Vikingstaff
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We are cord cutters at our cottage. We have wifi, so we have worked some of our T.V. entertainment around that. For just over the air digetal signals, you don't need wifi, just a digetal antennae. IF you are maintaining wifi, here is a lot more options.
For local and normal broadcast stations we went with this item:
Amazon 50 mile indoor digital T.V. Antennae:
https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Ultra-Thin-Indoor-Antenna/dp/B01IN26Z5A/ref=zg_bs_172665_19?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=ZP05RJQ9W7J8Q67KFK17
In Northern Michigan, away from all major cities, we pull in 20 stations with this baby...including 2 different CBS, NBC, and PBS stations, as well as 1 each ABC and Fox. Then there are 12 other various speciality stations that we don't pay any attention to. This doesn't require ANY wifi, subscriptions, etc... Nothing else but the cost of the antennae, which is less than $30 in a one time purchase!
Here is the FCC website to check for what free over the air digetal signals you would get based on entering in your address (it will list out every station within range, and list them in order of expected FCC signal strength at your address):
https://www.fcc.gov/media/engineering/dtvmaps
For movies and such, we did the following and tied it into the pre-existing cable and streaming services we already subscribe to at home, and the Charter wifi service we subscribe to at our cottage:
Roku streaming sticks (Roku offers the most stations of any streaming devices on the market currently):
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/roku-streaming-stick-2016-model-black/4858200.p?skuId=4858200
We bought both types of items over the 2017 holidays on sale for $60 total with sales. As priced above, about $78+tax per T.V.
From there, you could enhance the level of stations available with things like Netflix, or Hulu, Amazon Prime, CBS All Access, etc... Just a matter of how extensive you want to be.
I was honestly shocked at how many stations we pull in with our cheap indoor Amazon digital antennae. I have honestly contemplated cutting the cord at our actual house as a result of this.
Then via a few subscritions, some we already have such as Netflix, we could be pretty well covered for movies. Anyway, my point is, there are some fantastic and long term affordable options out there. Local stations free...streaming services needing wifi offering combinations of free and subscription based streaming services.
Perhaps others can reply to this thread with their antenae, and/or streaming device experiences, recommendations, etc...
For local and normal broadcast stations we went with this item:
Amazon 50 mile indoor digital T.V. Antennae:
https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Ultra-Thin-Indoor-Antenna/dp/B01IN26Z5A/ref=zg_bs_172665_19?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=ZP05RJQ9W7J8Q67KFK17
In Northern Michigan, away from all major cities, we pull in 20 stations with this baby...including 2 different CBS, NBC, and PBS stations, as well as 1 each ABC and Fox. Then there are 12 other various speciality stations that we don't pay any attention to. This doesn't require ANY wifi, subscriptions, etc... Nothing else but the cost of the antennae, which is less than $30 in a one time purchase!
Here is the FCC website to check for what free over the air digetal signals you would get based on entering in your address (it will list out every station within range, and list them in order of expected FCC signal strength at your address):
https://www.fcc.gov/media/engineering/dtvmaps
For movies and such, we did the following and tied it into the pre-existing cable and streaming services we already subscribe to at home, and the Charter wifi service we subscribe to at our cottage:
Roku streaming sticks (Roku offers the most stations of any streaming devices on the market currently):
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/roku-streaming-stick-2016-model-black/4858200.p?skuId=4858200
We bought both types of items over the 2017 holidays on sale for $60 total with sales. As priced above, about $78+tax per T.V.
From there, you could enhance the level of stations available with things like Netflix, or Hulu, Amazon Prime, CBS All Access, etc... Just a matter of how extensive you want to be.
I was honestly shocked at how many stations we pull in with our cheap indoor Amazon digital antennae. I have honestly contemplated cutting the cord at our actual house as a result of this.
Then via a few subscritions, some we already have such as Netflix, we could be pretty well covered for movies. Anyway, my point is, there are some fantastic and long term affordable options out there. Local stations free...streaming services needing wifi offering combinations of free and subscription based streaming services.
Perhaps others can reply to this thread with their antenae, and/or streaming device experiences, recommendations, etc...