3 Reasons to Watch Live Sports with an Antenna

[@AntennaMan]

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[@1FXC]

Been an OTA guy for years. Thanks to you finally found a good indoor antenna, which BTW, you had reviewed and recommended.

[@kimauten7343]

It's up and good with a good antenna. Cut the cable with your help. 5 years now. Keep spending the word, brother!!!

[@CheddarChuckE3956]

Antenna for the win!

[@svt4001]

Support this channel!!

[@AntennaMan]

You're supporting it by watching this video, thank you!

[@bendeleted9155]

I recently plugged in a set of old rabbit ears that I inherited and was amazed to find about 40 channels.

[@AntennaMan]

That's great! If some channels go in and out, you don't necessarily need a new antenna. You may only need to adjust the rabbit ears with a signal meter. See video below for options: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5CmqmNurZqkm7s

[@HappyJ]

I have had an outdoor antenna for over 40 years. Very rare NHLgames are shown in my area. College Football (last round) payoff games were on ESPN only. My point is, more and more sports not available over the air now days.

[@richardcranium5839]

thats on purpose. its only going to get worse. nfl doing prime is a test to see how many will buy

[@AntennaMan]

While some sporting events are only on channels like ESPN, the majority of NFL and college football games still air on broadcast TV. Using an antenna to access the games before the finals can save a person a few hundred dollars, money they can use to attend the actual game over paying to watch it.

[@Michael-Joseph123]

Yep, I didn't watch the playoffs because I don't pay for ESPN, and won't be watching the championship game Monday, 2 years cable free, and I'm pretty much over sports I have to pay to watch.

[@MichaelPavek]

We switched to OTA 7 months ago and have been thrilled. We use a TabloTV DVR to record our shows and have watched free live sports for months now. Thanks Tyler for the great recommendations!

[@Liam-Carlson]

You’re so right about the picture quality with an antenna. When I first started using an antenna I was truly shocked to see how good the quality was. Now whenever I see something on cable I always notice the quality is worse.

[@walterpuckett3518]

The antenna guy is absolutely right. I live in the Chicago area about 30 miles from the Willis tower in Chicago. I installed a figure 8 antenna and picked up 130 crystal clear channels. On one TV. Installed a tablo and now I can stream to all the TV's that can install a tablo app. Fantastic ❤

[@yoregano]

Absolutely, I watch sports and whatever else I'm interested in with an antenna. The only issue is, of course, when something desired isn't available on broadcast tv. Then one has to either miss out or find another solution or alternative. It's the trade-off that has always been since pay tv of all kinds came to be.

[@AntennaMan]

I feel that the money saved by using an antenna is enough to travel to and attend the one of the games that airs on a paid TV channel like ESPN.

[@Godzukidan]

A good antenna makes a big difference. Super clear and a great picture..... if it is free it is for me. 😎👍

[@lindabradford9591]

I connected an antenna after watching you. I sure am glad I did. Thank you for being on You Tube.

[@RickC-sr]

I cut the cord 4 years ago and have great reception from a $50 antenna in my attic when needed. Unfortunately, Comcast/Xfinity controls 99% of Phillies games that are not broadcast on OTA channels so I gave up on local sports rather than pay to watch and don't miss it. There's plenty to stream on KZbin. Thanks for all the cord cutting advice Tyler.

[@elmofeneken4364]

You should have run this before football season started. It's too damn cold out there to put an antenna up on your roof. But maybe an indoor will get you by until the weather breaks. That's why to get the best answer and antenna choice and placement, get in touch with the Antenna Man. An indoor unit may serve your purpose before Super Bopwl Sunday.

[@AntennaMan]

I agree the timing could've been better, but I didn't get the idea to make this video until I saw an ad from solidsignal.com about it until last month.

