WSJ: Millennials discover 'free TV' over the air

I missed this until now. out here in the holler there is no TV reception at all so it's all streaming. Even that has to be DSL because Starlink can't get through the trees. I have seen clips popping up on YTube about getting secret, free TV with some little device.
 
Back when they first went to broadcasting HD tv over the air, I bought an HD antenna and cut off Comcast cable. I watch the morning news and an occasional baseball or football game over the air. The picture quality is excellent for sports. I rotate through streaming services and typically have two going at any given time. As soon as I run out of good stuff on one service, I pull the plug and sign up for a different one. In the last year I have cycled through Apple +, Starz, HBO Max, Disney plus, Peacock, Netflix, Hulu, and Paramount. Most were cancelled after 2-3 months. (long enough to watch all the good stuff) I average about $30-$35 a month vs. close to $100 when I last had Comcast cable.
 
Mystic said:
The point is that their generation expects all content to be Paid On Demand or via subscription, not "free" as in the sense we grew up with television content paid for wholly ( PBS the exception) by commercial advertisements.
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Huh. To my generation, free is content downloaded via Napster, Edonkey or Torrent. Without commercials, of course. I cannot stand commercials.
jsisk said:
Back when they first went to broadcasting HD tv over the air, I bought an HD antenna and cut off Comcast cable.
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There is no HD antenna.

Anyway, I did not watch OTA for about a year. Youtube, Roku, torrents and used DVDs from a thrift store are my content sources.
 
Late Boomer said:
Huh. To my generation, free is content downloaded via Napster, Edonkey or Torrent. Without commercials, of course. I cannot stand commercials.

There is no HD antenna.

Anyway, I did not watch OTA for about a year. Youtube, Roku, torrents and used DVDs from a thrift store are my content sources.
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True ,but the vast majority of ota is UHF and a lot of the older mask antennas focused on VHF . There is only one VHF station currently in my area .The digital station number my tell your tv it’s channel 5 when the real number maybe 32
 
We've had Comcast for over thirty years and the number of commercials have exponentially risen. Counted fourteen the other day before I gave up and moved on. Horrible.
 
raycarr00 said:
Didn't wsj say millennials were going broke buying rotisserie chickens...lol!
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Those are probably the best deals to be had in most stores if you consider cost per weight. Factor in not burning gas or electricity to cook it and its a steal.
 
Coworker would buy one, tortillas, giardiniera and feed about four guys. Walmart would give away day old ones on discount. I stopped getting the day olds after catching salmonella. They're no longer a deal,though. Use to be about five bucks. They're at about seven or eight now. What's a deal is a box of pasta and a jar of classico Italian sausage sauce, or about five buckaroos. Add lots of garlic and bam! Can feed about five or just one- me.
 
Pasta has no protein tho so it ends up being filling for an hour and then its time for a snack.

Still, 7-8 bucks for a full cooked chicken isn't bad, and you can boil the carcass after picking the bulk of the meat to make good chicken stock.
 
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