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I never owned an analog television. My first television was a 32" digital that my sister gave to me several years ago. I then bought a 50" Samsung, and replaced that with a 65" Sony. I bought the Sony because it had ATSC 3.0 capability. However, ATSC 3.0 still has not made it to my area. I live in the middle of nowhere, so over the air reception is limited.
Growing up in the late 60's, we had the rabbit ears that always needed adjusting. We finally got one of those motorized antennas for the roof. My parents never believed in the first big clicker remote controls when they had us kids to turn the channel.
Remember when hitting the corner of the tv cabinet could "fix" the picture on your old analog cathode ray tube television that ran on vacuum tubes instead of transistors?
Remember when hitting the corner of the tv cabinet could "fix" the picture on your old analog cathode ray tube television that ran on vacuum tubes instead of transistors?
When that didn't work, I removed the vacuum tubes and tested them in the tube tester at the drug store. I usually found one that was bad. The tester cabinet had storage for new tubes.
When that didn't work, I removed the vacuum tubes and tested them in the tube tester at the drug store. I usually found one that was bad. The tester cabinet had storage for new tubes.
I remember those days. Years ago, the maintenance man asked me to help him clean out the basement. There was a CRT television. I mentioned that we had chipped in to fix an identical model a few years ago. After the maintenance man told me that the repairman had died of old age, we agreed to dispose of it.
I don't remember seeing The Heidi Bowl, but have certainly heard of it. As someone who believes that events should start and end on time, I'm firmly on the side of Heidi. They scheduled 3 hours for a game that should have ended in 2 hours. This schedule creep has only gotten worse since 1968. Right down to my church, which just extended the service by 15 minutes. I didn't complain, since I just stay for Sunday School, followed by a trip to Arby's.
I don't remember seeing The Heidi Bowl, but have certainly heard of it. As someone who believes that events should start and end on time, I'm firmly on the side of Heidi. They scheduled 3 hours for a game that should have ended in 2 hours. This schedule creep has only gotten worse since 1968. Right down to my church, which just extended the service by 15 minutes. I didn't complain, since I just stay for Sunday School, followed by a trip to Arby's.
A live event like a game, or other, is very difficult to fit into a schedule.
Would you be happier if the networks allowed an extra hour for a game slot and started the recorded stuff after whatever void in programming, filled with ads, ensued?
Something to consider - a couple of our local stations also have streaming versions on the Roku live stream. One of the stations in particular has an antenna located far south of us and the signal is very weak. It also happens to have our favorite morning weather person. They have a streaming version we access on our Roku live channels - solves the problem.
We’ve been watching more antenna TV lately. While I love the true high definition picture of major network broadcast, I don’t like the pixelating on weak signal stations.
Buy a better antenna.
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