View Full Version : how to get local tv cheaply
Otsego_Amigo
2008-01-21, 20:34
i have a tv but no antenna, where can i get a cheap antenna, can i make one?
kelsokid18
2008-01-22, 01:31
You can get a pair of rabbit ears for next to nothing, but if you can't afford nothing, you can always just "ghetto engineer" an antenna out of wire hangars and tin foil
Spam Man Sam
2008-01-24, 04:59
Even with a nigger rigged Aluminum foil/coat hanger antenna you should be able to receive something.
Otsego_Amigo
2008-01-24, 22:44
k thanks. will update with news about my white trash antenna.
Otsego_Amigo
2008-01-27, 00:36
sweet, it worked!
kelsokid18
2008-01-27, 23:19
Did you ever doubt us?
fuckface
2008-01-30, 23:23
sweet, it worked!
How many chanels can you get with that shit.
Otsego_Amigo
2008-01-31, 02:44
well, two. or more like one and a half. better than nothing
fuckface
2008-01-31, 06:13
yeah for real better than nothin.
theres an old tv rooftop antenna in the woods next to my house. check your local dump or scrapyards. they should have plenty.
Flannery
2008-02-11, 00:38
local tv sucks ass
Otsego_Amigo
2008-02-11, 01:09
yea i've learned that lol. good for the news and thats about it. i hate those bullshit csi shows.
Crash2108
2008-02-17, 08:13
Fuck the fear mongering news, late night shows are where it's at with no cable. Or torrents if you have internet.
--Cr@sh
spindl3--chopper
2008-02-24, 22:47
You can get a pair of rabbit ears for next to nothing, but if you can't afford nothing, you can always just "ghetto engineer" an antenna out of wire hangars and tin foil
I believe the term is "Afro Engineer "
ComradeAsh
2008-02-27, 01:12
I believe the term is "Afro Engineer "
Nigger Rigged :mad:
spindl3--chopper
2008-02-27, 10:41
Nigger Rigged :mad:
i was being PC but fuck it
nigger rig that shit
what kind of internet do you have?
cable?
just get a wiresplitter and run a cable to your tv.
free basic cable.
Otsego_Amigo
2008-03-01, 01:10
nah i have satellite. although that is a cool idea.
evileye250
2008-03-12, 22:55
i get 8 channels with my rabbit ears, but one of them is just christian shit all the time :(
btw, maybe this was discussed but as of february 2009, i believe you will need to come up with about $50 or so for a digital converter box, or you will not get your channel. all tv must be digital by february. you will be able to get a $40 coupon for a digital converter box but there are rules for it.
Spam Man Sam
2008-03-12, 23:32
I believe the term is "Afro Engineer "
Yes, I used the proper term of nigger rigging in the third post in this thread.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=nigger+rig
StarWarsNerd
2008-03-13, 04:55
i have a tv but no antenna, where can i get a cheap antenna, can i make one?
why would you waste your time with snowy local cable when you're on the dam internet. torrent/warez/streaming
why would you waste your time with snowy local cable when you're on the dam internet. torrent/warez/streaming
It took you two and a half months to insult him?
Impressive. Delayed reaction, or just stupid?
Otsego_Amigo
2008-03-13, 22:50
well i have satellite internet, which limits me to 300 megs a day. using torrents/streaming (combined with the other users in my home) would put me dangerously close. plus i want to watch the local 10 o clock news the old fashioned way.
well i have satellite internet, which limits me to 300 megs a day. using torrents/streaming (combined with the other users in my home) would put me dangerously close. plus i want to watch the local 10 o clock news the old fashioned way.
Walter Cronkite isn't still on the air where you live, is he?
http://tinyurl.com/37jkka My nigger rigged antenna. I can get 7 channels with it, including a completely useless Christian propaganda station.
3xplosive obs3sed
2008-03-19, 21:57
If you really dont wanna pay shit, they tend to have these a lot at The Good Will, and Salvation Army type of places. Low security there too, cus I mean they dont really expect people to steal from these places, steal one from there.
ArmsMerchant
2008-03-21, 19:04
Fuck the fear mongering news, late night shows are where it's at with no cable. Or torrents if you have internet.
--Cr@sh
Better yet--PBS. Except for those interminable shows where they beg for money.
Crash2108
2008-03-30, 05:29
Oh, yes. PBS kicks ass. It's like the discovery channel.
--Cr@sh
warweed12
2008-04-01, 15:30
check my thread on pirating sat. it pays it self well off in 1 month or 2 depending on the amount of porn / movies watched
KwinnieFuckingBogan
2008-04-07, 13:02
Why do you have to pay for local TV?
ingalls20
2008-04-11, 16:01
Why not just buy/steal an antennae? It's not exactly diamonds were talking about.
Otsego_Amigo
2008-04-12, 06:28
the cheapest one they had at radio shack was like 30 bucks.
Before the Opiate
2008-07-23, 23:27
Many TVs have antennas built into them. Try this, get some coax cable, plug one end into the TV and touch the other end to some kind of metal. This actually works and we used this method for some time and picked up a few channels. If it works for you just tape it to a pop can or hanger and nail it up on the wall
am I the first to say mabye amateur TV?
Crash2108
2008-07-28, 05:05
Take apart the TV and use the case to put on puppet shows.
--Cr@sh
the_goat_master
2008-08-27, 06:36
Even with a nigger rigged Aluminum foil/coat hanger antenna you should be able to receive something.
I always thought nigger rigged was like the greatest phrase.
3xplosive obs3sed
2008-09-05, 20:21
I always thought nigger rigged was like the greatest phrase.
It is. Deff lol
jägermeister
2008-09-22, 02:27
i have nigger rigged coathanger + foil. classy
infidelguy
2008-10-09, 08:05
budddddddddddddddddddddddddddddaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay
Smelly Button Ears
2008-10-27, 01:04
Did you remember to wear your foil hat?
Smelly Button Ears
2008-10-27, 01:05
budddddddddddddddddddddddddddddaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay
encino man!
Damn I love these new digital channels here. a fucking 15cm piece of normal multi strand electrical wire has superb reception with my box 92% signal quality and 60% power.
I have also used a larhe wariety of coathanger/copper wire nigger rigged antennas whem no proper one was available.
I'm atm using a omnidirectional antenna of my own design, 96% quality and 70% power, fuck yeah.