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Originally Posted by tomsem
None of the live TV options work where I live. We aren’t in range of any broadcast content and ironically that is what you need in order to sign up for Hulu Live etc. If we lived in metro area, why would we need to pay for TV streaming? Just put up a $20 antenna....
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Don’t they let you stream their 50+ stations that are not abc, cbs, nbc, fox, cw, and pbs? Seems like they would. They might not allow you to get the ones I mentioned since they aren’t available locally, but you should be able to get stations like a&e, tbs, tcm, history, etc.
As far as ota goes, the local stations are often doing the least they can to qualify under the “must broadcast locally” ruling. Five years ago, or less, I still got really strong, uncompressed 1080i or 1080p signals from most of the local HDTV stations. Now I tend to get compressed and/or 720p signals and they are weak signals. I think TV stations are allowed to broadcast at 50,000 W PEP (Peak Envelope Power), but it appears most of my local stations have cut way back on their TX power. Now I get pixelated signals quite often when a few years ago that was very rare.