[@georgeawestjr.9087]

WOW! What perfect timing for this video! 😃👍 Hey, Tyler! My sister and her husband who live in northern New Jersey called me last night telling me, her cable company (Optimum, owned by its parent company Altice USA, Inc.) just dropped their sports packages. I told her to consider getting an antenna for their home (they live in an HOA development). She said she will get back to me. I am sending this video to her and she will probably be so happy to see this! Thanks, again! 😃👍

[@jamisonmunn9215]

HOAs don't really matter, Tyler even has a video about that as well.

[@kensmith5694]

The FCC preempted the area of TV antennas long ago. You can place an antenna in any part of your home that only you have access too. In many places you can't bolt it in place but you can use clamps to hold it so the wind doesn't blow it away. A lot of people find an indoor antenna is just fine. Back when I lived in a condo, I had an antenna "cleverly hidden" behind a picture. Some tape held it in place and the cable came straight down from the center of the bottom of the picture. Basically, I moved the antenna from spot to spot until it worked the best and then I worked out how to make it look like I meant to put that picture there.

[@AntennaMan]

Northern New Jersey will likely need an attic or outdoor antenna depending on how strong or weak the signals are at your sister's house. Feel free to tell her about my antenna recommendation service below. www.antennamanpa.com/antenna-recommendations.html

[@jerseyfla]

@@georgeawestjr.9087 That’s going to be nearly impossible to watch sports in that area without a subscription. All NBA and NHL franchises there rely on MSG or YES with very few games on antenna. Yankees is all cable or Amazon Prime, and Mets only has 40 games on WPIX 11, the rest on SNY. The Giants and Jets are the only NYC teams that is all on Antenna.

[@sirracer2005]

​@jamisonmunn9215 what video would that be? I live in a hoa and have my antenna in my basement in between my floor as that is were the router is and hdhomerun. No horrible reception but it goes out when it snows like it did this past week.

[@breakupbigtechmedia8470]

Im amazed at the picture quality comparison antenna is way better.

[@Michael-Joseph123]

Yes it does, looking foward to Americas Narrated by Tom Hanks next month on NBC, the commercials have looked great.

[@onoone58]

GREAT INFORMATION!!!! Thx 4 staying on top of this issue. Thumbs up from me✌

[@theairwaverelay3]

We know your secrets now, cable companies. It's over. Long live free over the air TV!!!

[@2012hansenracin]

You are right. I have direct tv and streaming apps. I do enjoy my streaming apps for new shows. I bought me a sky blue and huge impressed, I was able to cut out paying direct tv for local channels, and now looking towards a zapper box as an accessory, haven’t bought zapper yet.

[@AntennaMan]

Sky Blue antennas are great!

[@tlillis4]

“Free over the air TV is an extremely underrated gem”; I couldn’t agree more. I’d add two “*” to the video, however. The first is about picture quality. Yes, in many cases the streaming version of the channel will be worse than the OTA due to compression. There are exceptions: Fox will stream major events in 4K HDR while all Fox OTA stations are 720p. Even the NextGen station, and Columbus was an early market, doesn’t broadcast in that format. The second is availability. Alas, Ohio State made the “college football playoffs” and the game versus Tennessee wasn’t available on OTA TV.

[@EASoCal]

Always found it funny when I’d scream touchdown before my neighbors did during the Superbowl bc they’d watch it on stream

[@AntennaMan]

Same here! It happened to me several times as a Penn State student when watching an away game. With an antenna connected to the TV in the living room, my roommates and I would cheer for a touch down then hear our neighbors about 10 seconds later.

[@75aces97]

In the Chicago market the Bulls, Blackhawks and White Sox have left cable for an OTA network this year, and it’s been great. What a time to have an antenna! Would be great if other pro teams follow suit.

[@jonsymmonds1120]

I cut the cord many years ago and have not once regretted it! I have a relatively small bidirectional beam horizontally polarized that I built myself in my attic. It is orientated so that I can receive TV signals from 3 markets and it works flawlessly! The markets range from 20 to 70 miles away, as the crow flies. The antenna is only about 18 feet above ground in the attic and the signals are excellent! I do have an antenna preamp installed that I built myself, but found that any commercially built preamp works equally as well as long as it has an FM filter. Under the correct band conditions, I have seen TV signals from thousands of miles away...especially on VHF!

