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Comment on What are Digital TV Antennas? 8 Things to Know Before You Buy One by Alice Carroll

Alice Carroll — Mon, 11 Jan 2021 06:50:29 +0000

You made a good point that knowing the sweet spot for a television antenna should be determined first before installing one. I will be helping my parents install a new TV in their home soon and I don’t think it would be best to put the new antenna on the exact same place as where the old one used to be. The local stations in the area have changed in the past two decades so there might be a new optimal spot to place the antenna.

Comment on The 5 Coolest DIY TV Antenna Plans Anyone Can Build by Paul Cheney

Paul Cheney — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 17:19:00 +0000

In reply to Tyler.

Hey Tyler,

I couldn’t find anything on that. The best answer was on Meta-Filter and it’s basically what you’ve already concluded. http://ask.metafilter.com/139673/Using-external-tv-antenna-for-mobile-reception

Comment on The 5 Coolest DIY TV Antenna Plans Anyone Can Build by Tyler

Tyler — Fri, 08 Jan 2016 07:04:57 +0000

I want to see the best outdoor antenna that is both TV and cell signal booster. I understand they are different frequencies, so it will be cool to see what people have done.
Tyler

Comment on How to Get Cheap, Fast Internet for Your Home by Paul Cheney

Paul Cheney — Sun, 27 Sep 2015 00:38:19 +0000

In reply to Joe. Hey Joe, I completely agree. Unfortunately like most cable companies, they are a necessary evil until Google fiber expands to most of the U.S.

Comment on How to Get Cheap, Fast Internet for Your Home by Joe

Joe — Wed, 23 Sep 2015 03:12:08 +0000

Hello I am very disgusted and aggravated with Comcast. I even made a complaint with the
Better Business Bureau. Their prices keep going up, their egos feel they own the area, and their parent company took my job and sent it to the Philippines. Their call centers are on the other side of the world. How do they know what we want along with they don’t have a clue on questions call in about ticket sales.

Comment on What are Digital TV Antennas? 8 Things to Know Before You Buy One by Paul Cheney

Paul Cheney — Wed, 18 Mar 2015 21:44:38 +0000

In reply to Liz. Liz, First, it's my favorite city too! Glad we both agree! Second, you should know that there's not a lot of good options for customers like you. That's why companies like Bright House, Comcast, etc. can get away with being so horrible to their customers and stay in business. If it were me, I would drop the landline, get internet by tethering to my smartphone plan, and buy a cheap antenna from either one of the options above or Wal mart or Target. If you absolutely must keep the landline, I would buy a mobile hotspot from T Mobile with a 3GB/month (or so) data plan and use that as your home internet. You'll need to make sure T-Mobile has coverage for your house. Test it by inviting some one over who has T-Mobile and getting them to surf the web from their phone. If T Mobile doesn't work, test Sprint. If Sprint doesn't work, test AT&T or Verizon. One of them will probably work. But T-Mobile and Sprint are generally the cheapest. Once you've got your home internet through that hot-spot, you can set up a service like google voice. If you want to use your old landline phone, you'll need an adapter like this one. After you've jumped through a few hoops, you should be able to port your old number over to a phone that actually hangs on the wall, but is powered by Google Voice. That should allow you to make free phone calls and only pay around $30-$40 for internet.

Comment on What are Digital TV Antennas? 8 Things to Know Before You Buy One by Liz

Liz — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 18:46:46 +0000

Paul , hello First you live in my favorite city in all of Fl.
Now, I am sick and tired of Bright House. We want just basic tv , don’t care about HBO, etc, no sports channels ,want all the NETWORKs ABC, etc. I do want to keep my landline and my internet. Don’t want streaming or whatever you call it from computer to tv Would like to purchase an antenna.What do you suggest?

Comment on What are Digital TV Antennas? 8 Things to Know Before You Buy One by Paul Cheney

Paul Cheney — Wed, 07 Jan 2015 16:06:11 +0000

In reply to Frank. Hey Frank, There's really no good way yet without paying for a cable package. However, SlingTV is a new streaming service that is coming out soon that will probably let you do it for $20/month. You can read about it here. As far as connecting to your Samsung 60, the easiest way would be to see if there was a SlingTV app available for the TV coming out soon as well. Pending that, an HDMI cord would probably work with a little setup. Does that help? -Paul

Comment on What are Digital TV Antennas? 8 Things to Know Before You Buy One by Frank

Frank — Sat, 03 Jan 2015 10:24:16 +0000

Paul, a question if you please….what is the best rate/deal for getting ESPN channel on my computer to then connect to my Samsung 60″ ?. I don’t have cable and I use a uhf/vhf amplified antenna for channels 1-50. Just thought you might know.
Thanks,
Frank in Denver

Comment on Get Rid of Cable: These 25 Tips are Everything You Need to Shrink Your Cable Bill by 70% by Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 16:58:45 +0000

One tip I would suggest adding to the list: get Rabbit TV. While most streaming services charge you a monthly fee, Rabbit TV is only $10 a year. It offers a massive amount of TV shows and movies that are free to watch, and even includes live events. For anything that’s not available for free, it will give you the option to legally buy or rent it. It can take some getting used to paying for some of the latest shows a al carte, but it’s a massive savings over paying a hefty cable bill each month.