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Watch TV from the 90s and earlier

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653 points thunderbong | 1 comments | 28 Jul 23 12:46 UTC | HN request time: 0.214s | source
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AlbertCory ◴[28 Jul 23 15:08 UTC] No.36907892[source]▶
You can also get a digital TV antenna (< $100) since most of them are still being broadcast, somewhere. This gives you the FULL experience of having to know when the shows are "on." /s

Of course if you live in an apartment that may not work.

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op00to ◴[28 Jul 23 15:12 UTC] No.36907989[source]▶
You do not need to spend $100. You do not need to spend $1 if you have some scrap laying around. TV antennas are super easy to build!

http://users.wfu.edu/matthews/misc/dipole.html https://www.w9dup.org/technet_files/folded_dipoles_vhf_uhf_y...

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kamranjon ◴[28 Jul 23 15:17 UTC] No.36908086[source]▶
Will this still work now that VHF and UHF are no more?
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1. pessimizer ◴[28 Jul 23 15:53 UTC] No.36908720[source]▶
VHF and UHF are still almost as they were. It was the format that changed, not the frequency.

UHF only goes up to channel 52 now, though. Before 2009 it went up to channel 70, and before 1983 UHF went all the way up to 83.