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Pab Sungenis

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6. Antenna.

Reply to rurallib (Original post)

Wed Jun 19, 2013, 06:06 PM

Jun 2013

Knocked $80.00 a month off my cable bill and don't miss it. All I want is out there for free over the air.

I don't need CNN or MSNBC; I get Rachel via podcast and have a CBS News channel on channel 3.2 out of Philly. Sports, weather, classic TV and movies, all free.

And what I can't get on the antenna I can get online. Even buying the few shows we watched on cable through iTunes will cost us less for one YEAR than we were paying for one MONTH of cable.

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DISH? Direct-tv? Local cable? Other? recommendations, watchouts? [View all] rurallib Jun 2013 OP

Get HBO as well as the great series on regular tv right here: cliffordu Jun 2013 #1

Thank you much rurallib Jun 2013 #2

Got a "dangerous page" block from my anti-virus. The MSNBC streaming works. Thanks. n/t UTUSN Jun 2013 #27

I have had all three at one time or the other. There are always going to be problems with patricia92243 Jun 2013 #3

Antenna and Roku or some other streaming device. GoCubsGo Jun 2013 #4

Hurricane Ivan: Why I got Dish trof Jun 2013 #5

One reason I am so mad at Dish is that we lose reception on cloudy days rurallib Jun 2013 #8

Antenna. Pab Sungenis Jun 2013 #6

Agreed... AmyStrange Jun 2013 #7

Free sounds wonderful, but I think Mrs. Lib would not agree rurallib Jun 2013 #9

Gotcha... AmyStrange Jun 2013 #10

I glad you asked libodem Jun 2013 #11

I like Dish Beaverhausen Jun 2013 #12

We have had DirecTV for several years and have been very satisfied with it. femmocrat Jun 2013 #13

Can you get local channels? AmyStrange Jun 2013 #14

Yes, we get the ABC, NBC, and CBS affiliates. femmocrat Jun 2013 #15

Not the affiliates... AmyStrange Jun 2013 #17

We don't really have any "local" stations here. femmocrat Jun 2013 #18

I have Comcast and I love it bigwillq Jun 2013 #16

Their prices suck... AmyStrange Jun 2013 #19

LOL... one_voice Jun 2013 #20

I switched to over the air HD TV in December and am delighted Lydia Leftcoast Jun 2013 #21

I've had both DISH and DirecTV - they're about the same csziggy Jun 2013 #22

Check out which ones offer FSTV and RU. RedCloud Jun 2013 #23

one of the big reasons I signed up with Dish is FSTV rurallib Jun 2013 #24

Me, too: 15yrs with Dish AND disgusted UTUSN Jun 2013 #25

FiOS works for us, but it took a long time for it to come to our neighborhood. Bertha Venation Jun 2013 #26

no plus we are on the fringe of the over the air locals rurallib Jun 2013 #30

we are lucky d_r Jun 2013 #28

I really like Direct TV. In_The_Wind Jun 2013 #29

well we did that when it was out rurallib Jun 2013 #31

Do the research for your area. There is no one answer for everyone... Locut0s Jun 2013 #32

been doing that - rurallib Jun 2013 #33

I have Direct TV and have never had a problem Raven Jun 2013 #34