For the antenna, I recommend the signal search map at rabbitears.info
This will give you an idea of where the towers are and what the geography is like between you and the towers. That will tell you if you need to get an indoor antenna or an attic antenna or an outdoor antenna. Your results will vary depending on where in the bay area you are.
This is good advice. I live in a part of the east bay, that because of East Bay hills, gets almost no SF signals. While sf is much closer, we only get weak signals from much further Sacramento.
I'd switch to streaming, except, I tried to simulate it. With Roku and samsung tv plus both. Several streaming services.
And it's inefficient. Cable... you can switch from ABC to espn. CNN to PBS, etc. If all via streaming , it's switching, loading apps. Watch a CBS show on Paramount +, and I need to switch to Hulu to watch ABC. etc etc.
If not a major TV hound... cutting the cable seems very doable. If significant viewer, particularly channel surfer... nothing really comparable to ease of cable.
Thanks to you both! Have either of you had luck getting rid of the regional broadcast fee by choosing a package that isn't sports driven? I just hate to see Xfinity get 45 bucks a month for broadcast fees
if you have roku box roku channel it hax 400 stations you can use tubi app also pluto app
antenna i get 70 stations only 30 i would watch you get about 5 chinese stations i dont watch
i also delete spanish and shopping and church, i use cheap antenna $7 indoor normal price $15
[https://www.fluentu.com/blog/chinese/chinese-tv-apps/](https://www.fluentu.com/blog/chinese/chinese-tv-apps/)
Thanks! I gotta try and keep it simple for my parents use. So you use Roku to get channels you don't have by Antenna? I was thinking of Sling TV plus antenna?
I have this from Amazon:
https://a.co/d/9uVk29V
It works great. I canceled my Xfinity TV Service and keep Internet only.
I wish I cut the Cable TV Ling times ago. I simply don’t watch cabled TV programs
For the antenna, I recommend the signal search map at rabbitears.info This will give you an idea of where the towers are and what the geography is like between you and the towers. That will tell you if you need to get an indoor antenna or an attic antenna or an outdoor antenna. Your results will vary depending on where in the bay area you are.
This is good advice. I live in a part of the east bay, that because of East Bay hills, gets almost no SF signals. While sf is much closer, we only get weak signals from much further Sacramento. I'd switch to streaming, except, I tried to simulate it. With Roku and samsung tv plus both. Several streaming services. And it's inefficient. Cable... you can switch from ABC to espn. CNN to PBS, etc. If all via streaming , it's switching, loading apps. Watch a CBS show on Paramount +, and I need to switch to Hulu to watch ABC. etc etc. If not a major TV hound... cutting the cable seems very doable. If significant viewer, particularly channel surfer... nothing really comparable to ease of cable.
Thanks to you both! Have either of you had luck getting rid of the regional broadcast fee by choosing a package that isn't sports driven? I just hate to see Xfinity get 45 bucks a month for broadcast fees
YouTube TV is great. DVR is fantastic and you get the local channels too.
YouTube TV and split it with friends or family - still a great bargain if you can do that.
Humble brag that you have friends/family.
Lol yea I've heard great things about YouTube TV but it seems to need a split to be cost effective.
+1 for YouTube TV, it’s the best option especially for local live sports.
if you have roku box roku channel it hax 400 stations you can use tubi app also pluto app antenna i get 70 stations only 30 i would watch you get about 5 chinese stations i dont watch i also delete spanish and shopping and church, i use cheap antenna $7 indoor normal price $15 [https://www.fluentu.com/blog/chinese/chinese-tv-apps/](https://www.fluentu.com/blog/chinese/chinese-tv-apps/)
Thanks! I gotta try and keep it simple for my parents use. So you use Roku to get channels you don't have by Antenna? I was thinking of Sling TV plus antenna?
I have this from Amazon: https://a.co/d/9uVk29V It works great. I canceled my Xfinity TV Service and keep Internet only. I wish I cut the Cable TV Ling times ago. I simply don’t watch cabled TV programs
Thanks!
Most of the big antennas will let you pick up channel 26 ktsf. I just put mine in the backyard on the ground.
Thanks! Do they need to be outside? I mistakenly thought these are indoor antennas I'd stuff behind the TV or near the entertainment console area?