[@schs1977]

Unfortunately, many college/professional sports are on ESPN, Fox Sports 1& 2, Prime, RSN like YES, MASN, SportsNet Pittsburgh and etc that are not available OTA.

[@japi74pierce84]

Watching sports with antenna is best option because $0/month

[@CharlesKnox-j5m]

You can still watch most of the NFL playoffs and Superbowl OTA.

[@gordontyler9317]

Awesome job. I will use your service when I move to my next house. I have an antenna in my attic now and when I watched the ball drop, I was the first to text Happy New Year to my friends and relatives. Keep up the good work. Would love to see examples of a NextGen TV broadcast.

[@jimbohnenkamp5082]

When the networks affiliated with local stations have more viewers, they can bid higher for rights to broadcast sports and keep them out of the control of pay streamers and other pay distributors. The trend of moving NFL games to Amazon Prime, Netflix or others for exclusive rights for individual games is going to make it impossible for viewers to see all the games of their favorite teams.

[@AntennaMan]

While I do see some NFL games moving to streaming services, I believe the NFL as a whole prefers broadcast TV for the highest reach for fans.

[@williamhopper6602]

Love my antenna

[@mabguy1659]

That's all great, if all you want to see is available OTA, which I understand is just fine with many people, sports or no sports. However, if you want to see certain games, like, in my area for instance, the majority of the Seattle Mariners and Kraken games, you would need access to an RSN, which is not available OTA. I assume the situation is similar for other regions of the US, as well as for other sports leagues/events.😁

[@AntennaMan]

You're correct. There are many sporting events only on paid TV services, but most NFL and college football games still air on local broadcast TV channels that can be picked up with an antenna. What would be great is if there's a huge shift back to antennas, sports leagues may begin to move more games back to free OTA TV. One such example is the Chicago Sports Network launching on several broadcast affiliates to reach more people

[@philstaub9222]

@@AntennaMan I'd love it if the shift to Antennas caused important games (like college football playoff games) to go back to OTA, but I have to think that the profit motive will make that an unlikely outcome. Having said that, we have recently started receiving the Chicago Sports Network channels via the WNDU transmitter out of South Bend, Indiana. They actually have the same programming on 2 different subchannels, one is 720p, the other 480i. Speaking of which, WNDU (Notre Dame University channel), would be a good reason to lobby for the OSU/ND championship game to be on OTA in South Bend. But ESPN has it locked up. 😞 Looks like I'll be visiting the local sports bar next Monday.

[@michaelcorkery7108]

Everything Tyler is telling you is true. I have two antennas on a pole.

[@jackdemus7890]

The same goes for FM radio...I can't imagine how much processing the signal goes through to put a station on a streaming radio app.

[@craigosterberg5045]

Thanks

[@DG-sn2js]

I grew up in the 60’s and tv antennas were the only options! I didn’t need to cut the cable then and not even today. I use Tablo and the internet to complete my system.

[@green285]

Or if your neighbors watch with antenna and you hear cheering 20 seconds before you see the play

[@AntennaMan]

I've witnessed this myself!

[@tpl608]

My man Tyler. Please do your side to side head bob and Bla Bla Bla as a signature for every video. It was glorious. 😅

[@Darci3333]

Im a senior on a fixed income and dont want to purchase a wrong inefficient antenna. How much is your service??

[@AntennaMan]

I usually charge $40, but why don't you send me an email with your address and I'll take a look into your situation for free. You can find my email below. Ignore the "sponsorship only" message. www.antennamanpa.com/contact.html#/

[@gregorypauldrapeau]

Perhaps for a future video, I would be interested in seeing a video on the difference between the ATSC standard and the DVB standard used in the UK.

