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People under 25, how many of you are aware that you can get 1080p HD TV programming (and many live sports) for free over the air with no app sign-in or susbscription fee? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by ch00f@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Just curious because I don’t see people talk about it a lot.

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[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You mean OTA TV? I don't even watch sports, the rest has 10 minute advertisements. And considering it's digital, I don't find it interesting at all. Yes, a weird reason, but anyway.

[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

For like $150, you can get a Tablo DVR or similar that records what you want to watch, auto skips the ads, and streams it over WiFi to your phone or laptop. Just leave it on for a year and boom: entire season of whatever show is now yours forever for free.

[–] n0clue@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Just pirate it at that point.

[–] ch00f@lemmy.world -2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Eh. There’s also the serendipity of it. There’s a half dozen shows that we regularly watch that we only know about because they were randomly on TV.

[–] rishado@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I think the overlap of tech literacy and nostalgia for a 90s/00s tv feel is quite small. You found your niche though my man, good work.

[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago

Or you could just use https://bitsearch.to/and save yourself buying a TV

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

How do you skip live ads unless you've pre-buffered at least 1hr in advance

[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You don’t, but that only applies to sports or things that you need to watch live.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

My mum has a Tivo-like box that allows her to record things and catch up with them later. She still watches all of her series live, so she can gossip with her friends about it the next day. The most useful feature of that setup is that she can pause the show if someone calls her or she needs the toilet, but she wont miss a show that was scheduled for that day