Who among us has purchased and hooked up an OTA to their modern OLED TV? Degree of difficulty?
::Just preparing for a FOX-less football weekend::
::Just preparing for a FOX-less football weekend::
Over the Air (OTA) antenna?
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Super easy. Just plug your antenna into the cable jack on the TV.
As it relates to YTTV/Fox, the FCC chief has weighed in and told them to get the deal done.
ha, possibly!
It seems every year there's some major rights snafu between a carrier and a network that blows up just before a major sports season. Magically, they are always resolved at the 11th hour.
I have one on my second floor TV. The room has a high ceiling so I put it as high as I could. I get about 28 channels. (Columbia)
Zero. Hang it on a wall and plug in. In Dallas I didn't even hang it on a wall, I just threw it behind the TV so it wouldn't be visible. Got 55 channels.
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Yep, you only need to hang it on a wall if you are a considerable distance from a city that has local channels. I live 10 minutes from Charlotte and I just plug mine in and place it behind the TV or behind a plant or something.
Occasionally some homes can be stuck in a bit of a dead zone. My brother and I both live in Columbia and he is closer to downtown than I am, but his house is a real struggle to get a TV signal. Idk if it’s the trees outside or the walls of his house. We found the best signal was putting the antenna on the porch or plugging it in upstairs. I on the other hand don’t have any issues with an antenna at my place.
In a place like that I'd try one of the flat ones you can attach to a window pane. They use a fractal pattern antenna, which works surprisingly well.
Other than getting the ladder inside without banging a wall or knocking over a lamp it was easy.
That's what I have. Works pretty good. And the HD picture for broadcast TV is amazing.
Antenna > Amplifier/signal booster > LTE 4G/5G signal filter > Cable/ANT jack.......
You do need to scan/program for channels after hooking up the antenna. I get between 75 and 90 channels (some duplicates, some shopping channels) in Greenville depending on atmospheric conditions.
I got an email today from Youtube TV saying they reached an agreement with the Fox networks, so the channels will remain in the lineup.
The flat ones work Ok on uhf but not so much on vhf(wistv). I use one of these outside and the reception is great.
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Most likely Fox are broadcasting sports in 1080i OTA (as I recall), meanwhile the YTTV broadcast is in 720p 
I have an antenna on order, we'll see how it does. The fractal one I made from a template included a dipole in the pattern, so it picked up both UHF and VHF signals fine. Together it picked up 90+ channels from the 4th floor of my apt building when I lived in the SF Bay Area.
I have an antenna on order, we'll see how it does. The fractal one I made from a template included a dipole in the pattern, so it picked up both UHF and VHF signals fine. Together it picked up 90+ channels from the 4th floor of my apt building when I lived in the SF Bay Area.I think Fox has always broadcast sports in 720p, even over the air.Most likely Fox are broadcasting sports in 1080i OTA (as I recall), meanwhile the YTTV broadcast is in 720p
In addition to what will110 states, please check the TV menu settings and ensure that you select "antenna" and not "cable."
Where are you located? If you are outside of a city, a flat antenna you attach to the wall may be insufficient to receive a signal from a TV station in a "distant" city, e.g., here in Beaufort, you really need a rooftop antenna with preamp to reliably pick up all full-power stations from Charleston and Savannah.
We would all do well to cut the cord and use antennae - the HDTV signal is vastly superior to anything cable/satellite/streaming services offer via their compressed signals. And besides, there's no recurring monthly fees.
And disregard the scroll messages from the TV station urging you to contact the cable/satellite/streaming provider to make a deal. Instead, contact the TV station and tell them to quit charging the carriers outrageous retransmission fees. Even better, drop the provider and use an antenna.
The transmitter towers for the full-power Columbia TV stations are located in Kershaw County just over the Richland County line near I-20. Hope that helps.