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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: 0.223s | source
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coin ◴[28 Jul 23 15:37 UTC] No.36908469[source]▶
Why the static between changing channels. Analog TVs would change channels instantly.
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boomboomsubban ◴[28 Jul 23 15:54 UTC] No.36908729[source]▶
In my experience, it was fairly common for there to be (as an example) a channel 3 and a channel 5 but no 4, so if you were flipping through the channels on certain TV's you'd see static.
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1. jwells89 ◴[28 Jul 23 15:57 UTC] No.36908784[source]▶
It was also a common experience for those of us who didn't have cable or satellite, with the only channels available being whatever came in over the air.

Even in more densely populated areas there were blank channels you'd flip through, and where I grew up there were only two channels that came in most of the time with another 1-2 that'd briefly become available at certain times of day or during specific weather where atmospheric conditions boosted the signal strength of those stations.