[@AntennaMan]

Unfortunately, I have no way to compare the two as I don't have any associations with the UK and am unfamiliar with DVB.

[@SlideRSB]

Only a small percentage of games I would watch are broadcast over the air. I do watch what is available when it's available over the air, but most MLB, NBA, and NHL games are shown on regional cable sports channels in my market.

[@bbgarnettTotallyNotABot]

Here in Minnesota all of our local sports teams besides football are broadcast on cable only so if I want to watch our Local MLB, NBA and NHL teams it requires cable tv or pay for a streaming service. Then MLS is only on Apple TV.

[@Ockv74]

❤❤❤

[@AmericanBandstandAgain]

I have an antenna and a low cost tv service, and I've seen up to 1 1/2 minute delay on the paid service comapared to the over the air feeds.

[@AntennaMan]

Wow, that's a long time!

[@davebrown386]

I just want to pause and record. What is the newest best and inexpensive Ota recorder

[@kensmith5694]

I like the homeworx product that has been around for years now. It is ATSC-1 only but its tuner is good and the user interface is no too dreadful.

[@AntennaMan]

Probably the model below but understand it has limitations for the $38 price. It's best for occasional recording rather than recording multiple shows a day. Be sure to purchase a good USB 3.0 flash drive or hard drive as cheap flash drives aren't fast enough to handle HD video files. amzn.to/3Lngj75

[@JJ_Neptune]

"cable is dead! I watch television the way God intended… over the free american airwaves!" - David Letterman

[@wade-be7sz]

I refuse to pay for sports if its not free ...nope i find something better to do.

[@AntennaMan]

That's my thought process as well.

[@twlsaturn08]

Should have mentioned Tablo. Most homes don’t have an antennae jack in every room.

[@AntennaMan]

I didn't want to overly confuse new viewers to the channel with too much information, but the Tablo is listed on my Amazon store.

[@tpl608]

My man Tyler. Still rocking the south Korean boy band styled haircut. 😅😅😅

[@wowomg1980]

As much as I hate watching football on Prime or Netflix the picture quality is way better. I am gonna get an antenna now though

[@bobstraube9851]

Haven't paid for TV in over 30 years. The stations that use Nextgen here have great looks pics on the sub channels

[@admirals818]

The unfortunate thing is, not every game is available over-the-air. Sports fans need to supplement their antenna with a paid service. When a game is available OTA, that definitely is the best way to watch, though.

[@AntennaMan]

You're correct that not every game is available free over the air but most area. In fact, an individual can likely pay to attend the a few games with the money they saved by not paying for cable/satellite/streaming during the season.

[@admirals818]

@@AntennaMan I think it all depends on the sport/league/team. I'll use my local pro hockey team, the Milwaukee Admirals, as an example. I'm a partial season ticket holder, attending about 20 home games. That leaves 16 more home games and 36 road games I want to see. Only about 8 home games are available OTA. I pay $150 for FloHockey (giving me every AHL game). If I saved that $150, that might allow my daughter and I to attend 3 more home games. That leaves 49 games I'd like to see. With the cost of airfare, hotels, etc. for 36 road games (and the lack of time off work), the $150 streaming service is a good investment.

[@Michael-Joseph123]

Been using a antenna for at least 2 years now, plenty of football and other sports, but hardly ever get to watch our local baseball, hockey, or basketball teams, but I hope they realize that but not broadcasting free over the air, they are losing their future fan base, and the more that won't pay to watch, the more they will have to charge the ones who are paying, then they will lose more customers, some day they might go away, or go back to over the air.

[@Carman1744]

I have an indoor antenna but I can’t get all of my local channels.

[@AntennaMan]

Try a signal meter. See video below: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5CmqmNurZqkm7s

[@gregyohngy]

I use the RCA antenna that you suggested a few years ago. It gets VHF and UHF stations. It costs about $35 on Amazon. Does it having rabbits ears allow it to receive VHF stations?

