Cut The Cord In 2 Steps : Make The Move To Free TV
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Cut The Cord In 2 Steps : Make The Move To Free TV
Check out reviews on these items on Amazon:
Smart TVs
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Outdoor Antennas
https://amzn.to/3908GhB
Indoor Antennas
https://amzn.to/2OfWJMO
LINKS:
Fcc station map https://www.fcc.gov/media/engineering/dtvmaps
Digital Converter boxes: http://amzn.to/2G4WZbs
Video on how to make an antenna for $5: https://youtu.be/QNTgboaFxtY
Video on How To Do A Channel search: https://youtu.be/W7MPUuIXYPw
A Selection of set top streaming boxes: http://amzn.to/2Gchcj5
If you are ready to cut the cord to cable or satellite TV, this video will walk you through the process step by step. This guide will show you how to eliminate your monthly TV program costs at best or drastically reduce your costs for subscription programming
depending on what you like to watch.
Viewer types can be divided into 2 groups - live and Pre-recorded. Pre-recorded material includes TV series & movies while live material includes news and sports. The main difference cost wise is that a sports fan is willing to spend more money to watch
an event while a movie fan can check out a movie on DVD from the library for free. We will cover options for both types of viewers. Keep in mind that network TV accounts for 9 out of 10 programs watched on a regular basis so you will likely be able to watch
most of your regular shows, both pre-recorded and live, in HD and for free from this point on. Of the most watched series of the 2016-2017 season, 47 of the top 50 were available over the air.
The first thing to do is to ascertain your Over The Air availability. Digital Over The Air (or OTA) is more expansive than analog ever was. Analog only allowed for one channel per broadcaster but digital allows for multiple sub channels. Now, instead of
just channel 3, there is 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 etc. Where there used to be only 5 channels available in a city, now there are 20 without adding more broadcasters.
If your TV is still an older analog TV purchased before 2007, then you will need a converter box to receive digital broadcasts. Many converter boxes are also available with a DVR built in so you may record programs. If you have purchased a TV since 2007, it is probably a digital TV.
You will need an antenna and a piece of coax cable to connect the antenna to the TV. On the back of the TV or the back of the converter box, there will be a coax connector that looks like this. If there are 2, use the one marked Ant. or Antenna. Attach the coax
to the connection and set the antenna nearby.
You can use an old rabbit ears antenna or you can make one out of aluminum foil. For these test purposes, you could even get by
with a large paper clip and your finger. Just insert the paper clip into the Ant. connection and hold onto it while you run the channel search. It might be a little awkward to hold onto the paper clip and operate the remote to scan channels, all depends where on the back of the TV the antenna connection is located. Another
option is to attach a 10 foot or longer length of coax cable to the TV and touch the wire at the other end. Make sure you are touching only the wire and not metal thread part otherwise it won’t work.
Once the antenna is connected, you will need to do a search for available channels.
You can access the channel search function through your onscreen menu. Once the search function is finished, you will either have a list of channels to choose from or nothing. If you have nothing, you probably won’t be able to receive local
network channels over the air no matter what you do. If you have one or two, you might be able to increase the number with a better antenna however if you made the one shown in the video link in the description, you won’t be able to improve on it by very much without a very high and expensive rooftop tower.
To determine how many channels are available to you in your location, go to https://www.fcc.gov/media/engineering/dtvmaps and enter your zip code to find out what broadcasters
in within range of your home. This guide will also show you what kind of signal strength per channel you can expect in your zip code area ranging from strong, moderate, weak and no signal.
If your channel search was successful and found your local channels, you are now equipped to receive free HD TV.
While OTA provides more free programming than ever before, we are kind of spoiled with the 400 channel slogan associated with cable and satellite TV. The good news is that you no longer need to rely on cable to get access to 400 channels anymore thanks
to internet TV.
There are multiple ways to access internet TV. There are hundreds of providers around the world that can be accessed through a computer, smart phone, or streaming set top box. There are simple ways to connect your computer or phone to a TV screen but set top boxes make it easiest.
