Main > Everything Else
I'm looking for a theatre display again.....
ChadTower:
Heh, I actually already have DirecTV and am about to cancel it. The dish itself is pointed southwest, which of course means Providence from where I am, and I hate RI stations. Maybe I could attach an antenna to that mount. I barely watch anything available on networks, though, so it's not worth the effort. All the networks are is the same 4 sitcom concepts and cop/hospital dramas. :P
Vigo:
Yeah, I also just used the old direct TV coaxial and dish mount, I bought a $10 TV antenna mast and fit it pretty well into the dish mount. If I remember right, I drilled a hole in the mount so I could run a bolt though the TV mast to secure it better, but it didn't take much work to get it to fit. I went with one of those flat indoor outdoor antennas, it worked great. It came with a signal booster as well.
Although I agree, I don't watch too much network tv as well. I get a lot through streaming. About the only show I watch regularly on Network lately is Fringe. I throw on the occasional cop drama. Of course I need it for football, which is about the only sport I really watch other than maybe the Olympics a bit. There are some interesting channels that pop up over the air though. I have one channel that just plays music videos. Like old school MTV. I end up watching the classic TV channel as well. Honeymooners, Laurel and Hardy...stuff like that. There is also a kids channel that shows mostly low budget cartoons, but mixes in some stuff like He-man that I can watch...with my kid ;D. Otherwise I have my kid watch PBS, so it is good to have that come in as well. Although modern Sesame Street kinda annoys me.
Vigo:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on July 17, 2012, 11:58:00 am ---
--- Quote from: Vigo on July 17, 2012, 11:04:04 am ---There are some interesting channels that pop up over the air though. I have one channel that just plays music videos. Like old school MTV. I end up watching the classic TV channel as well. Honeymooners, Laurel and Hardy...stuff like that.
--- End quote ---
Yeah, that's CoolTV (music) and MeTV (old shows). They're both great stations but you gotta sit through a lot of hair loss commercials. I saw some songs I liked on CoolTV once and didn't have a pen handy. Sent them an e-mail and they actually responded with a set list.
--- End quote ---
Ah yeah, that's the names. They are both great to flip to on a whim as long as you don't catch them during the infomercials. That is pretty darn awesome CoolTV send you their set list.
shmokes:
We recently got a thing in the mail from Comcast that says that we can upgrade from our current expensive, but fast internet-only plan ($69/mo) to the same fast internet plus basic cable for $79/mo. This is pretty tempting. $10/mo is nothing in exchange for A&E, AMC, Comedy Central, Cartoon Network, and especially ESPN (since that's the only thing that can't be pirated in a satisfying way). But I found myself terrified at the prospect of regaining TV. Cos since we haven't had cable/satellite or an antenna in years and years, we don't watch TV. We watch shows. It's like, "You want to watch Mad Men," or, "Wanna watch an episode of Breaking Bad before we go to bed?" But when you have TV, you sit down and watch TV. You don't necessarily have any idea what you're going to watch. You decide, first and foremost, that you're going to watch TV. Then you flip through 100 channels of garbage to look for something that isn't garbage. And if you don't find something, you generally just decide which piece of garbage is the least offensive and you watch that until something more appealing comes on.
So . . . the $10/mo extra thing is a super good deal. But it's a good deal like super-sizing your meal is a good deal. Still . . . I'd sure like ESPN and maybe having The Daily Show, lol. Probably gonna pass, though.
ChadTower:
Every now and then my cable company calls me and tells me I can get the most basic cable TV package, bundled with my cable internet, and my bill will go down by $3. I have to explain each time that I have DirecTV, so I can't "just get the cable and not use it", because the coax copper in my walls is in use by DirecTV. Some phone reps eventually get it. Most never do.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version