It's why I am going to cancel Dish, I have some Roku boxes and have 2 hooked up and just need to get one more installed. I figured the tv providers will be looking to raise prices when the tv stations have to charge more to cover their losses of pharma revenue.
Go to all 3 of these sites, put your zip code in, and find out how many Over-The-Air (OTA) channels you can get in your area for free, and which antenna they recommend. There are some places that can get 40 or 50 channels, while others (like where I live) can get 20-30 depending on antenna height and placement.
Note - those $20 flat plastic antennas can work if you have a lot of stations close-by but you are better off getting one of the bigger ones that is usually mounted outside somewhere. They lie on the ranges for those small cheap ones.
If you want to record TV from there, or have 4 tuners so you can watch throughout your house, get something like this (HDHomeRun):
It's why I am going to cancel Dish, I have some Roku boxes and have 2 hooked up and just need to get one more installed. I figured the tv providers will be looking to raise prices when the tv stations have to charge more to cover their losses of pharma revenue.
Go to all 3 of these sites, put your zip code in, and find out how many Over-The-Air (OTA) channels you can get in your area for free, and which antenna they recommend. There are some places that can get 40 or 50 channels, while others (like where I live) can get 20-30 depending on antenna height and placement.
Note - those $20 flat plastic antennas can work if you have a lot of stations close-by but you are better off getting one of the bigger ones that is usually mounted outside somewhere. They lie on the ranges for those small cheap ones.
If you want to record TV from there, or have 4 tuners so you can watch throughout your house, get something like this (HDHomeRun):
and get their DVR subscription ($35/yr)
... or learn to setup ChannelsDVR and record to your own pc/server (which is what I did):