Local Over The Air Local TV is back! AT-400BV amzn.to/3qvAW6B AT-406BV amzn.to/3qwvUqI Other AnTop Antennas amzn.to/3xhyLrj TabloTV Tuner amzn.to/3DbMN1o My Video Review of Tablo • HDTV Tuner and DVR Com...
I've switched over to a $10 IPTV service a couple of years ago, I have thousands of channels including all premium, sports and PPV content, Cable companies have been gouging consumers since the 80s
I hate cable companies, but there's no way that the channels were getting paid for content at $10/mo. This "service" was obviously pirating content such that paid subscribers were subsidizing the pirates, just as paid streaming subscribers are subsidizing all of the leeches that use their password. It's important to note that Internet-based services like RU-vid TV have simply become the "new" cable companies. Channels are constantly demanding more money from the delivery services, so it's not always your cable company's fault that prices continually increase. The channels themselves are just as guilty as any cable company, but consumers always blame the cable company and that's how the channels get away with it. Spectrum (Time-Warner) is right now installing fiber in my area that should soon come by my home and will be the first broadband that I've ever had access to. However, there's no chance that I'll become a Time-Warner subscriber as I hate their guts, so this does me no good (I refuse to cal them Spectrum as they changed their name hoping people would forget how much we hated them, which seems to have worked surprisingly well). Spectrum is receiving taxpayer subsidies under the rural broadband program to install fiber on these roads and I feel that taxpayers should ultimately *own* that cable as part of a co-op in a similar manner to the way the electric utilities work in my state. Internet access is not a value-added service; it's a utility and should be owned and regulated as such. Taxpayer dollars should never be used to install commercial monopolies, even if those monopolies are regulated as telecoms. Those companies should instead be allowed to sell services over *our* cables. We don't let private companies build and own our roads, but for some reason Americans are totally fine with private companies owning and controlling communication highways. I don't understand it.
@Robert Brown This is why net neutrality is so important. However, you can get around your ISP blocks with a VPN service. No, it's not right that you need to pay a subscription just to get around your ISP, but it absolutely works and your ISP can no longer block services or domains, for better or worse.
IPTV Services don't give you the Local Channels you are looking for. Also, if you give your credit card to people you believe to be "a little shady" then you are just way braver than me. I have been using Philo and have been very happy with it. It is basically all the Cable TV channels without sports and it is only $25/mo. Take a look
Yep. I've been using Philo and Prime (since I have it), and OTA with an RCA small antenna connected to my Tablo DVR in the garage. Much thanks goes to AntennaMan for his recommendations! All of this streams to our TV through Roku. I will not give Sinclair Broadcasting or Nexstar any more money. What they are charging cable/sat/Internet TV providers is no longer 'reasonable', and should be corrected. I started down this journey because right after I signed on with HuluTV, Nexstar pulled all their ABC channels - including the local one my wife wanted. When they did finally bring it back, the price went up $15. After some investigation, I find that this is a common occurrence for these local TV stations because they are no longer locally owned. Every six months or so they pull their channels and have their hands out. No thanks, I'm out. This won't stop until people drop out in greater numbers. If Congress won't make it right, *I* will. I was willing to spend money for the antenna and Tablo because compared to a cable bill, it pays for itself in less than the first year.
You are right not to wait for Congress to fix this. There is only one good reason to get into politics, because you love your country enough to want to make it better. Unfortunately, it is very easy to lose that vision. Fox and CNN both make more money during campaign ad season than another time during the year! Sad but true. All campaign ads should have to be run for free. Oh, and there are waaayyy too many ads to be reasonable... sometimes I forget what I am watching!
I've found the best antennae for full reception here in Tulsa, OK is a pair of 'rabbit ears' tipped on their side and set to a 90 degree angle (works like a directional antennae !) atop a vertically mounted flag pole . I live on the 2nd floor of a two story condo and I do have an amp attached to the coax and receive about 65 channels (16 parent channels) .
I lived in Vista, 15 miles inland from the Oceanside pier.. I had a 1970s antenna that I'd manually turn south for all San Diego channels, then, turn it N.W. and picked up all L.A. and even San Francisco Giants and S. F. NEWS STATIONS...had a $30 Amp pulling in signal... special times it was 1982 - 1995. We were watching Padres,Dodgers,Giants, 49ers,Raiders...all for free.. also, never forget Johnny Carson's last show....ALL FOR FREE. Then the L.A. riots....
cut the cable 1 month ago, Leary on all the antenna's, took 2 weeks to research, decided on ClearStream Max V 4k, first placement, indoors and now made final placement, total 146 channels.
A few things: 1) I don't trust a review where the person has any relationship with the maker. 2) Over The Air works great for me but it depends a lot on your location
Two things: 1)You are right to be skeptical, it is healthy but also know this... I am very aware that the only reason that I have a RU-vid channel is that people trust me. I am not going to jeopardize that for anything. 2) Right again, that is why I show people how to lookup their address on the FCC sight for guidance as to how many channels they might get in their area. Location, Location, Location.
