Steve Mensing, Editor
♦Over the past three years, a growing number of TV watchers have greatly reduced their monthly television bills and ended their relationships with cable and satellite TV. These “cord cutters” have ventured over to receiving their television from IPTV devices such as ROKU, Apple TV, smart TV’s, Blue Ray players, and gaming consoles like X Box and WII. ”Cord cutters” also employ indoor digital antennas, sometimes amplified, to receive dozens of free broadcast channels like ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, and PBS. Here in Rowan County, digital indoor antennas can receive somewhere in the vicinity of sixty channels. To get a rough idea of some of the many Free Broadcast channels available in your area go to: http://www.titantv.com/
If you want to DVR your free broadcast channels — you can. Use an antenna DVR device called Simple TV: https://www.simple.tv/
Digital indoor antennas are cheap and can run anywhere from $10 to $60 and can be acquired at Target, Wal-Mart, Amazon, and Best Buy. They are common “rabbit ear antennas” or “flat antennas”. All deliver state-of-the-art 1080P HD in pristine clarity. 1080P HD, the height of industry TV performance, cannot be topped for picture sharpness.
If you want to step up on your TV entertainment, investigate the current kings of the IPTV: ROKU and Apple TV. These small boxes, running around $99 each, stream an immense amount of TV and movie entertainment, much of it free. Both ROKU and Apple TV offer Netflix, Hulu Plus, Youtube, Amazon, and countless excellent Free TV channels containing more streaming flicks, news, and sports, than you can imagine. Both ROKU and Apple TV will save you enormously on your bills.
For an idea of the available ROKU Channels go here: http://www.roku.com/roku-channel-store.
For Apple TV’s fare: http://www.apple.com/appletv/what-is/
