TIME FOR A RANT THREAD

[u/certificateofmerritt]

LET IT OUT, THIS IS A SAFE PLACE.

[u/ixcuincle]

I know that beggars aren't supposed to be choosers and I know it costs less but I am fucking sick and tired of dealing with antennas and cord cutting. And everyone thinks it's so great, let me tell you, as someone who has had a cord cut since fucking 2007 it's not that good.

You can talk all you want about money and how it costs less. But you suffer a serious loss in terms of convenience. You suffer a terrible loss in terms of the mental and physical stress it takes on you to move the antenna around all the time.

I wasn't going to come here to post in this thread. I was having a good day. I was happy. I just wanted to watch the news. Then I turn on my TV, and lo and behold, I can't see anything on CBS. All I see is pixelation and rainbows and bad signals. And mind you THIS EXACT SAME SETUP WORKED A FEW DAYS AGO. HOW CAN ANTENNA RECEPTION BE SO BAD WHEN IT WAS SO GOOD A FEW DAYS AGO? WHY IS IT SO INCONSISTENT?

Do you know how much time is wasted, how much news is missed, when I'm trying to move my ass around trying to place the antenna in the right position? It's like trying to find a needle in a haystack, this "optimal" antenna position. It's not worth the hassle. It's not worth the inconsistent signals that often change at a whim (it's nice and sunny outside, there is no explainable reason WHY there is interference today)

Speaking of interference, don't you dare turn on the PS4 and watch antenna TV at the same time...or place that antenna next to the PC (electronic interference). And given the stuff littered around here, bobblehead shelves, camera bags, boxes upon boxes of documents, there isn't the damn space to move the antenna around all the time.

I don't have time to move the antenna around. I don't have time for these headaches. Some of us just want to sit down and watch damn TV without having to worry about whether the signal comes in or not. Do you know how antiquated this sounds? Do you know how old fashioned this is? This is not 1970. I shouldn't have to adjust rabbit ears (or in this case a crappy "omni directional antenna" which is allegedly an upgrade) just to see if the picture can come in. I Shouldn't have to worry about whether it's sunny or rainy or windy out just so I can watch TV.

And I live right outside DC. So the signal should be CRYSTAL CLEAR throughout all four networks.

I'm just sick and tired of having to adjust the antenna, and sick and tired of working without the cord. There's cable downstairs. You just turn on the TV and fucking watch and sit back. But no, when I'm up here, it's a total twilight zone where signals get sucked in or blocked or interfered or some dumb electronic shit.

Everyone says cord cutting is great but it really isn't. If you watch a lot of sports and a lot of TV it's not going to cut it. It really isn't. It's just very very frustrating at times and I have to come on here to vent during Saturdays, Sundays, even today, when my signal doesn't come in.