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Originally Posted by bjtraut52
Has anyone tried the $15 to $30 antenna boosters to pick up Orlando and other local stations? Have a tv but don’t want to get another fire stick for the spare bedroom.
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I tried two antennas taped to windows, in multiple locations. It was a complete waste of money, given that I didn’t want to watch local channels in Spanish. (I do enjoy series in Spanish on Netflix.) I ended up throwing away the antennas and wiring. I have XFinity wifi and online access but no TV plan from them. I pay for Netflix and YouTube (not the streaming service—just $16 a month to get it without ads), and Amazon Prime comes with the free shipping from Amazon. That’s it. I hate TV news of all sorts and don’t watch sports.
I had three new Smart TVs, all made by LG, the most reliable brand, according to Consumer Reports. XFinity connected one coaxial cable to its wifi modem, and all my televisions picked up the signals by wifi, without a direct connection to the modem. With an antenna taped to a window, you supply a signal to only one tv unless you have a splitter and multiple cables running to the other televisions.