[@SlackerU]

Ya I want one for weather news during power outages. The $30 antenna is almost good enough but the VHF channel we prefer to watch the most has the absolute worst signal of all the available channels. I think I will end up getting a large outdoor antenna with a pre-amp, but it is hard to spend that $400 for one channel.

[@ccowboysfan08]

If you rely on antenna you would miss most of the college playoff games. Wake up! You can't watch a lot of games with an antenna

[@The1jonnyz]

I can get channels 3, 10, and 29 for the NFL games, but I have yet to be able to pick up ABC in Philadelphia. I'm only 18 miles west of the towers northwest of Philly.

[@AntennaMan]

You need a low VHF capable antenna to pick up 6ABC. Most antennas aren't low VHF capable for it. Check out my other videos as I did review a few low VHF capable antennas. You can also sign up for an antenna recommendation from me below - I guarantee you'll get 6ABC with the antenna I suggest after I take a look at your reception report. www.antennamanpa.com/antenna-recommendations.html

[@michaelkelly4613]

I’m about 12 miles from the Roxborough towers, and I get a very good reception using an RCA dipole rabbit ears indoor antenna. I forget the exact model but I found it on this channel. The nice thing about this antenna versus most newer dipole antenna is that when spread horizontally it is about 6 feet end to end, whereas most others top out at like 2 feet. That makes low VHF reception possible because of the longer wavelengths. So I get good reception from both channel 6 (ABC) and channel 2 (MeTV plus nine others), though I do have to adjust the antenna when I switch between the two.* * Actually not anymore, since I now have a NextGen (ATSC3) TV, so channel 6 comes in over a UHF channel. So now I just keep the rabbit ears in the channel 2 position. So getting a NextGen TV or external tuner is another option available to you. But I would get a better antenna first, because the content on channel 2 makes it worth it.

[@djthereplay]

I agree with you Tyler. Quite honestly, I see you as doing a service to the public that the public really needs. I will add this though. What about those games that only broadcast on the ESPN, and the RSNs and those kind of networks that are not available over the air with an antenna?

[@AntennaMan]

I also feel like I'm doing a public service, but unfortunately the fact I make money on these videos prohibits me from promoting them on most forums. I actually got banned from AVS forum for sharing one as a way to help someone understand the importance of using a signal meter to find the best location for an antenna.

[@djthereplay]

@@AntennaMan Oh censorship ...... over helping someone make their antenna work for them. At least you're here and thank goodness for it.

[@mikebarnes2294]

In the Chicago area we are a bit blessed for the time being that Chicago Sports Network (which hosts the Bulls, Blackhawks and White Sox games) is available over the air on channels 62.2 and 62.3. Unfortunately Cubs fans have been mostly out of luck re: OTA since the end of WGN broadcasts in 2019 aside from the occasional Saturday game that gets picked up by FOX (and hopefully for next season Chicago Sports Network for games they play against the White Sox). For the other teams, enjoy while it lasts as I understand the over the air carriage is largely the result of a carriage dispute with Comcast - as such seems a temporary stopgap and not permanent given no other dedicated sports channel broadcasts over the air.

[@AntennaMan]

I've been using the Chicago Sports Network as an example in the case of if there's a large enough shift back to antennas, more RSNs will launch free OTA channels.

[@ghfan2011]

Live sports and local news were the #1 reason I got an antenna last year. I almost got a sling subscription then found out before I subscribed that they didn’t even have the local channels I wanted. $22 on Amazon for the antenna and it has been fantastic. To be fair though, the alternative was just not watching sports 😂 no way I was paying close to $100/month or more just to watch sports.

