TommyD420
Joe Milton is my QB1
Just did it a couple of weeks ago.
- Roku Express box ($30), with SlingTV Orange and Blue ($39.98)
- TERK Amplifed Ultra Long Range Indoor Antenna ($120 - boasts 60 mi range)
I live in Worcester, right in the middle of the city in an apartment, so anything but indoor antenna is not an option.
I really didn't expect it to work at all. Outside of like, Channel 27, there's no other antennas w/in 45 miles of my house. After multiple (like probably 100 or so) auto scans on the TV, ended up with 2,4,5,7,27,56.
I don't know what's going to happen with the new NBC station power-wise, so we'll see.
I'll probably do more scans after the football season (because at times I've picked up stations in Providence, and those towers are more like 60 miles away), and hope some day the wind is blowing right, and I have it in the right spot in my apt. to pick up a whole bunch of channels, so I can at least have them on my tv to look for (I do have to move the antenna around the place for different channels).
I didn't expect the antenna to work at all so to me, it's worth it. The amplifier makes a huge difference, obviously.
I've read complaints about the Roku Express, but for me it really works just fine, no problems. And it's inexpensive, so if it breaks, I'll just get another one.
Also dropped the landline, went to cell only. Last Cable bill was $212.04, we'll see what it is going forward (guessing around $70 for the internet). I'm pleased, my TV viewing is virtually unchanged (I think Redzone is another $10, we'll see about that, probably wait for next year)
I mean, the good news is, even in the deepest recesses of Cow Hampshire, you'd likely get Boston and Portland both. Those have ranges of over 100 mi. I wish I could get one of those type antennas, because instead of 6 channels, I'd get 60. :shrug:
- Roku Express box ($30), with SlingTV Orange and Blue ($39.98)
- TERK Amplifed Ultra Long Range Indoor Antenna ($120 - boasts 60 mi range)
I live in Worcester, right in the middle of the city in an apartment, so anything but indoor antenna is not an option.
I really didn't expect it to work at all. Outside of like, Channel 27, there's no other antennas w/in 45 miles of my house. After multiple (like probably 100 or so) auto scans on the TV, ended up with 2,4,5,7,27,56.
I don't know what's going to happen with the new NBC station power-wise, so we'll see.
I'll probably do more scans after the football season (because at times I've picked up stations in Providence, and those towers are more like 60 miles away), and hope some day the wind is blowing right, and I have it in the right spot in my apt. to pick up a whole bunch of channels, so I can at least have them on my tv to look for (I do have to move the antenna around the place for different channels).
I didn't expect the antenna to work at all so to me, it's worth it. The amplifier makes a huge difference, obviously.
I've read complaints about the Roku Express, but for me it really works just fine, no problems. And it's inexpensive, so if it breaks, I'll just get another one.
Also dropped the landline, went to cell only. Last Cable bill was $212.04, we'll see what it is going forward (guessing around $70 for the internet). I'm pleased, my TV viewing is virtually unchanged (I think Redzone is another $10, we'll see about that, probably wait for next year)
Includes install on the roof. Probably just a top end amplified on a tall mast.
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I mean, the good news is, even in the deepest recesses of Cow Hampshire, you'd likely get Boston and Portland both. Those have ranges of over 100 mi. I wish I could get one of those type antennas, because instead of 6 channels, I'd get 60. :shrug: