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 Re: Let’s Talk Streaming Once Again
[Re: racing75]
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03/20/25 02:11 PM
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CCTX
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mapquest
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If you live within 50 miles of the TV towers; this is what I recommend. ![[Linked Image]](https://texasfishingforum.com/forums/pics/userpics/2025/03/full-30144-263548-img_0125.jpeg)
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Re: Let’s Talk Streaming Once Again
[Re: Hard Rain]
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03/20/25 02:43 PM
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BassFever
TFF Guru
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A good over the air antenna and regular Youtube is all I need.
With a nice $70 over the air antenna appropriately installed and directed here in the metroplex, I can capture 120 TV channels in full band width uncompressed 4K audio and video quality.
I enjoy buying Blu Ray DVDs at Half Price Books.
The audio and video quality of quality over the air reception and Blu Ray is far superior to the highly digitally compressed garbage these streaming services pump out.
Yes, I miss out on Netflix TV HBOMax TV shows, but my wife and friends typically subscribe to all that, so I can enjoy those shows when I'm socializing with them. Of the 120 channels what is worthwhile to watch? I ask this because I have Spectrum but we mostly watch Netflix, Max, or Paramount+ which all 3 are free to us because of Spectrum and T-Mobile. I watch the local news on Spectrum and a few shows here and there but really not much. I like some shows on ID One, History, National Geographic, and unfortunately the wife like some on HGTV. Bottom line is if we are viewing TV in the evening it is always on one of the before mentioned apps or some on Youtube. For the 120 channels Spectrum boasts of the high number of channels but most of it is not anything I would bother to watch. Current Spectrum bill for cable + internet is $220 total. Maybe 3
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Re: Let’s Talk Streaming Once Again
[Re: racing75]
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03/20/25 02:49 PM
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CCTX
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The over the air channels I watch the most are the ones that broadcast the Mavericks, Rangers, Cowboys, and Stars regular season games.
The major networks broadcast over the air, so I watched the NFL playoffs, the Hockey playoffs and the Nations Cup, the Olympics, the World Series, and the Super Bowl over the air.
That's all I need......plus regular Youtube highlights of games not broadcast over the air in my DFW area........and I may have some username and password access to the MLB and NBA season passes.
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Re: Let’s Talk Streaming Once Again
[Re: racing75]
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03/20/25 04:01 PM
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bloo_rainger
TFF Guru
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There’s nothing close to the Direct Tv controller. 
ALL HAIL TRUMP
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Re: Let’s Talk Streaming Once Again
[Re: racing75]
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03/20/25 04:06 PM
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Zipster
TFF Team Angler
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I Use an old fashioned Antenna with a Roku TV. That provides all of the locals, and sub-locals (channel 5, 5.1, 5.2, etc) and 160 free channels including the PGA Network and local news stations for most of the major cities in the US. I subscribe to Netflix and Paramount plus. My monthly cost is less than 25 bucks. I get all of the sports that I care about using this set up.
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Re: Let’s Talk Streaming Once Again
[Re: bloo_rainger]
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03/20/25 04:23 PM
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Mark C
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There’s nothing close to the Direct Tv controller. got some sweet mods on it like this one? ![[Linked Image]](https://texasfishingforum.com/forums/pics/userpics/2025/03/full-1900-263573-7776c026e33f3fed634d2dd965c865d6.jpg)
Last edited by Mark C; 03/20/25 04:29 PM.
You are not a good or nice person.
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Re: Let’s Talk Streaming Once Again
[Re: racing75]
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03/20/25 04:25 PM
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BassFever
TFF Guru
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Didn't Youtube TV just raise their prices?
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Re: Let’s Talk Streaming Once Again
[Re: Zipster]
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03/20/25 04:28 PM
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Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 45,592
CCTX
mapquest
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mapquest
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I Use an old fashioned Antenna with a Roku TV. That provides all of the locals, and sub-locals (channel 5, 5.1, 5.2, etc) and 160 free channels including the PGA Network and local news stations for most of the major cities in the US. I subscribe to Netflix and Paramount plus. My monthly cost is less than 25 bucks. I get all of the sports that I care about using this set up. This is more than any red blooded man could possibly want
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Re: Let’s Talk Streaming Once Again
[Re: Mark C]
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03/20/25 04:34 PM
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bloo_rainger
TFF Guru
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There’s nothing close to the Direct Tv controller. got some sweet mods on it like this one? That’s one for sure. I like the cast and characters feature where you can see who’s in the movie, when and where they were born, when they passed. Lots of actors in the early movies were born before the Civil War…
ALL HAIL TRUMP
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