as it is though..

Nightfox

---
 þ Synchronet þ Digital Distortion: digitaldistortionbbs.com
.

  Re: Re: Favorite Streaming se
  By: Cozmo to Nightfox on Sat Jan 18 2025 11:17 am

 Ni>> Are you able to get over-the-air broadcast TV with an antenna?
 Ni>> Nightfox

 Co> I recently dumped my cable, was getting way to expensive for the amount of
 Co> time i watched it. I bought a antenna to pick up local stations. I get
 Co> about 30 stations  but it all depends on where you live and if you have a
 Co> lot of trees and buildings blocking your signal. Also I use a bunch of the
 Co> free streaming services like Pluto, Roku TV and Plex Tv. Plenty of decent
 Co> stuff on there to make me happy.
indoor antennas failed for me. Maybe I should try external, i just cannot climb under the house to run cable; and wife would have a "cow" if she saw or found out I climbed the tower. LOL

I probably need to look at using some of the free services. Only thing is, you cannot pause them (so back to oldtime tv), I love DVR. That's the other reason I went to youtube tv for their DVR and easy of use. I don't have to watch it when it comes on, but on my schedule.

I have all three of the services you mention; but don't use them reguarlly.

 Co> -=Cozmo=-
---
Amessyroom
toolazy.synchro.net:2323 (telnet)





....THE BUCK DOESN'T EVEN SLOW DOWN HERE So keep on going.

---
 þ Synchronet þ Too Lazy BBS - toolazy.synchro.net:2323
.

> I recently dumped my cable, was getting way to expensive for the amount of
> time i watched it. I bought a antenna to pick up local stations. I get about
> 30 stations  but it all depends on where you live and if you have a lot of
> trees and buildings blocking your signal. Also I use a bunch of the free
> streaming services like Pluto, Roku TV and Plex Tv. Plenty of decent stuff on
> there to make me happy.

> |02-=|10Cozmo|02=-

> ... Intelligence tests are biased toward the literate.

> --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Windows/32)
>  * Origin: Lunatics Unleashed BBS


Good for you. We never had cabletv out here in the sticks, but 2 years ago we
did get cable available and we just went with internet only. We went from 8
mbps down  to 400 mbps. It is so nice. We still only use digital antenna and
get 40 channels on the mountain here. Sometimes now we watch freevee for judge
Judy or old tv shows. Love ME tv. My brother speaks highly of Pluto, we will
try it.
Have a good day cozmo.

Rixter
telnet://ricksbbs.synchro.net:23
http://ricksbbs.synchro.net:8080
Madison,NC

---
 ­ Synchronet ­ Rick's BBS telnet://ricksbbs.synchro.net:23
.

  Re: Re: Favorite Streaming se
  By: Cozmo to Nightfox on Sat Jan 18 2025 11:17 am

Ive used an OTA anntenae <sp> for almost 10 years now. The programming is much more wholesome. Where I live now, they are just starting to run cable lines up the road. I'm not sure I would be interested. Except maybe the internet part. My 10 gigs of Hotspot runs out fast. Especially now that I am retired and have alot of time on my hands now.

---
 þ Synchronet þ Vertrauen þ Home of Synchronet þ [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net
.