Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: TV in the CH: What service do you use?

[Chris Hansen (itschrishansen]

Yes- the question about people donating services is a good one, Ann
It happened for us because we actually don't use the CH TV and services
more than a handful of times a year, and people often go and just sign into
their own account.
AND- I'd value hearing people's views about the issue in general.
Thanks

On Tue, 25 Oct 2022 at 13:36, Main Email <zabaldo [at] earthlink.net> wrote:

>
> Henning, thank you so much for your reply with all this good information.
>
> We do have a digital antenna. A lot of people are hooked up just to that.
> But the folks who watch TV in the common house want cable channels. MSNBC,
> yes, even CNN, C-SPAN, AMC, TNT, World Cup, Italian, soccer, etc..
>
> Right now we use DIRECTV but it’s expensive. And it’s often out of service
> if there is a a lot of wind or rain.
>
> One option would be to get a service like Sling which has all the channels
> that we want. It is significantly cheaper option than cable or satellite.
>
> You are very right about an antenna being a one time purchase and getting
> loads of channels. Certainly all the local ones.
>
> I don’t know about this thing of people donating services. I understand
> how it works. I’m just a little wondering about the integrity of it. And
> goodness knows I copy parts of books when I need the information.  So I’m
> not a Pearl Pureheart about this. It is justIt is just raising questions in
> my Swiss cheese brain.
>
> Thanks again Henning.
>
> Ann Zabaldo.
> Takoma Village Cohousing
> Washington DC.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
> All tiipos ... curtesy of Siri  :-)
>
> > On Oct 25, 2022, at 12:22 PM, Henning Mortensen <hmortensen [at] gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Have you tried a digital antenna. Depending on how close you are to big
> > cities you could have a significant number of channels for free. Augment
> > that with your pay service of choice and you should be able to keep
> > everyone happy.
> >
> > This is a link to the antenna which I am using. We are in the middle of
> > nowhere and so only get 5 out of 5 available channels (your service
> should
> > be better)
> >
> >
> https://www.amazon.com/Antennas-Direct-ClearStream-Multi-Directional-Adjustable/dp/B00SVNKT86/ref=sr_1_16?crid=L3Z310QWW7PK&keywords=digital+tv+antenna+outdoor&qid=1666712876&qu=eyJxc2MiOiI2LjAxIiwicXNhIjoiNS41MCIsInFzcCI6IjUuMTIifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=digital+tv+ant%2Caps%2C128&sr=8-16
> >  (for safety read then copy this link into your browser )
> >
> > This is an outdoor antenna which can be mounted so you get a good signal
> > and then connected to your tv with a long coax cable. There is even a
> > program you can run which takes your address and tells you which way to
> > point the antenna. You should not need tin foil or a colander. You will
> > likely find that PBS is in another direction. You could point the antenna
> > that way. The cost of the antenna is a one time cost, no monthly fees.
> >
> > I see that PBS is available though tv.youtube and prime video.
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