With the different wall-mounted antennas I tried, I received 15 channels, and only two major HD networks.
Instead, build a cheap, weird, but highly effective four-foot antenna, possibly with hardware you already have. Might I humbly suggest a radical fix: don’t buy a new antenna (or three, like me), and don’t pay for cable or a live-TV package. But unless you happen to live within a lucky nexus of strong signals, your small antenna cannot defy the physics of distance and frequencies, and you’re missing out on free channels. It might seem logical that technology has advanced to where a small, paper-thin antenna stuck to an inside wall can do the job that set-top rabbit ears or roof-mounted poles once did. There is one area where smaller is not better, however, and that is antennas. TVs, game consoles, even streaming devices are thinner and more powerful. We’re posting it again now because we figure it’s a good time to look into free, cheap HDTV programming options, while you might have a bit of time.Īlmost everything about the modern TV experience has become smaller and better. Note: This post was originally published Aug.
