Do people still watch satellite TV these days

[Jimbo]

Watching so called "local" news from 290 miles away from DIRECTV HR34 now... (NM)

Is that by choice ?
Is that your LOCAL TV Station ?

 

[dfergie]

Is that by choice ?
Is that your LOCAL TV Station ?

Albuquerque has been for most of this century, once we had 2 Roswell and a local, then the local sold to an El Paso station.
One Roswell sold to and came from Lubbock, Tx, then all ended up in the central part of the state.
I loved El Paso and Lubbock news and ads as those are the closest big cities besides Midland Odessa.

 

[John2021]

Umm, errr- Notice how cheap TVs have become? Subsidized. The images displayed can be analyzed to detect what you are watching. This info is then "phoned home" over the Internet. TV manufacturers are paid for this. This can be stopped by blocking certain addresses at the router. I started to do this, but decided what the hell do I care if they see what I watch? Might cut down on feminine hygiene product ads.

I considered getting some real rotgut porn and see what happens. Can't quite figure out how to present this idea to SWMBO…..

i forgot what it's called but microsoft wants to do the same thing by taking screen shots of your pc and storing em on your hard disc. now what in the hell makes me think that they won't upload the data and sell it!!! i bet they will!! that's invasion of privacy in my book when you use sites like banking and passwords how do i know that hackers won't get my info

 

[John2021]

we still buy physical media!!! it's the only way to avoid the price hikes with streaming services and lowers the chances of you losing content that you bought

 

[John2021]

You can always just not connect the TV to the internet.

The new model roku sets demand you connect them to the internet or they won't set themselves up!!!

 

[Bruce]

The new model roku sets demand you connect them to the internet or they won't set themselves up!!!

How else do you expect them to receive the content?

 

[John2021]

How else do you expect them to receive the content?

i get what your saying. but what if someone just wants to use it with an antenna . i don't see a need for it to go through the steps of setting itself up if someone just wants to use it via OTA

 

[KyL416]

How else do you expect them to receive the content?

They're referring to the Roku model TVs from TCL and others, some of which won't act as a TV without going through the online setup process. Even if all you want to do is watch regular TV via antenna, cable or sat or use another device like a Bluray player or game console.

 

[b4pjoe]

They're referring to the Roku model TVs from TCL and others, some of which won't act as a TV without going through the online setup process. Even if all you want to do is watch regular TV via antenna, cable or sat or use another device like a Bluray player or game console.

Could you connect it to the internet and set it up and then disconnect it? Or does it always have to have a connection to the internet.

 

[NYDutch]

Could you connect it to the internet and set it up and then disconnect it? Or does it always have to have a connection to the internet.

My ONN Roku TV was connected to the Internet for setup and then disconnected since I'm using it with a Firestick. If I hear about an update, I connect temporarily.