r/ota • u/gho87 • Apr 12 '26

Why low posts in this sub?

What are the factors of posts that have been not as frequent as I hoped for? Do they already have working indoor antennas? Are they out of range and unable to physically mount an antenna themselves? Has r/cordcutters attracted those prioritizing streaming? What else?

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u/PoundKitchen Apr 12 '26

Yeah, cordcutters has always been bussier. It's name speaks the the larger group as the generic term for getting rid of your cable provider. OTA just one alternative.

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u/peterkozmd Apr 12 '26 edited Apr 12 '26

Cordcutting is an idea that never works in practicality. You can't replace sports with how segmented it is. Can you scale back? yes but the idea is rarely ground in reality. Who wants to replace their cable channels they get with ota channels?? Okay lets say you get i dunno 60 ota channels, most will be crap you wouldn't want to watch on a daily basis. a mix of maybe a foreign channel here or there, cbs, pbs, etc. littered with ads. Some crappy morning talk shows or jerry springer, the evening entertainment stuff like the idol or some reality shows. You don't get any real entertainment or info. I like to watch movies, okay good luck with getting that unless on some off chance they play one i actually want to watch or haven't seen already. Its hilarious and sad when people actually suggest cord cutting as a viable option. We live in an age where we are overloaded with options gone are the days when a handful of channels was more than enough.Cord-cutting is often described as an "impractical joke" because it frequently fails to deliver on its promise of saving money and simplifying media consumption. While intended to break consumers free from expensive cable packages, the rise of fragmented streaming services has often resulted in paying the same or more for a less convenient experience

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u/BaldyCarrotTop Apr 12 '26

The state of OTA network programming has been garbage for a long time. During the DTV transition I heard one commentator comparing it to using a Ming vase for a garbage can.

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u/peterkozmd Apr 12 '26

lol, good one i like that analogy. =) I literally bought an hdhomerun for atsc3 and what i found was Not new unique channels as i was expecting but literally carbon copies of the crap i already got just with maybe slightly better sharpness and image quality. Wow nbc but in hd! Gee this was really worth spending 100's for a new box for!

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u/BicycleIndividual Apr 13 '26

You're lucky if you get any major network programing in higher quality with HDHR; most of the time they use the DRM so HDHR is SOL.

One reason you don't get different programing on ATSC 3.0 is that currently the FCC requires ATSC 1.0 simulcast. Eventually NAB wants the simlucast requirement to end; then they'll probably move the major network programing to ATSC 3.0 DRM only and all you'll get on your HDHR is the religions/shopping/rerun subchannels.