[@j5689]

Woah I did definitely didn't know the OTA broadcast of the Paris Olympics was in HDR, I wish I would've tried that out

[@michaelkelly4613]

Speaking of delays, my NextGen TV (a Sony Bravia) allows for me to have both the ATSC1 and ATSC3 channel feeds on my channel list. And I have noticed in most cases the ATSC3 lags behind the ATSC1 channel by like 20 seconds for all the channels (I am in the Philly market like you). Is this normal? Is this because there is a delay in the broadcast the same way there is a delay when you watch over cable or streaming? Or is that a caching issue? Or could it be both?

[@mrhodes3140]

its in surround sound with the proper tuner.

[@AntennaMan]

Good point!

[@nohandle227]

Great video! I have a question, which app IYO is the best to use to find a direction to point your antenna with? I use Antenna point and secondly DTV Antennas, but maybe there are others out there that may be better. I do check the websites (rabbit ears) but the apps work better in real time. Thanks!

[@AntennaMan]

The antenna point apps aren't the best to adjust an antenna as they only show the direction to point the antenna and not how signal levels change as you move it. It's best to use an actual signal meter. See video below: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5CmqmNurZqkm7s

[@billypi9792]

I cut the cord 3 years ago. Antenna is a much better picture. However there is currently very limited sports on over the air networks now. Mostly every sport except the NFL has moved to streaming services like ESPN. Hulu, prime etc. so you won't get very much content from the antenna.

[@AntennaMan]

An antenna is still a great option to use during football season to pause a streaming service.

[@zztong]

I'd love to watch OTA TV, but we've tried that. (Even an Antenna Man consult.) I'm too far from any stations and surrounded by hills. I can only draw in PBS from the university in town. I sure with the government would get interested in complete broadcast coverage or that the so-called local stations would be interested in rebroadcasting in rural areas. It sucks paying to stream an otherwise free broadcast.

[@MediaWest]

i use ota and get a great 1080p pic. but now they dont broadcast many games.... nothing fancy, one of those flat rectangle antennas, that i have slapped directly on the window facing the broadcast towers. except for a few channels, all of them are crisp...

[@jerseyfla]

Big problem Tyler. Many championship sporting events are cable exclusive like the New Year’s Bowl Games and College Football National Championship on ESPN. NCAA Men’s Final Four on TBS, most of the MLB Playoffs on TBS or FS1, and every other Stanley Cup Final is on TNT. And a lot of local sports teams except for the NFL are locked into contracts with cable companies especially in your area where the Philly and Pittsburgh teams are cable only thanks to Comcast and the team owners. OTA TV only gets you a sliver of sports action for free.

[@AntennaMan]

You're correct. There are many sporting events only on paid TV services, but most NFL and college football games still air on free OTA TV. What would be great is if there's a huge shift back to broadcast TV, sports leagues may begin to move more games back to free OTA TV. One such example is the Chicago Sports Network launching on several broadcast affiliates to reach more people.

[@michaelkelly4613]

If you don’t want to be a martyr for the cause and you really want to watch those games, one thing you can do is sign up for the Sling TV plan that has the games/channels you want, and then cancel those subscriptions before you get billed for the next month. Most of those games and playoffs you mention last less than a month, so there is no reason to commit beyond that time period. That is one advantage streaming has over cable: easy cancellations and no commitments necessary. If you do want to be a martyr for the cause, go to a sports bar. Whatever you save on the subscription prices you can spend on beer and nachos.

[@jerseyfla]

@ Unfortunately that isn’t happening. The only reason for Chicago Sports Network existing and many local teams going to OTA providers like the Florida Panthers with Scripps is because of Bally’s Sports (now Fanduel) going bankrupt since Fox sold them to Sinclair and Comcast mostly getting out of the Regional Sports Network business. Had Fox still owned those Fanduel Sports Channels, there would be even less local OTA sporting events than there is now. And with Disney buying a chunk of Fubo, it will still be tough for big sports fans like me to watch events without a subscription of any kind. Streaming is the way of the future and unfortunately it costs money. It just depends on if you are an involved fan like my family is or just a casual one who just watches whatever comes on OTA TV.

