Uverse vs. Roku

[scdeerslayer]

Though, the signals are the same (i.e. you don't need a special antenna). Digital is obviously less robust if *all* of the stream isn't there. In the day, it'd be a little snowy, but watchable. Now it's either *there* or *not there*.

Not only that, but with the analog signal you could play with the antenna and see immediately what affect it had and pretty quickly find the sweet spot. With digital it's pretty much guess then wait a few seconds to see it that's better.

 

[dmccarty]

THIS! It makes an incredible difference. If you can "mostly" get stations with rabbit ears, a roof antenna and *maybe* an amplifier will put you leaps and bounds ahead. Heck with lightning. Heck with looks. I went through the same thing and just should have put it on the roof to begin with.
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We are on the top of a hill and the trees in the forest get to a certain size and no larger. I figure it is because lightning kills off the larger trees. :shocked: If I had gone out one day to split wood like I had planned, I don't think I would be posting on TBN anymore lightning hit a tree I would have been working under. :confused2: Best I can tell, we loose a big tree every year or two to lightning.

The first indoor attic antenna I installed had an amplifier that seemed to work. However, the reviews said the amp might stop working and it did. There was not much difference with/without the amp. Figured I would try a "rabbit ear" type of antenna and it mostly works though we dont get some/many stations anymore for some reason. :confused3:

We watch so little OTA TV, it is not worth paying much money for a better antenna. Pay for TV stinks because the cost is so high vs what you get. OTA TV is basically free but there really is not much we find worth watching.

Later,
Dan

 

[Dftodd]

Not only that, but with the analog signal you could play with the antenna and see immediately what affect it had and pretty quickly find the sweet spot. With digital it's pretty much guess then wait a few seconds to see it that's better.

That brings back memories We had an antennae mounted to a 20 ft pole next to the house. Dad was too cheap to by a rotor for the antennae, so he solid mounted it to the pole. The rotor was me or my brother out there rain, shine, blizzard or sub zero temps turning the darn pole with a 2ft long pipe wrench till we heard dad yell from the living room

 

[aeblank]

Guess it depends on your "pain" threshold. Compared to cable/dish, it is all cheap. I farted around quite a while to get something fairly reasonable.
I also have a DVR, which I consider ESSENTIAL to OTA tv. We won't talk about what that cost (computers, tuners, extenders, network equipment, etc.)

Anyway this is what I have:
http://a.co/dpqGU0o
http://a.co/5R4tc4g

 

[Oaktree]

Though, the signals are the same (i.e. you don't need a special antenna). Digital is obviously less robust if *all* of the stream isn't there. In the day, it'd be a little snowy, but watchable. Now it's either *there* or *not there*.

The digital signals also don't travel as far. As you noted, if you were willing to put up with a snowy picture, you could watch stations from quite a ways away, now digital is pretty much limited to what used to be "city grade" signal area.

That brings back memories We had an antennae mounted to a 20 ft pole next to the house. Dad was too cheap to by a rotor for the antennae, so he solid mounted it to the pole. The rotor was me or my brother out there rain, shine, blizzard or sub zero temps turning the darn pole with a 2ft long pipe wrench till we heard dad yell from the living room

Yeah, we did the same thing except it was just mounted on a pipe anchored to the end of the house. Since the bottom of the pipe rested on the ground, the bolts were left loose enough so you could turn the antenna pretty easily (though in the winter when the pipe froze to the ground, not so much). Of course on a windy day it would turn by itself, and of course the direction the wind would turn it wasn't where the stations were. :confused3:

I also have a DVR, which I consider ESSENTIAL to OTA tv.

Why is that? Maybe I've never been enough of a tv addict that missing an occasional show made any difference.