[MikeVillages]

Originally Posted by MikeVillages

NEW “ME-TV Toons” Classic Cartoons coming to TV on June 25!
Channel 9.4 Orlando. (You may need to rescan your tv)
https://youtu.be/FrCqaDwYCnU?si=lar3Tu8Xzt6R6E7q

Me-TV Toons schedule:
https://metvtoons.com/schedule

[ldj1938]

Originally Posted by jebartle

Someday will dump Comcast, so aggravating in so so many ways. Problem, we are hooked on Golf channel and History, and and and........ Me thinks, there is a great opportunity for a business to help seniors make the right decision for their TV needs. My wish list.

T-MOBILE MODEM $55 a month and you get everything.

[MikeVillages]

Originally Posted by bob47

I'm curious, what do you do about lightning protection with an outdoor antenna? Is it a bigger concern above gutter level?

REMINDED
The weather club's next presentation is being given at the invitation of the Property Owners Association on Tuesday, June 18th, 7 PM at Laurel Manor. This is an educational presentation that they do as a community service. Come early to insure a seat.

I expect they will talk about the Class Action Lawsuit for GAS PIPES in the attic. My home’s previous owen took the money and installed lighting protection.

You can ask them about grounding your antenna. Many antennas, including ones installed by professionals, are not properly grounded.

[MikeVillages]

FINALLY, after over 3 weeks of delay, TV Tunes with 24 hours cartoon is on the air from Orlando. Channel 9.4, You should do a rescan.
Apparently they also have streaming. I don't know if this is free streaming or paid. Maybe somebody who can stream TV Toons will tell us?

[RoadToad]

@VT.. In answer to your original question... We have the older Tablos (4), and 4th gen Tablos (2), Sililcone Dust HD, and Hauppage Media Center. And 3 separate antennas. We have had TiVo in the past. And a Plex running.
(this is my hobby )
The Gen 4 Tablos are suffering from a mixture of issues; their tuners are not as sensitive as the early models and firmware is buggy. Slowly evolving better though.
We rely on the older Tablos (quads and duals) as our daily device.
Main issue is subscription fees for 14 day guide service (1 day guide is free).
After you babysit daily for a week of selecting your shows for permanent recording, the one day service is livable. And there is a subscription based Commercial skipping option.
The best tuners are in the Silicon Dust HD units, however their stand alone DVR app is bulky at best. They are perfect as tuners for a Media Center server like Plex or Windows. As are the Haupagge units. We still use our Windows 7/8 tower unit exclusively for Windows Media Center and PLEX.
Our best antenna is the Channel Master (defer to Mike Village here).
Also trying out a couple PBD antennas (ultra cheap) that are performing satisfactorly in their 3rd yr now.
Contact me if you want amplification.

Originally Posted by villagetinker

Update on my outdoor antenna installation, apparently the initial install had a bad cable. I tried again with the antenna at about 6 feet off the ground (pointed to Orlando) and inside the birdcage and got around 60 channels now. This will be moved to an outside location and raised to gutter level. I was also in discussion with Antennas Direct technical service, and they have told I can place a second antenna on the opposite side of the house pointed to Ocala/Gainsville for those stations.
As an aside, Comcast is supposed to have a lower cost TV service that I am going to investigate, along with a low cost packaged streaming service that should cut my bill in half. This will give me the OTA as a backup and low-cost use in the garage and spare bedroom.

[Normal]

Why add a lightning rod to your home? Am I the only one who would avoid attracting any static electricity from clouds?

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by dhdallas

Just what we need; a bunch of ugly TV antennas on roofs and elsewhere. What a bunch of cheapskates that can afford to retire here, pay amenity fees & all while enjoying the good life but are so stingy that they would go to the trouble & expense of putting up an antenna just so they could get "free" TV. It's amazing that anyone watches any TV with commercials in this day & age.

Who looks up at roof, some noisy old complainer?

[Pairadocs]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

We get golf channel and I think also history channel, with our YouTubeTV subscription. We have Xfinity internet, and a roku device on the TV. Our Xfinity internet is $50/month - I just renewed it for another year at that price an hour ago. It's 300mbps, with 1.2T data (you pay for anything above that if you go over in a month's time). Fast enough for two devices streaming, two phones, a printer, a desktop computer, a laptop, and a tablet all running at the same time on the thing.