[@MikeGroves]

I agree!! I've missed about 90% of the college bowl games due to exclusive contracts with the likes of ESPN and FoxSports.

[@randomtube8226]

I just got a new 2024 Samsung TV and it doesn't have a next gen tuner inside. I'm using the same 70+ clear stream antenna as my previous TV. But for some reason the next gen signal has effected my reception so bad every channel is unwatchable. Even when pointing directly at tower direction. Do I need a amplifier or preamp or new box tuner? I'm clueless ever since the change.

[@mikestevenson1819]

How do you get espn only

[@AntennaMan]

You can't get ESPN with an antenna. While there are a few sporting events that air on the channel, most NFL and college football games still air on local broadcast TV channels that can be picked up with an antenna. What would be great is if there's a huge shift back to antennas, sports leagues may begin to move more games back to free OTA TV. One such example is the Chicago Sports Network launching on several broadcast affiliates to reach more people

[@gstar7686]

I would love to get all my locals for free, but there's one major problem. I live in a mountainous wooded area and can only get ABC and CW reliably with my antenna.

[@onehitsword6800]

Sports ruin paid TV. It's the main reason why people who need a paid service over pay for TV

[@AntennaMan]

It's also increased the costs for people who don't watch sports. ESPN alone charges at least $10 a month to be on the base tier of any cable, satellite, or streaming service.

[@bruceseverson6622]

In my area we can't watch local sports unless you have a cable or satellite TV subscription.

[@JonBruner-p7x]

I was a big college fan. Unfortunately the college players are now paid players. I watched all my sports on antenna. Screw cable.

[@conquerorhowie]

OTA forever!

[@billmalec]

I also search you tube for games being streamed.

[@richardcranium5839]

i'd rather watch a snowy fuzzy analog picture than a banner that says no signal

[@AntennaMan]

Most people will probably agree with you. Free OTA TV became a lot harder to pick up with the transition to digital as the FCC cut the broadcast power of TV stations by 75%.

[@matthewveth2030]

I like sports and use OTA tv and do have to miss out sometimes, but the money saved makes the sacrifice worth it. Games will continue to go to paid subscription services. Why? Because a vast majority of fans will pay it. Even if they protest and complain in the beginning, they'll concede, subscribe and rationalize the expense at the end of the day.

[@AntennaMan]

You're correct that some live sports are slowly moving to paid channels. Thankfully, it seems the NFL and other leagues (not all of them) believe in free broadcast TV because it reaches the most people which should be the priority.

[@j95lee]

You can't watch full seasons of sports without cable or streaming though. Only bits and crumbs on ABC and Fox. The better argument is to give up sports to move to antenna. Some countries have soccer teams, America has like 30 baseball teams alone. Colleges have more sports teams here than some countries. One of my favorite lines from a Hallmark Christmas movie is "I'm going to tell my husband that there are limits to how much bowl games you can watch this month"

[@theoriginal210]

I live around 85 miles from broadcasting areas. I’ve tried antennas and I only get 3 channels that are junk.

[@AntennaMan]

What antennas did you try? Why don't you send me an email with your address and I'll take a look into your situation for free. You can find my email below. Ignore the "sponsorship only" message. www.antennamanpa.com/contact.html#/

[@sleze]

Doesn't work on WPVI since November.

[@AntennaMan]

Understand that you need a special low VHF capable antenna to receive WPVI. See video below: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKDXp3ybrJqnp9E

[@johncoy5912]

Not all sports are on local TV . I agree antennas do a good job but some games are not on Antennas .

