Posted on 04/25/2021 9:48:51 AM PDT by TomGuy
Five years ago, 63% of Americans mostly watched television through cable and satellite. Today, that percentage has dropped to fewer than half of all Americans, while the percentage of those primarily watching television via a streaming service on the internet has jumped 17 percentage points, from 20% in 2016 to 37% today. About one in 10 Americans watch their TV through a digital antenna, which replaced old-fashioned broadcast television several years ago.
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Here is what we did and we have had no issues with it whatsoever. I pay for Amazon Prime and share the log in with my sister-in-law and mom-in-law. Sister buys Netflix and shares with us. Mom buys Direct TV and shares with us. The Direct TV share let’s us log in to all of ESPN and other networks. We don’t have a DVR but who cares in this day and age. Everything can be watched on repeat.
Hi Mama, I used to pay for YouTube too. I absolutely loved it. However, they are so anti-free speech and have banned so many conservatives that I could no longer morally or ethically give them my money. You can find almost every conservative commentator on an alt-tech site - especially BitChute and D-Live - now or on their own websites. I can help you find them if you like. I also use an old phone as a YouTube player. I didn’t realize you can skip the ads after 4 seconds. The worst is you can’t minimize the player. That’s where the old phone comes into play. Nearly all of alt-tech lets you minimize the player.
Tivo ( we have OTA version ) has an auto-skip feature for commercials on a lot of programming.
With the tight antenna you should be able to pick it up. But you need an outdoor one, and the higher the bettter.
Look into a Yagi. I’m close to all my broadcast towers so my antenna (not a Yagi) is in the attic.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yagi–Uda_antenna
I don’t watch any TV so it is just for my wife. If I am online, I am killing people
The phrase refers to cutting the *cable* cord, not the entire wired (Inter)network connection cord. Consumers can watch pretty much whatever they were going to watch on cable without paying for all the junk they will never watch on cable.
Bkmk
YouTube on high speed internet is an amazing resource! Old movies, news from everywhere, documentaries, history, blogs... With a big screen, put YouTube on half and your work or whatever on the other side... It’s Nirvana. I want to puke when I see a display with network TV on it.
You are a kind person. And patient.
I agree on YouTube. It’s really incredible. Billions of videos instantly available. The quality isn’t always that great, especially when you go back to the 1970s or before. But fascinating to go back in time like that.
I won’t watch the national propaganda anymore, and the local news is on thin ice because I believe that the networks have told their affiliates to put more national propaganda on local news. There are certainly more “lead-ins” than there were a year ago. I believe that the national “news” (if you can even call it that anymore) ratings really are hurting.
“So, what’s to watch?”
There are really a lot of good history and science/nature documentaries on streaming.
The streaming services know exactly who is watching what, far more accurately than anything Nielsen ever measured. They can try to force garbage upon is but the streaming numbers don't lie. People watch good shows, don't watch bad shows, and stop watching good shows when they start sucking.
On a related note, don't ever throw away an envelope mailed to your home from Nielsen Ratings. They almost always contain money in them, often a crisp five dollar bill.
It seems most, if not all, local tv stations with a website stream their local news programs on their site. Occasionally, when there is some big story in some part of the US, I just Google local TV stations in the relevant city and can always find local stations streaming their local news.
And when there is extended coverage due to dangerous weather, that is also streamed.
Thanks, I’m reading the link about the Yagi. I think what I really need to do is find a TV repairman (if such people still exist) and see if they have any experience installing the new type antennas 60 miles from the nearest broadcast stations.
Comcast internet is the only game in town here. The phone company delivers 4mbps max. Comcast has great signal and service, but costs 105 a month but gives 400 Mbps with unlimited Data.
When I was talking to Comcast, they said it was $99.95 for 400 Mbps. Then he said it was $100.00 for 1 Gbps. And that isn’t a teaser rate — the price is good until they raise rates. I don’t know why he even bothered to talk about the 400 Mbps rate.
I kept our old “landline” number with Comcast for an extra $10/month. Our many accounts (I mean MANY accounts over almost 40 years) use that landline number for account identification. I think getting rid of it would cause me far more headaches than keeping it. Besides, the VOIP “landline” is a LOT more reliable than our crummy cell service here and the voice quality is much better.
I want to prune as many costs as possible because my wife retires at the end of June. We will both be fully retired and “fixed income” retirees now. That is scary!
I have a bitchute and rumble account. I’m well aware of all the alternatives. I keep the YouTube account mainly for hubby who likes all the documentaries and space stuff. I don’t watch much of anything. Mostly listen to music with my YouTube account.
It is scary, but if your housing is nailed down you will be fine.
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