These Amazon prices are crazy. I install antennas around Austin Texas and often I get my antennas from Lowes or Home Depot often for around $50. In Austin or the surrounding suburbs we often get around 50 channels. These work all the way north to Sun City and south past Buda.
This is a high end amplified antenna with noise filters for Lte and compatible with ATSC 3.0 I am thrilled with it. Locks in Channel 7 super good, which is a Hi-VHF channel from 45 miles away! Super impressive.
thank for making the video. my mohu leaf messes up when cars go bye a lot and it can't always get the sae channels that were easy to get before. nbc is the hardest to get because it's an hour away.
NBC is probably the hardest because it is a different type of signal. My guess is that it is not a UHF broadcast but a VHF broadcast. For that you need a VHF capable antenna. See the bars out the side of this unit, that is what they are for, VHF. No bars like that, no reception. My towers are about an hour away by car too.
Yeah how does the Antop and tablo setup compare to the wineguard 75 mi antenna? I got the setup with wineguard antenna ,tv anywhere and 2 months of sling for $150 an tax. Is there any better features over the Anton then a wineguard f k r the price point? My current setup is in Nashville area at a friend's house and I just boot in on the sling app for free here in Knoxville. But if her power or internet goes down I'm looking at fuzz. So I might try to fight the headaches of getting my local channels if it's worth the hassle.
I am not familiar with the Winguard antenna. I have tried many antennas over the years and Antop is among the very best. That said, the quality of antenna needed is dictated by distance. If I lived in San Francisco, where the antenna signal lives, you can literally stick a paperclip in the back of your TV and you are good to go. The further you get, the more deliberate your intent must be.
I hope Antennaman does a review on these new antenna's, he lives closer to my area, so more relevant to me. I got an older antop from 2 years ago, and it's not the best so maybe time I look into new models. I live in apt for outdoor ones I can't use.
I am sure that he will. The best way to get a signal that lives outdoors is to go outdoors with it. Maybe you can talk to the landlord and see if he/she is willing to put one up for others to share too. That way you get it outside and facing the right direction. Getting a splitter and amplifying it is much better than just putting it near a window.
He may remind all that marketing hype terms used by many antenna vendors, like "support 4k 1080p," are to be taken with a grain of salt. Antennas do not enhance input video quality; they simply deliver whatever is being broadcast. If one has a TV with NextGen TV technology, or peripherals like a SiliconDust HDHomeRun Flex 4K ATSC 3.0 NextGen TV tuner, then the 4k feature ability is from that technology, not the antenna. Antenna vendors are known for excess marketing hype.
I hope you do well with your channel. Suggestions: as you move away from the camera the audio volume decreases; consider increasing the time of your videos. Trust me, the people watching and subscribing will not mind watching for 30 min.
Thanks. I also get messages telling me to hurry up and that I am wasting their time. Whoever said, "You cant please everyone all the time" must have been a RU-vidr. 😀
Analytics has proved many times that 15 min or less videos get more viewers and keep them watching the whole time while the longer videos people stop watching or skip through the video so I am not sure how you think a 30 min video is good for anyone!
That is going to be my next video. I have links to the Tablo TV Tuner and a older review that I did of the two tv tuners including the TabloTV. It is very good and getting better but it does have a few setbacks that I mentioned in the video. Still my favorite so far. It does require the intermittent internet to download programming info. Once a week or so and not even high speed but internet. TabloTV Tuner amzn.to/3DbMN1o My Video Review of Tablo ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qa9U6Xf0_nY.html
You can get "distribution amplifiers" with several outputs. They are worth a look to run more than one TV. I went with an amplifier at the antenna(S) and ordinary passive splitters. It works fine for me.
it's back? it never went away went from ntsc to atsc with free coupon cards circa 2009 then built in atsc tuners and been that way. or are you saying it's back as in popular again, which I already knew I have multiple tuners some with usb dvr 😄
When you could get local tv with Locast for $5/mo it did not make good economic sense to invest in an antenna. Then streaming services started offering local TV and I was getting them "for free" with those paid services. Now that RU-vidTV just went up to $65, I am interested in getting my local TV back the way that I used to get it.... so, yes it is back.
@@PeterC408 yeah I get the context for back now. I was maybe one of the odd ones that kept my old uhf/vhf antennas and ota boxes and they work great, no outdoor antenna needed where I'm at though I guess some people never had one or needed or more expensive outdoor one, so I just kept watching locals and the newer side channels like that anyway even when streaming got popular
@@PeterC408 Sorry, I met the tv set bracket, looks like it is connectng your tv set to the wall & you can adjust the angle of the tv set. I would like to get something similar for big TV. It is around 6:40 in your video. Thanks. :)
I live in California. Lightning rarely happens, and when it does, it rarely touches the ground. If I lived in an area where this was I thing, I would totally do all required steps
Nothing new here for me...when I put in my address I get 0 green stations and 3 (three) yellow with a majority of 4 in weak. I do miss California with all the broadcast towers high on mountainsides. In Kansas, living 100 miles from a town you need a mountain for your antenna, sigh, because if you use a tall pole the next thunderstorm or windy day will take it out. :(
You should check out the 10ft pole I got from HomeDepot. It is thick! I bet you could play tetherball on this thing. My last one got bent in a windstorm. If this one gets bent, TV reception is not going to be the problem!
