Tom from Villages audio video installed an antenna with a signal booster in our attic about seven years ago and we get a lot of free broadcast channels from Orlando, including 3 of the 4 major networks. All we have for television is what our antenna brings in and the DVD’s that we watch. Over the years we collected a substantial library of movies on DVD’s from estate sales, usually for 50 cents apiece. About once a year I run the channel search function in the set up menu on the TV to recalibrate the tuner to optimize the broadcast signals it receives. Once, a lightning strike close to the house blew out the signal amplifier but it was an easy fix. I took out the old one and found an exact match on Amazon and swapped it out. I keep another new signal booster handy in case that happens again. Our Villages home is north of 466 and we get a bunch of channels from Orlando, so I would guess the newer homes being built south of 44 (and closer to Orlando) would have no problem picking up lots of free broadcast channels with a properly installed antenna and signal booster.
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