I don't care about cable TV. In Hungary nearly all news broadcasts over here are just propaganda machines and spitting out literal garbage content. Also the ads.
UbO + Internet + torrent goes br
23 year old here btw
this post was submitted on 03 Oct 2024
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This (applies everywhere). Besides it's all aimed at boomers and not at all engaging. People who are internet savvy can easily find better free content.
Im really glad I moved to germany, aside from all my bad experiences there, the whole place was a shithole from the beginning. I just want to See that place burn
Ads, ads everywhere.
Besides there, there is also a 4k OTA standard, ATSC 3.0. Most TVs don't support it yet, but some do. Worth googling before you buy. You can also get something like an silcondust 4k standalone tuner and plug that into your home network instead. You then load its app to watch over the air TV in 4k.
If you do buy the silicondust tuner, you can go further and get a DVR going. Plenty of free projects that will help you setup and record TV like jellyfin, and many of them will auto-skip the ads too with an application called comskip.
Atsc 3.0 requires an internet connection for it's bullshit DRM
Woww, over the air broadcasts with copy protection? ๐คฎ
Nice try, Channel Master.
Vaguely aware that's a thing you can do, but I have no reason to use it as I don't really watch anything on regular TV anyway
I am curious though, what do you recommend?
Pick up Tablo or HDHomerun. Connect an antenna. Drop it in a closet or wherever you get the best reception. Then just record stuff you like. You can browse from any media streaming box (AppleTV, etc).
Thereโs decent content in there and after the upfront cost, itโs free.
The cost to move to America is quite steep, though, and there are significant drawbacks.
Dunno where you are but most countries I've visited in Europe have hundreds of free TV channels broadcast over the air. Minimal ads because a lot of the channels are tax subsidised, or like the UK, a loicense innit
Where I am, you get a TV streaming box from your ISP for a few euros, and streaming is free for about 200 channels; ad breaks are around one minute long every 30 minutes
Thatโs interesting! So itโs like free cable TV?
Not free, tax subsidised. It's about โฌ120 per year paid through local taxes. If it had the number of ads that cable has, nobody would watch it lol
I pay that much per month and get more commercials :(
I am aware. I am also aware that I haven't used cable tv over a decade and I do not regret ditching that garbage
Yeah but instead of $60/mo, itโs free.
Free garbage is still garbage
So to answer the original question, have you tried it and are you under 25?
The ads on over the air programming are so so terrible. And even with a great antenna the many channels aren't exactly the highest quality content even if they didn't have ads.
YouTube has taken the place of over the air TV and for good reason.
Whatโs the password for the โUHFโ wifi?
Password is WeirdAl.
We've got it all on UHF!
SUPPLIES!
You mean OTA TV? I don't even watch sports, the rest has 10 minute advertisements. And considering it's digital, I don't find it interesting at all. Yes, a weird reason, but anyway.
For like $150, you can get a Tablo DVR or similar that records what you want to watch, auto skips the ads, and streams it over WiFi to your phone or laptop. Just leave it on for a year and boom: entire season of whatever show is now yours forever for free.
Just pirate it at that point.
Eh. Thereโs also the serendipity of it. Thereโs a half dozen shows that we regularly watch that we only know about because they were randomly on TV.
How do you skip live ads unless you've pre-buffered at least 1hr in advance
why would I use that when I have a *arr setup?
Yes.
https://fmhy.net/videopiracyguide#live-tv-sports
Although I don't tune in to live sports, I just share resources to find free livestreams/media with others :P
IPTV is also pretty great
Ah, good old linear TV!
(Assuming you mean DVB-T). In some place OTA is just the standard. Where I'm from cable TV is simply unheard of and all terrestrial digital channels are free with varying degree of ads.
Another great example of how things work so different in different parts of the world
Are you talking about the US? You really should be mentioning that
People would be talking about it if there was anything actually worth watching on OTA channels
Have you looked? A bunch of the new shows on Hulu are broadcast. Lots of reality TV. PBS rules.
Also a bunch of movies. Especially shitty Christmas movies around the holidays which are a personal favorite.
They recently cut our cable because it's no longer included in the rent and I'm not willing to pay extra. I haven't even noticed.
TV isnt even something i think about. Im aware of it existing, but the very few things i watch i just pirate. Ive never paid for any streaming service, cable, or even considered doing so. In fact i dont even own a physical TV. When i watch media i carry it around with me as im doing things.
To me the content on TV be that cable, or air broadcasts is too full of both ads (which i entirely block on everything so i never see), and propaganda to stomach.