I wish I knew how to get that. I went AGAIN last week to the office to sit down face to face. Same thing they told me 4 months ago. I wanted to quit the TV service and my cell phone service with them, and take ONLY internet. They told me the ONLY reason I get my internet for $50 is because I have the other services, if I drop the TV service, OR the cell phone, OR both, they said my internet price would go to $91 a month PLUS taxes and "fees" !

[Pairadocs]

Originally Posted by Topspinmo

Who looks up at roof, some noisy old complainer?

Who spends their time looking up at ROOFS is right ! And "stingy" ? Seniors shop for places in Florida with the lowest HOA or amenity fees. This is definitely the place for those who can't afford the expensive exclusive places, or the the $300 and UP monthly fees, so the idea that people trying to make their last years decently comfortable by shopping for the best value for "extras", and allow them to meet all their basics, is objectionable to someone ? Oh dear, that's sure how those in our family were raised, came from a home where when you LEFT a room, you turned the lights out, when you brushed your teeth you turned on the water when you were ready to rinse your mouth, NOT when you entered the bathroom to get the toothpaste, the brush, etc. Were NOT allowed to leave the door open if the AC or heat was on, etc.etc. So being "stingy" (or perhaps "WISE" ?) when spending money on non essentials is not something I was taught to be ashamed of !

[jtpearce34476]

The link below will take you to the FCC guidelines for Satellite TV Antennas and Satellite Dishes

https://www.fcc.gov/sites/default/fi...ite_dishes.pdf

Originally Posted by MikeVillages

I live on the north end of TV on the border between Marion & Sumter counties about 63 miles from the Orlando transmitters.

Yes, you can check with the ARC if you like but the FCC has the requirements. Hopefully someone will post the link to the fcc requirements.

Basically it must be over your area of control which is common sense. Below a high above the peak of the roof, I think up to 12 over the roof is ok otherwise IMO, get a professional installer. It should be properly grounded.

[tophcfa]

Originally Posted by dhdallas

I can't believe that there are people who can easily afford to live in TV but are such cheapskates they would use an antenna for broadcast TV & put up with commercials. And only being able to watch shows they may like at certain times, no pausing to come back and finish it later (or taking it with you on your phone) like you can with streaming video. Not to mention, the really good shows and movies are streaming and not on broadcast TV. Wow...how prehistoric!

Part time residents like to keep controllable expenses to a minimum when they aren’t there. We now stream, but for 8 years we only had an antenna for TV and were quite happy with it. We are typically so busy doing fun stuff we barely have time to watch television. The antenna got us the nightly news and some great reruns of old sitcoms we haven’t seen for ages that we very much enjoy. The only thing we don’t like about the antenna is that we loose the signal when we tended to use it most, during bad weather.

[sounding]

Originally Posted by MikeVillages

The weather club next presentation is being given at the invitation of the Property Owners Association on June 18th, 7 PM at Laurel Manor. This is an educational, non-commercial presentation that they do as a community service.. They discuss surge protection including the type what the electric utilities offer. They also suggest layers of protection and reasons for doing both.

Their past prestations talk about lighting and usually have a Q&A section and you can ask them about outdoor antennas.

Sign up for monthly announcements of everything from Lightning to Tornadoes to Hurricanes to Climate and more at The Villages Weather Club ... The Villages Weather Club

[Sparky365]

I have been using Legacy Tablo for almost 2 years now with my outdoor antenna here in Fernandina. I watch free TV on my 4 TV's with just a Roku and Tablo through my wifi with no real problems. With a remote hard drive ( or the more expensive model ) you can also record live TV with it.

Antenna TV is not perfect, it can disappear, freeze or pixelate but not often.

Overall I am happy with Tablo's performance.

[MikeVillages]

Update on NextGen ATSC 3.0 television scheduled to replace the current antenna television next year..
https://youtu.be/2ua5r7krryM?si=U6u2QWb-ST5hUeSo

[MikeVillages]

YouTube TV Price Goes Up Again! What ALTERNATIVES are there?
https://youtu.be/9MNonzs2z8s?si=VqSkER_WXY3yppRt