It’s one of those weird things that a massive amount of people in the world use but not Americans, so it ends up in articles about this hot new gadget that will change your life.
btw have you ever heard about heat pumps?
Comment on Antenna TV is pretty cool, actually
th3dogcow@lemmy.world 9 months ago
It is surprising to realise that this is not more common. In Japan, basically every home and apartment comes with rooftop antennas and coaxial connections in multiple rooms. No need to pay for cable TV (BS and CS) unless you want to get more channels.
Cheez@lemmy.world 9 months ago
TheYear2525@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Careful, you’ll summon the Technology Connections guy.
Cheez@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Pls
pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 months ago
there’s not too many ota viewers here even i personally use telia
SmashingSquid@notyour.rodeo 9 months ago
A lot of places in the US are too far for using antennas. In my area all you can pick up is a religious channel and a channel named infomercial tv.
justTouchit@discuss.online 9 months ago
80% of the US population lives in urban areas. An amplified antenna can pick up channels for many of those further out. Won’t work for everyone of course.
Fondots@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I live almost exactly 20 miles from most of the towers in my area, if I got rid of all the trees and buildings in my way I might even have line of sight to the towers
Unfortunately my main TV is in the basement, and even with an amplified antenna I can’t quite seem to pick up more than 1 or 2 channels, and I don’t quite care enough to put up an external antenna on my roof.
shortwavesurfer@monero.town 9 months ago
Well… You could, you just have to get it as high as you can manage. Lookup a radio horizon calculator as most broadcast antennas are 400+ feet above ground.