TV question

[asleep at the keel]

I'll be traveling out of town for a ten week training class starting in early February. During this time I'll be living in my travel trailer. The park I'll be staying in does not have cable so I'm searching for an affordable option so that I can receive more than just the available antennae programming. I'm not crazy about buying a dish and subscribing to satellite. Any ideas?
Thanks 

 

[firedoc]

Steal a feed from your neighbors satellite?
Seriously it would seem you have only 3 choices 1:Cable 2:Satellite 3:antenna
If you dont like the chooices you can get on antenna that only leaves cable and satellite.
No cable? That leaves satellite.
Dont want to buy a dish and subscribe to satellite? Try reading a book.
I suppose if you have a smart phone you might be able to see something there.But I think that would be more limited than an antenna.
Good luck.  Maybe someone else has a magic answer?

 

[SargeW]

Netflix and a computer (or tablet)?

 

[Jim Godward]

Netflix and a computer (or tablet)?

Needs good high speed internet.  Most parks do not have very good wireless internet.
Same problem  with Roxio.

 

[JiminDenver]

Maybe watch the news on attenna and rent some DVDs.

 

[SargeW]

Needs good high speed internet.  Most parks do not have very good wireless internet.
Same problem  with Roxio.

I can do it pretty easily with a 3g air card. Some parks wifi is pretty good, but data limits may be a problem.

 

[John From Detroit]

Have you checked out what's OTA where you are going, Some places if you get one you are lucky, I"ve got like 30 feeds, about half PBS here, but in addition to ABC/CBS/NBC/Fox/CW/UPN I've got ME TV, THIS TV, and MY Tv, there is also Antenna TV, networks, these are all "Tier 2" networks that came out about 10 minutes after the world went Digital here in the USA.  Most are shows from decades past, when TV was a whole lot better than today, Some are movies more than anything else.. I mean it keeps our two DVR's quite busy.

 

[JiminDenver]

We dropped the satellite and was shocked when the OTA brought in 53 channels, a lot in 1080 p high def. 

 

[denmarc]

I  am permanently parked with OTA only.  Granted, I have the huge antenna on a rotor.  But I have discovered, and heard from others, that OTA stations are there.  And many of them.  You might have to change your attitude a bit to satisfy what you are used to watching, but depending on where you are parked at the time, a good Winegard may just do you justice.

It might also be a "deal with it" problem if you don't want to shell out the extra bucks for all the extras.

I love back to basics! 

 

[Lowell]

I'm not familiar with the term"OTA".  Is this TV transmission to the old style antenna?

 

[BillB3857]

OTA = Over The Air

 

[JiminDenver]

we only have the basic VHF antenna on our trailer and haven't had any reception where we boondock. Down in Denver we could get the basic local channels  with a pair of rabbit ears but they were weak. Then I happened on a utube of a UHF antenna made from a DVD case and 6 binder clips. Now I get 53 channels not only from Denver but also cities a hour or more away. I can't wait to try it up camping.
the channels include the three major networks, a few local  plus shopping, Spanish, religious, oldies, cooking, DYI, and music. I don't miss the dish as much as I thought.