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[wayupnorth]

The Boonies

I guess you could say where I live is outside the last big outpost before you venture over the border into Canada or into the North Atlantic. We do have our NBC, CBS, ABC, PBS, FX, CW over the air for free with a rooftop antenna but far as I am concerned, their primetimes stink and Time Warner does not have cable service out here. I am not a movie watcher, so Netflix wont work. I have had DirecTV since the 1990's and I call them once a year and go to a supervisor and threaten to switch unless they continue my discount, reminding them of how long I have been a customer and they always come through and continue lowering my bill.

 

[frigilux]

I also quit paying $100 a month for DirecTV about eight years ago when I realized I was watching local channels and Turner Classic Movies 90% of the time.

Remember when every roof had an antenna on it back in the 1960's-early '70's? I see photos taken outdoors from that period and nature looks very cluttered with all the rooftop antennae and above-ground electric/phone wires and their poles.

 

[jmurray01]

I have considered just going digital with a FreeView box but I watch a lot of documentaries which my Sky subscription covers well (Discovery, National Geographic etc...) so I've kept it going.

I did used to have Sky "multi room" for my bedroom as well but I ended that well over a year ago as I wasn't watching it at all really.

Now I just have a FreeView box hooked up to my 28" Toshiba CRT television which barely gets turned on once a month. That way I'm not paying for something I'm not using and when I do use it I'm still not paying for it!

The FreeView box is hooked up to the standard analogue aerial, not the satellite dish.

Sky is good for the living room TV though because it is High Definition so the box makes use of that on the HD channels.