[Snowbirdtobe]

There are many levels of experience and expertise in The Villages.
Near Spanish Springs you can put-up an outside antenna and receive FREE TV.
Not the old black and white stuff where you needed to hold the rabbit ears but full color high definition TV. NBC,CBS,PBS,ABC,FOX all free they "stream" over your head.
I use a TiVo to record this free tv. You can buy a used lifetime TiVo on eBay for ~$200. I have a TiVo Roamio OTA and it will record 4 different channels at once. Many programs are setup by TiVo for auto commercial skip so you just sit and enjoy.
TiVo will require an internet connection my Verizon home internet (wireless) is $50 per month. For the FREE TV part of TiVo there is no video sent over the internet so the bandwidth requirement is very low.
TiVo also has lots of apps that run on it. The TiVo remote can control your TV, and sound bar. All free and all legal.
I just checked eBay and didn't see any TiVo Roamio OTA recorders, do not buy anything that requires a cable card since that requires a cable tv connection.