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In some areas, you can 'pirate' live TV directly from the sky! You need this thing called an 'antenna' which captures invisible radio waves and decodes them in

In some areas, you can 'pirate' live TV directly from the sky! You need this thing called an 'antenna' which captures invisible radio waves and decodes them into a picture with audio. You can't pause or rewind, and you have to be in front of the TV at specific times, so it is not precis the same, but you can access TV this way.

nkrisc 8mo ago
Yes, I’m well aware of that. I spent much of my childhood adjusting the antenna to get better reception. But I don’t see how that’s relevant.
- myvoiceismypass 8mo ago
  Don't know your age, but today's $20 indoor antennas are pretty unobtrusive and don't require much adjustment beyond the initial placement. Its a nicer experience with digital hd antennas for sure than what we experienced 30+ years ago. Mine is a single flat antenna taped onto the wall behind my tv and shared to all other tvs and devices via hdhomerun + plex.
badc0ffee 8mo ago
You can even use something like HDHomeRun to watch this content on your phone/tablet. (Personally I only use OTA for sports)
IncreasePosts 8mo ago
It's not piracy if the people who have the rights to the content are distributing it like that.
- kevin_thibedeau 8mo ago
  ATSC 3 will fix that loophole.
  - bb88 8mo ago
    The last time I watched OTA/Cable was over a decade ago. I remember paying $120/month for cable, and getting low quality highly recompressed HD shows, which looked terrible on the 1080p TV I had at the time. Digital artifacts made the stream not very pleasant to watch at all. Technically it was "1080p HD", but in reality it was more like 720x480 upscaled and smoothed.
    - kevin_thibedeau 8mo ago
      Digital cable is generally more heavily compressed than HD OTA primary channels (usually x.1 subchannel). OTA only gets bad when they pack in too many subchannels.
jackhackett 8mo ago
Not ATSC 3.0 channels. People very far from large urban areas don't have many channels to choose from.

nkrisc 8mo ago

Yes, I’m well aware of that. I spent much of my childhood adjusting the antenna to get better reception. But I don’t see how that’s relevant.

myvoiceismypass 8mo ago
Don't know your age, but today's $20 indoor antennas are pretty unobtrusive and don't require much adjustment beyond the initial placement. Its a nicer experience with digital hd antennas for sure than what we experienced 30+ years ago. Mine is a single flat antenna taped onto the wall behind my tv and shared to all other tvs and devices via hdhomerun + plex.

badc0ffee 8mo ago

You can even use something like HDHomeRun to watch this content on your phone/tablet. (Personally I only use OTA for sports)

IncreasePosts 8mo ago

It's not piracy if the people who have the rights to the content are distributing it like that.

kevin_thibedeau 8mo ago
ATSC 3 will fix that loophole.
- bb88 8mo ago
  The last time I watched OTA/Cable was over a decade ago. I remember paying $120/month for cable, and getting low quality highly recompressed HD shows, which looked terrible on the 1080p TV I had at the time. Digital artifacts made the stream not very pleasant to watch at all. Technically it was "1080p HD", but in reality it was more like 720x480 upscaled and smoothed.
  - kevin_thibedeau 8mo ago
    Digital cable is generally more heavily compressed than HD OTA primary channels (usually x.1 subchannel). OTA only gets bad when they pack in too many subchannels.

jackhackett 8mo ago

Not ATSC 3.0 channels. People very far from large urban areas don't have many channels to choose from.