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> Mainstream broadcast TV, for myself in the UK, has been dead for about a decade OK, I'm not in the UK. However, I always like to defy conventional wisdom tha

> Mainstream broadcast TV, for myself in the UK, has been dead for about a decade OK, I'm not in the UK. However, I always like to defy conventional wisdom that everyone knows, and that is certainly some of it. Broadcast TV is digital now, in the US at least. An antenna will cost you $50-75 or so, it's tiny, and if you have line-of-sight with the tower, you get a perfect picture. It will be in 4K soon, supposedly. What's on? Well, sports, if you like that. I watched the US v. Netherlands match yesterday on broadcast. All the big college football games were on yesterday. If you don't watch sports, then yeah, there's not much. Still: local news, much better than you find on the web. And PBS stations. And ancient TV shows, e.g. Frasier, Taxi. It doesn't replace streaming, but it IS free.

harry8 4y ago
>Still: local news, much better than you find on the web Can't you find the exact local news broadcast on the web to watch at the time of your choosing? If not why not? Seems odd.
- uni_rule 4y ago
  Perhaps being farther away from the cruft is the point with such broadcast stations.
  - AlbertCory 4y ago
    I'm not exactly sure what you mean, but: They're a blast from the past. They never changed. It's like the crew from The Mary Tyler Moore Show is still putting on the news.
flumpcakes 4y ago
In the UK we have a TV licence that costs £150 or so a year. You need it to watch any live broadcast media. I have not paid for this in over ten years. I also have not watched any terrestrial TV in that time period. It's just... not good. Every time I visit family and watch the TV I am maddened by the adverts, and general quality of the programming. Regarding news, the internet is a better fit for me. If we're talking about "general" news rather than reading change logs, then I get my fix with written news on half a dozen outlets ranging from public media, political left/right media, and then some more specialised websites for tech/cyber news. I don't think I would go back to "normal" TV/broadcast media. It makes me emotionally angry and I can feel a physical response to the annoyance of it.

harry8 4y ago

>Still: local news, much better than you find on the web Can't you find the exact local news broadcast on the web to watch at the time of your choosing? If not why not? Seems odd.

uni_rule 4y ago
Perhaps being farther away from the cruft is the point with such broadcast stations.
- AlbertCory 4y ago
  I'm not exactly sure what you mean, but: They're a blast from the past. They never changed. It's like the crew from The Mary Tyler Moore Show is still putting on the news.

flumpcakes 4y ago

In the UK we have a TV licence that costs £150 or so a year. You need it to watch any live broadcast media. I have not paid for this in over ten years. I also have not watched any terrestrial TV in that time period. It's just... not good. Every time I visit family and watch the TV I am maddened by the adverts, and general quality of the programming. Regarding news, the internet is a better fit for me. If we're talking about "general" news rather than reading change logs, then I get my fix with written news on half a dozen outlets ranging from public media, political left/right media, and then some more specialised websites for tech/cyber news. I don't think I would go back to "normal" TV/broadcast media. It makes me emotionally angry and I can feel a physical response to the annoyance of it.