Quoted from brainmegaphone:

I have YouTube TV - and I had previously had Playstation Vue and I tried Hulu's tv service for a week.
In my opinion the YouTubeTV interface is the best of those three and the service works REALLY REALLY well. I have no complains about the picture, options, DVR, etc. In fact when I tell it to record old reruns of a show it gives me access to multiple recording of the same episode archived so if an episode got cut off on one recording I can pick another one.
My biggest complaint against it is that they did EXACTLY what I hated about cable companies and DirecTV. About a month or two ago I got notice that they were adding several channels I did not want or ask for. Price went up like $10 monthly (which was about a 20% or so increase in the monthly rate). So once again someone tells me I'm getting a good deal for the extra money because they gave me something I didn't want, was happy living without and can't refuse to take.
Those of us who do not watch a ton of TV are pretty much better off purchasing shows on DVD or digitally into our Amazon library and may save money in the long run "owning" all the Seinfeld episodes rather than paying $70 bucks a month to have a service with 100 channels we don't watch that happens to play Seinfeld every night.

Quoted from brainmegaphone:

This is something I probably need to look at again. Having the local channels is important (so that is why we did YouTubeTV). We live in an area that is just far enough from the major cities that the broadcast networks did not work on the last antenna I tried but I admit that was at least 10 years ago and in a different house (same town). I know the HD over antenna options have gotten better and the quality (that is signal strength) is better these days.

Quoted from Markharris2000:

Just saw that NETFLIX announced they are rolling out to 'some number of users' notices when they believe that an account is being shared outside of the subscriber agreement signed. Apparently they say up to 30% of the legitimate users on Netflix have shared their username and password in a manner that conflicts with the usage agreement, and while they never really enforced anything previously, they are now letting 'some' of those people know they need to buy their own account. What it does is pop up a notice on the screen telling you that this usage is invalid and won't let you continue watching.
How many people? where? when? how do they know? etc etc etc. More to follow on this cord-cutter 'trick' I am sure...

Quoted from djreddog:

Why are you all still fighting with antennas? Locast is awesome and I use it all the time, so not sure why others aren't using it as well.

Quoted from ralphwiggum:

Yep, I have been for a few years, works really well and the guide is free which is a huge plus. I have a 2TB external plugged into it for recording stuff, never had an issue. I got rid of Sling paid services recently, and still use the Airtv through Sling without issue.

Quoted from ralphwiggum:

What antenna do you have hooked up to your airtv? I am in a very rural area and have a large mast antenna hooked directly to my airtv... I get about 88 channels from Madison, Milwaukee, Rockford, and on a good day, some Chicago channels.

Quoted from mbwalker:

Got a LNA (low noise amp) at the antenna?

Quoted from mbwalker:

RF engineer here. So there's a couple of things that can do that:
1) The amp at the antenna needs to be low noise, not just a booster amp. The booster amps can potentially have a high 'noise figure' (i.e. the amp is noisy). If the amp's noise is the same level (or higher) as the signal you are trying to receive - kinda defeats the purpose and you will go backwards. So a low noise amp is quiet enough to amplify small signals and get them up to a decent level. Then you can use a booster if there's splitters, etc.
2) Too much gain: You can overload the TV w/too much signal, or the amp itself (or amps) distorts.
So a bit of a balancing act between establishing a good signal (with a quiet LNA) but not going crazy with too much overall amplification.
Hope that short FYI helps!

Quoted from pinzrfun:

Once you cut the cable cord, how do you guys record shows?
We keep our cable for the simplicity - wife won't dick around w more than one remote, and we don't watch anything live. We can set dvr to record "Deadliest Catch", and if they take a 4 month hiatus it picks right back up where it left off. If we were to only watch it on another service we'd never remember where we left off.
We watch hockey and football, and only a handful of other shows - American Pickers, Blue Bloods, maybe 3 others. I watch more than her. We have Netflix, Hulu, and Prime but she could care less what's on any of them.
Can you tape OTA shows too, if we were to get an antenna for the local channels?

Quoted from pinzrfun:

so...about this "grey market" app........

Quoted from ReadyPO:

Me too. Easy install. It helped pick up 3 more stations and improved the signal on a couple. Pretty good for $10.

Quoted from mcluvin:

I've been looking for an RCA ANT705 antenna for a good price. It generally retails for $40 to $50 and is currently $49.99 at Ace Hardware. If you do a Google search for ANT705 though, it pops up in the Google Ads for $29.99 @ Ace Hardware. I clicked through the ad and sure enough $29.99. If you join ACE Rewards and download their phone app, you can get another $5 off (after a 24 hour wait). So I got an ANT705 for ~$25 + tax. Credit to ADTech from TV Fool for the following antenna comparison. It's supposed to be really good for UHF.
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Quoted from mbwalker:

What about the closeout ones at Lowes? Got a Lowes in Unknown City, RI?
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Quoted from mcluvin:

The first reviewer says it should read 18v. The second reviewer says 12v. I call BS. In my limited understanding, you would need a step-up converter on the power injector to get 18v from a 12v power supply. Also, there is an answer provided by user ANT if I search Q&A for voltage.
"Q: What is the power inserter output voltage supposed to be? i've purchased several and they only put out 9v dc.
A: The voltage from the power injector to the amplifier is DC 9.0 +/-0.5V. The power injector is not a direct power in and out, it includes many electrical components and we use a 9V voltage regulator inside of it, so the output voltage should be 9V not 12V.
By ANT on November 2, 2021"

Quoted from mcluvin:

Yeah probably. I see he typed 12v elsewhere. But he's still wrong. I asked you earlier and I don't think you responded, but are you certain you don't have a splitter somewhere between the power inserter and pre-amp? Most splitters don't pass-through power. If the pre-amp isn't getting power, it's going to make the signal worse.

Quoted from mcluvin:

Also, he has twin-lead wire going to the antenna. Cool looking antenna though. I bet it is real old.

Quoted from mcluvin:

ANT705 showing up for $29.99 again (also 10% Rakuten Cashback available now too). If it doesn't work, try using zip 32725.
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Quoted from mcluvin:

Looking at the stations you want and aren't getting, they are both vhf-hi. That ANT705 isn't going to help you.
I'm wondering if you may be experiencing FM transmitter interference? See here....
https://www.avsforum.com/threads/providence-ri-ota-indoor-antenna.2130410/

Quoted from mcluvin:

I believe that's a distribution amp and should be fine. Maybe try hooking up the pre-amp again. And just to be clear, the Antronix amp wasn't in-between the RCA pre-amp and power inserter? If it was, that's a problem.

Quoted from mcluvin:

I'd think snow on the roof would make it worse, but maybe snow covering the ground between you and the transmitter helps? We never did ask what kind of roof you have. Hopefully not metal. That kills reception.

Quoted from boscokid:

Do you have a dual VHF/UHF antenna? I see that WRPI is VHF and most of the cheaper ones are really only designed to pull in UHF signals. Skywave Propagation is a real phenomena where waves will bounce off clouds and such so you may sometimes get a signal under certain conditions that don't normally appear.

Quoted from Jamesays:

I just got my ATT bill 203 per month,If I cancel and keep internet only it will be 75 but I get HBOmax included with internet because I made that deal awhile back.I cant put an antenna up.I want local channels and have 2 weeks to decide if I can do better as I already told them shut it off Feb 15th .I have to keep the fast internet 75 bucks. Any suggestions.I have been following this thread but still would appreciate any suggestions.

Quoted from girloveswaffles:

Just look up "Indoor ATSC antennas":
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