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Originally Posted by MikeVillages
Have you considered getting a television antenna?
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I put an antenna in my garage attic, and I pull in about 25 viewable channels. Live down in Fenny, and I'm fortunate that the SE orientation of my garage works for the attic antenna to point towards Orlando.
I initially was using a UHF antenna (no VHF channels in our area) with a built in pre-amp. However, that one died, and I suspect part of the reason might be the extreme attic heat that killed the electronics. I just ordered another UHF antenna without a pre-amp that I will mount in the attic, and attach a pre-amp once the cable is back in the main garage, and out of the attic. Hopefully that will keep the temp at an acceptable level, even though our garages do get hot in the summer!
Otherwise, I have 100 mb internet service from Xfinity, which works fine to stream Amazon, Netflix, Britbox and ESPN3 and ESPN+. I don't use a cable alternative like YouTube TV. Xfinity also will give you a free streaming box, and I get their premium Peacock app for free. Alot of live sports and shows/movies that come with that.
If anyone would like to know how my new antenna set up works, just respond to this post, and I will respond with the results once I set it up, which will probably be next week. Got to have everything in place for Thanksgiving football viewing!