Saturday, November 5, 2016

When Life Was Simpler

I was out walking with my sister and brother-in-law late one afternoon
when my brother-in-law said "look at that". It took me a minute. I couldn't figure out why he was calling our attention to this house....and then I saw it. Look on top. A television antenna..a thing of the past.

That was back when we bought a television, stuck an antenna on the roof,
or pulled up what we called rabbit ears..and watched t.v. for FREE.

I don't know about you, but I am not sure I saw it coming....the cost of entertaining ourselves with t.v. I know, I know, look at all of the channels we get..but regardless if you subscribe to cable, dish or direct t.v. (is that the same thing?).. I'll bet you have a hefty bill each month. I also have trouble keeping up with the new technology: Smart T.V, Streaming, DVR, Roku, etc, etc.
I do understand you can use an H.D. Antenna still if you live in an urban area, twenty miles or less from the local stations, and then if you have a smart t.v., you can stream Netflex, Hulu and Amazon Prime through your computer to your set....but don't quote me on that.
Although, can I still get HGTV, Bravo (yes I confess I watch it), the Weather Channel, CNN and Golf Channel for my hubby.?
ME OH MY!

7 comments:

  1. Yes, the developments go faster and faster, I have fortunately a hubby and a son who install all the necessary changes and only have to watch what I will see. Techniques is nothing for me, I am glad I understand blogging :-)

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  2. it is truly expensive. my basic cable (no movie channels any longer) and internet come to over $135 a month. *sigh* your discovery above made me grin, though.

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  3. You definitely don't see those anymore.

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  5. I am less and less enamoured of watching TV and see it only for the daily news, both national and international

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  6. We often wonder if it's "worth it" to have cable. We do record a few programs, but I think maybe you can stream them from the internet too. There is absolutely nothing worth watching after the winter season. It just seems like money down the drain. I think if we didnt have company who want to watch, we'd do away with it.

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