Anyone using 'over the air' TV antenna?

[Balloonshopgirl]

Originally Posted by abc

Thank you.
I did review those links.
I am looking for more simple info. I am not interested in Roku, Netflix, etc.
Just hoping to hear if anyone has had any luck with an interior Over-The-Air antenna recently and if so, what type?
Thanks again.

We use an interior Over-The-Air antenna and it's terrific. My husband did a lot of research on this about a year and a half ago when we decided to cancel cable completely. We borrowed antennas from friends of ours to test out which ones worked. We discovered that the Panasonic (or zenith) Silver Sensor (interior antenna) was BY FAR the best. Unfortunately, it is discontinued, so then we had to scour the internet to find one. My husband eventually found one on Ebay. Ours pulls in 130 channels (yes, 1/2 of them are in a foreign language), all our local news stations (NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox, etc.) plus 5 different PBS channels which is great because we have young kids. We are, however, in the LOS ANGELES area, so there's a lot of UHF channels to grab. Success with over the air TV seems to depend a lot on location.

I'm glad someone local has responded with their experience. It varies widely even if you're in the same town. We're able to pull in 130 channels, but my brother who lives just 4 miles away has trouble getting any signals because he's close to a mountain which seems to block the signal.

We also use a Roku box and though you seem a bit resistant to that - it really is a neat little device. Even without a Netflix subscription, you can access a lot of great shows via different free channels on there.

Good luck!

[BostonWhaler]

If anyone wishes to check it out, Reddit has a great discussion forum with a lot of info on cordcutting, getting live streams online, antennas, and the like. Definitely worth a look.

http://www.reddit.com/r/cordcutters/

Also, for those of you running off an antenna that would like to retain a DVR function, pause live TV, and have a program guide (without having to pay for Tivo), this is a great solution:

http://www.amazon.com/HomeWorx-HW-15...dp/B00CXAE92K/

Stick a USB stick in it (I've got a 32GB one in mine), and you can pause, rewind, schedule recordings, and a bunch of other stuff. It'll also play music and videos that you load on the USB from your computer. The on-screen interface isn't as pretty as FiOS/Comcrap/etc., but it works fine.

[abc]

Thank you for all the good info.