We recently said goodbye to Dish network and put up an antennae. At first we had a bit of trouble getting certain channels, but we kept adjusting it, got the antennae a little higher and moved it to the back of the house (away from the power lines). We now get approx. 30+ channels. If you check out antennaeweb.org, they tell you what channels you can get in your area and which antennae to look for. We went to radio shack after a little research and bought one for $80.00 and after about a week of tweeking it (hubby on ladder me in house using cell phone) we are very happy with our decision. We are about 35miles from Chicago and our antennae says it is good for up to 70miles. My hubby was amazed with the picture quality we get with over the air tv and it has an info button to see what is on. We only needed 1 digital receiver since most of our tv's were already digital ready. We have 2 kids 7 & 2 and thought they would go crazy w/out TV, but there is actually an all day cartoon channel that makes them happy. We also picked up Netflix for $8.99 a month so we can watch movies/tv-shows instantly using our PS3 (or Wii). By doing this we are now saving almost $100 a month and are spending more quality time together instead of spacing out on the tv. It's amazing the full episode shows you can watch on the computer via tv network websites. It took a little getting used to and a little work, but I'm glad we did it. There is life after cable/satelite, but I couldn't live without my internet!!
We recently said goodbye to Dish network and put up an antennae. At first we had a bit of trouble getting certain channels, but we kept adjusting it, got the antennae a little higher and moved it to the back of the house (away from the power lines). We now get approx. 30+ channels. If you check out antennaeweb.org, they tell you what channels you can get in your area and which antennae to look for. We went to radio shack after a little research and bought one for $80.00 and after about a week of tweeking it (hubby on ladder me in house using cell phone) we are very happy with our decision. We are about 35miles from Chicago and our antennae says it is good for up to 70miles. My hubby was amazed with the picture quality we get with over the air tv and it has an info button to see what is on. We only needed 1 digital receiver since most of our tv's were already digital ready. We have 2 kids 7 & 2 and thought they would go crazy w/out TV, but there is actually an all day cartoon channel that makes them happy. We also picked up Netflix for $8.99 a month so we can watch movies/tv-shows instantly using our PS3 (or Wii). By doing this we are now saving almost $100 a month and are spending more quality time together instead of spacing out on the tv. It's amazing the full episode shows you can watch on the computer via tv network websites. It took a little getting used to and a little work, but I'm glad we did it. There is life after cable/satelite, but I couldn't live without my internet!!
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