What channels are around you and which direction to face the antenna

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Post by thunderbong » Tue, Jan 30, 2024, 10:13 AM UTC

What channels are around you and which direction to face the antenna
antennasdirect.com

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Post by Kluggy » Wed, Jan 31, 2024, 4:33 AM UTC

https://www.antennaweb.org is another resource for this without the popup ads interrupting scrolling though the page.

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Post by jader201 » Wed, Jan 31, 2024, 4:49 AM UTC

Sort of related, but we used to be completely free of cable, satellite, and streaming for a time, just using OTA antenna picking up all major local networks (covering ABC, NBC, CBS, and FOX, among a number of smaller networks). We had DVR set up, so we never missed anything, and easily skipped commercials.

This was all possible via the fabulous Windows Media Center on Windows 7 and 8.

We also used it to frequently watch our shared folder of digitized home videos, since it was so well integrated.

Until MS stopped supporting it.

Nothing has been able to match the simplicity and good UX, at least not for how we used it.

Now we’ve succumbed to subscribing to streaming, and a separate app for watching home videos that nobody ever uses because the integration and UX just isn’t as good.

I miss WMC.

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Post by addaon » Wed, Jan 31, 2024, 5:43 AM UTC

Kluggy wrote: post #2

https://www.antennaweb.org is another resource for this without the popup ads interrupting scrolling though the page.

This has the advantage of having correct data for my location (84741) as well.

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Post by tzs » Wed, Jan 31, 2024, 5:57 AM UTC

I've found RabbitEars.info [1] to give the results that best match what I actually get with my antenna.

[1] https://www.rabbitears.info/searchmap.php

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Post by roach360 » Wed, Jan 31, 2024, 2:41 PM UTC

I strongly prefer: https://tvfool.com/

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Post by roach360 » Wed, Jan 31, 2024, 2:47 PM UTC

jader201 wrote: post #3

Sort of related, but we used to be completely free of cable, satellite, and streaming for a time, just using OTA antenna picking up all major local networks (covering ABC, NBC, CBS, and FOX, among a number of smaller networks). We had DVR set up, so we never missed anything, and easily skipped commercials. This was all possible via the fabulous Windows Media Center on Windows 7 and 8. We also used it to frequently wa…

I've really enjoyed using a HDhomerun with Jellyfin as my OTA DVR. There was a bit of setup, but it works wonderfully.