NBC40 fades to black
- Thread starter 46er
- Start date
I just installed an antenna in my attic. I can get 78 stations, some which are info channels and a few Hispanic channels, but I get the big 3 stations, fox,etc perfectly! One step closer to cutting the cable (except Internet)
If it was just me I would cut the TV today. I never turn it on and yesterday could not figure out how to turn it off because I have not done that in years. I am the only one here who has not even turned the TV on in years. I watch it only when someone else has something on. I like my computer and could easily get by the rest of my life with it.
I feel the same way about the TV.I have had a flat screen for a year now and still do not know how to turn it on.It's for my wife and grandkids.
I bought the ChromeCast thingy for $30; cable gives me very little that I care for and can't get over my computer and the thingy except duplicate stations, repeat broadcasts, commercials, their political opinions and exorbitant cost. Once the special Comcast pricing is over so will my use of their tv programming.
I stopped watching TV when I moved to my current home in 2006 - no cable available. Best thing I ever did. But I have a big Sony TV and large library of DVDs. Over the past year I've ripped them all and loaded everything onto an iTunes server that I can access on my Mac. I also have an AppleTV and only use it to access the library (my internet connection is too slow for decent streaming). I have XM radio for news and music.
But this story about NBC 40 is just too funny for me. My daughter's family always spends New Years here and they want to watch the celebration in Time Square. So we try to do that on the internet and it never works very well. Yesterday I got a cheap indoor antenna to see what kind of broadcast stations I could get. I was really happy to find NBC 40, so we can watch the celebration over the air for a change. Now I find they are going off the air - what irony, LOL! Looks like we will be able to watch until the ball drops at least, which is all I want.
I can only get a few other stations, two seem like non-stop infomercials, two look like religious programming, two are Spanish and the other is NJ public broadcasting. So I will put that antenna away in the closet on Jan 1.
But this story about NBC 40 is just too funny for me. My daughter's family always spends New Years here and they want to watch the celebration in Time Square. So we try to do that on the internet and it never works very well. Yesterday I got a cheap indoor antenna to see what kind of broadcast stations I could get. I was really happy to find NBC 40, so we can watch the celebration over the air for a change. Now I find they are going off the air - what irony, LOL! Looks like we will be able to watch until the ball drops at least, which is all I want.
I can only get a few other stations, two seem like non-stop infomercials, two look like religious programming, two are Spanish and the other is NJ public broadcasting. So I will put that antenna away in the closet on Jan 1.
I used these site's to see if there were any stations worth getting an antenna for. There weren't.
http://www.antennapoint.com/antennas/show?id=forked river, nj&commit=Search
http://www.palgear.com/
http://www.antennapoint.com/antennas/show?id=forked river, nj&commit=Search
http://www.palgear.com/