Check out reviews on these items on Amazon:
Smart TVs
https://amzn.to/31a3BRm
Outdoor Antennas
https://amzn.to/3908GhB
Indoor Antennas
https://amzn.to/2OfWJMO
LINKS:
Fcc station map https://www.fcc.gov/media/engineering/dtvmaps
Digital Converter boxes: http://amzn.to/2G4WZbs
Video on how to make an antenna for $5: https://youtu.be/QNTgboaFxtY
Video on How To Do A Channel search: https://youtu.be/W7MPUuIXYPw
A Selection of set top streaming boxes: http://amzn.to/2Gchcj5
If you are ready to cut the cord to cable or satellite TV, this video will walk you through the process step by step. This guide will show you how to eliminate your monthly TV program costs at best or drastically reduce your costs for subscription programming
depending on what you like to watch.
Viewer types can be divided into 2 groups - live and Pre-recorded. Pre-recorded material includes TV series & movies while live material includes news and sports. The main difference cost wise is that a sports fan is willing to spend more money to watch
an event while a movie fan can check out a movie on DVD from the library for free. We will cover options for both types of viewers. Keep in mind that network TV accounts for 9 out of 10 programs watched on a regular basis so you will likely be able to watch
most of your regular shows, both pre-recorded and live, in HD and for free from this point on. Of the most watched series of the 2016-2017 season, 47 of the top 50 were available over the air.
The first thing to do is to ascertain your Over The Air availability. Digital Over The Air (or OTA) is more expansive than analog ever was. Analog only allowed for one channel per broadcaster but digital allows for multiple sub channels. Now, instead of
just channel 3, there is 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 etc. Where there used to be only 5 channels available in a city, now there are 20 without adding more broadcasters.
If your TV is still an older analog TV purchased before 2007, then you will need a converter box to receive digital broadcasts. Many converter boxes are also available with a DVR built in so you may record programs. If you have purchased a TV since 2007, it is probably a digital TV.
You will need an antenna and a piece of coax cable to connect the antenna to the TV. On the back of the TV or the back of the converter box, there will be a coax connector that looks like this. If there are 2, use the one marked Ant. or Antenna. Attach the coax
to the connection and set the antenna nearby.
You can use an old rabbit ears antenna or you can make one out of aluminum foil. For these test purposes, you could even get by
with a large paper clip and your finger. Just insert the paper clip into the Ant. connection and hold onto it while you run the channel search. It might be a little awkward to hold onto the paper clip and operate the remote to scan channels, all depends where on the back of the TV the antenna connection is located. Another
option is to attach a 10 foot or longer length of coax cable to the TV and touch the wire at the other end. Make sure you are touching only the wire and not metal thread part otherwise it won’t work.
Once the antenna is connected, you will need to do a search for available channels.
You can access the channel search function through your onscreen menu. Once the search function is finished, you will either have a list of channels to choose from or nothing. If you have nothing, you probably won’t be able to receive local
network channels over the air no matter what you do. If you have one or two, you might be able to increase the number with a better antenna however if you made the one shown in the video link in the description, you won’t be able to improve on it by very much without a very high and expensive rooftop tower.
To determine how many channels are available to you in your location, go to https://www.fcc.gov/media/engineering/dtvmaps and enter your zip code to find out what broadcasters
in within range of your home. This guide will also show you what kind of signal strength per channel you can expect in your zip code area ranging from strong, moderate, weak and no signal.
If your channel search was successful and found your local channels, you are now equipped to receive free HD TV.
While OTA provides more free programming than ever before, we are kind of spoiled with the 400 channel slogan associated with cable and satellite TV. The good news is that you no longer need to rely on cable to get access to 400 channels anymore thanks
to internet TV.
There are multiple ways to access internet TV. There are hundreds of providers around the world that can be accessed through a computer, smart phone, or streaming set top box. There are simple ways to connect your computer or phone to a TV screen but set top boxes make it easiest.
