We cancelled the cable about five years ago but I've been missing my Patriots games and thinking about getting an oTA antenna. Anyone use or install one of these?
I live about 40 miles from NYC and use an old UHF/VHF/FM antenna in my attic crawl space. It was here from the 1980s based on the sticker, I just ran a wire to it and hooked it up. It is very directional. I have it aimed at mid-town Manhattan and get all the city channels perfectly clear HD reception. I also get any other broadcasters within about 10-15 miles of my house as well as a bunch of New Jersey stations that are behind Manhattan from here. I probably get 40-50 different stations including several of each network. I had tried one of the modern amplified flat panel antennas first. Got two local stations very poorly with it. KaptJaq
I'm using one of those flat digital antennas with the amplifier. Haven't gone through the effort to mount it outside and get all but one channel that I should.
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I get about 45 channels with my chimney mounted antenna, about 15 of them are useless. Not a big sports fan but we do watch a Sunday football game if we're not busy with something else. I never have a problem with reception and the picture is great. Here's a TV guide for cable and OTA. Like TitanTV
I like my antenna and rotor. Get about 30 channels, if something is pre-empted in Baltimore, I can pick up Washington, or rotate the antenna and get Harrisburg. Amazingly, most of my friends do not believe OTA TV exists. Only drawback is on a windy day, lots of pixelization. Pain in the butt. But it's free!
The old antennas will work just fine- frequencies are the same - its just what is superimposed on the carrier wave that is different.
Yes, I installed one about 3 years ago, along with an amplifier and a splitter; did this when Comcast started scrambling the "OTA" channels that came in via the internet feed. I haven't missed a Patriots game yet. Located about 30 miles to Providence and 40 to Boston so I have a decent selection. Mounted in the attic, easy peasy.
I pay $105 a month for directv. If not for the rest of the family, I would have already cut the cord. I do like the dvr box though.
Wife is accustomed to the cable stations, and grand kids like the kids channels so we are stuck with the cable very limited over the air access in this area. Maybe 5 stations. Split the cost with my so so it isn't so bad.
I've had one in the basement for the past 2 years I've been meaning to put up. I tried one of those flat indoor "amplified" antennas and was the only channel it picked up at all was PBS, but it was a super clear signal! I'm hoping a rooftop antenna does a lot better.
I'm down in the river valley and I can get dayton channels. I don't see why you shouldn't be able to get most everything that I get. Rooftop was a huge difference for me.
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I've never had cable here. I put up a flat antenna with booster on the side of the house and we get major channels near Boston and NH ones too. The old rooftop antenna would swing in the wind. I lost track of how many times I had to go up and spin it back into place. The U bolts were rusted and would not tighten. When I took it down, it was like dropping a tree from the roof. I had to cut the bolts off and the whole thing went down. The wife was not too impressed. We use streaming video on Netflix and Hulu plus. I watch many of the cable shows, just a year later.