[@AntennaMan]

While some sporting events air only on paid TV services, most NFL and college football games still air on local broadcast TV channels. What would be great is if there's a huge shift back to broadcast TV, sports leagues may begin to move more games back to free OTA TV. One such example is the Chicago Sports Network launching on several broadcast affiliates to reach more people

[@pwog]

Detroit market,only lions on fox or CBS, tigers,wings and pistons,are not on antenna

[@AntennaMan]

You need a low VHF capable antenna. See video below: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKDXp3ybrJqnp9E

[@josephdurnal]

I usually watch on an antenna, but one of the NFL playoff games last weekend was only on streaming. Picture quality was terrible, its 2025! Also, my sister told me I had to wait 10 seconds before texting her accounts of the game when I watch OTA ;)

[@craigneiger6566]

Antenna is the only way to travel. Wish I could use it for the Internet and phone. Have a great day and go Buckeye's.

[@AntennaMan]

Do you think your team will beat Penn State for the 9th year in a row next year? We're approaching the 10 year anniversary of the one time we got lucky. Franklin can't win big games.

[@craigneiger6566]

@@AntennaMan With a lot of players headed for the draft on all teams makes it hard tell who will win next year. Penn State still always great football 🏈

[@xHyperElectric]

But is there anyway to watch ESPN?

[@AntennaMan]

Not with an antenna. The best thing to do for ESPN is to supplement local channels with an antenna and sign up for a cheaper streaming service that carries it (like Sling TV) during the months certain games air on the channel. You can then cancel Sling during the months games air on broadcast TV.

[@Excessive29654]

Watching sports on an antenna is becoming harder. More and more games are being broadcasted on streaming services only or paid channels like espn. As a big sports fan, this is becoming increasingly frustrating every year as amazon and even netflix are getting into sports.

[@AntennaMan]

While there are some sporting events that air exclusively on paid TV channels, most NFL and college football games still air on local broadcast TV channels. What would be great is if there's a huge shift back to antennas, sports leagues may begin to move more games back to free OTA TV. One such example is the Chicago Sports Network launching on several broadcast affiliates to reach more people.

[@CharlesKnox-j5m]

Unrelated, to topic, but just found out from another KZbinr that METV Toons will be airing the original TMNT.

[@AntennaMan]

No way! That's awesome! Me-TV Toons is such a cool network. Hopefully it's available in your area.

[@OswaldBatesIIIEsq]

My three reasons to watch live sports with an antenna: 1. It's free. 2. See reason one. 3. See reasons one and two.

[@ZmanKC]

and MLS and NWSL, and MLR.

[@jonathanzappala]

I forget a lot of the time OTA is like 30 seconds ahead of streaming and cable. I can be the one ruining the moment haha.

[@martz1191]

I prefer the same broadcast on OTA instead of streaming. Now if NBC Sports Philadelphia would go away and an antenna channel would replace it, I would be very happy.

[@AntennaMan]

That might actually happen someday if there's a big enough shift back to antennas. The Chicago Sports Network and another RSN somewhere moved to a free OTA channel.

[@davidcarlen8363]

Antenna TV is iffy as I live 70miles from the closest tower and I won't pay for sat

[@DJboutit2]

The only down side in like 80% of live sports are only on cable

[@GaryLive-f1d]

I watch sports on a antenna. 😁

[@Connie_TinuityError]

Not in my country though, over here the picture quality with an antenna is absolutely garbage with more than half of all channels OTA being in 544x576 resolution, with only like 5 available in HD. You get significantly better picture quality via satellite and cable. Yeah, this is a very US-centric video, and *painfully* so.

[@AntennaMan]

What country do you live in? My channel is US-centric but I really appreciate you watching it anyway.

[@nikosaek781]

also radio has the least amont of latency on sport braucast.

[@AntennaMan]

Good point!

[@ethansaunders995]

So many free sports VIA OTA that I can't even watch them all.

[@AntennaMan]

Exactly! Tune into a major network on any Saturday or Sunday.

[@kensmith5694]

Toad all nun sense calm meant four boo sting and know other purr pose.

[@emperorkalel]

Hey that's my indoor antenna lol

[@GreyRockOne]

I don't watch sports so I'll just breeze through and wait for the next installment