I wish I caught this for last week’s Saturday Article Link. Digital antennas allow you to watch local channels and their network feeds without cable or satellite. DVR receivers or connecting it to a service like Sling allow you to even record digitally. Even cable and satellite boxes can be hooked up for local OTA (over the antenna) channels, and in the age of digital signals you’re local ABC station might also be bringing you the MeTV line-up of channels or something.
I come from the old days, when pixelization wasn’t an issue but static (we called it “snow”) was. The antenna had to be turned for each station rather than picking the best direction and going with it. We had this little box that would click as the antenna rotated, because you used it to position the antenna without climbing on the roof every time you wanted to switch from the CBS affiliate to the NBC one. Then cable came along. Then the local stations charged cable so much the prices rose until we went back to the digital antenna and free ad-supported streaming for our TV and movies, or paid services, or YouTube and other internet options.
Last week was the anniversary of when the old analog signals were taken by the government, allegedly for rescue radios and such, and Cord Cutters News founder and contributor Luke Bouma decided to look back on those thrilling days of yesteryear. Fellow old fogeys, which bugs you more, static or pixelization?
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