Looks like Buffalo, NY has lots of antennas on the border but it sure is hard to verify all the way from California. This is a great antenna and will give you a good shot at pulling those in but... you would have to try it. I am not sure about the topography of the land over there. If any of my Canadian friends know, please chime and let us know of resources on that side of the boarder.
If there are some shown as just out of range for you, I would still try a set of rabbit ears or a length of wire and doing a channel scan. The distance estimates are often pessimistic. Also make sure you say the antenna is high in the air.
@@PeterC408 Yes, TV signals fall off as the square of distance when it is line of sight and much faster than that as the tower gets to be beyond the horizon.
You should see what is on some of these 2nd digital channels. Quincy, Father Knows Best, Leave it to Beaver, 3 Stooges, Alfred Hitchcock, Adam-12, and Looney Tunes its great. I am going to do a video on all the things I am RECORDING from TV. Super way to do it.
Bruce Springsteen wrote the song "57 Channels and nothing's on" about that very issue. In the small hours of the morning, they often run good old movies. For this a DVR is a great thing to have. I use the DVR to record The Late Show and some things on PBS.
I have been really happy with this one. I cut the cord back in 2009 and have had many antennas since. I used to live a mile from here but this is by far the best reception that I have received over the years. Being able to record it and share it with other TVs on my network was huge. Check out this one ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Z2aiH9dzt8Q.html
Yes and it was a solid win but I would have rather had all that rain. Water from the sky... I have not seen that in years. Hopefully we will get some this year! Bears play GB next week, that should be a cakewalk but that's why the play the game, no one ever knows what is going to happen until it does.
I cut the satellite cord in February got a yagi style outdoor antenna and got 120 stations cut that in half that are watchable for me . I piggybacked some streaming with family and got a couple free streaming services . I got a free TV guide app to see what's on over the air . So for now I don't pay anything . Dish made a offer for me to come back with a $500 gift card and it looks to be $90 a month for 2 years so about $66 a month but free sounds like a better deal . I will miss some discovery shows but I could temporary pay fro discovery plus binge watch my shows and cancel . Yes it's a bit more finagling using different platforms instead of one but you get use to it .
So you're able to get gym memberships and visit pubs twice weekly for $65.00 per month? The pubs are letting you loiter with no food and drinks? They'll record everything you miss and store it on demand for 9 months, too? Goodness, either modern economics don't apply in your town or your calculator may need new batteries. But I love your passion. Cost cutting is a applied way of life with you. 😉
unless the provider is using digital signals over terrestrial ant you an't got a hope in hell with rabbit ears unless on top of repeaters though dtv does externally mounted ants to function with quad shield cable or better it's a indoor/outdoor (under patio antenna.. these types of ants pending repeater locations 4-8 into a distro box
All jargon aside, what are you saying? Terrestrial broadcast signals went digital in 2009 so that the FCC could repurpose the spectrum. We all got new ATSC tuners in a huge giveaway program. This antenna continues to perform as shown. Paired with my TabloTV, I can now record digital broadcasts like a DVR (see ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Z2aiH9dzt8Q.html ) for more on that.
@@PeterC408 technically we've atsc tuners since the late 90's - early 2000's atsc 3.0 is likely the newest spec to bring it into line csble broad casts..
Thanks for getting the word out about antenna tv. BUT your title is misleading. Antenna tv never went away in the first place. It only switched from analog to digital. I have never paid for TV service in my 59 yrs of life. We have right now an OLD STYLE tv antenna in our attic and we receive about 34 channels here in central fl. You don't need a fancy high tec digital antenna to pick up free over the air. ALL the antenna companies are scamming you by saying DIGITAL ANTENNA when any TV antenna WILL WORK. Save your money and buy an aluminum weingard or any similar yagi, and a good shielded coax. Start NOT PAYING for tv ever again. COMMERCIALS ARE SUPPOSE TO PAY, NOT VIEWERS.
In the streaming world (cord-cutters) we all used to use TV tuners but then Locast came out and we could get local channels without the setup cost. It was $5/mo!!! But they got sued and that went away. We then started getting local channels with streaming services but now that they are all upping their prices - I am going back to Live Local OTA TV. That is what I meant. In 2009, the FCC changed broadcast television from analog to digital. Old antennas still work but it is not the same thing. Sure, you can play music by slapping two spoons against your knee, but it isn't really music. Not sure that worked out but I am going to leave it. That said, Commercials are just going mental. I can't believe this garbage. I actually forget what program I was watching when they come back. Something has to be done. I like recording it and skipping them. Thanks for the note.
