{"id":493,"date":"2023-03-09T16:01:56","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T16:01:56","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2023-10-23T03:10:05","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T03:10:05","slug":"over-the-air-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brothers-in-tech.com\/?p=493","title":{"rendered":"Over The Air TV"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3522\"><a class=\"wp-embedded-audio\" href=\"https:\/\/chrt.fm\/track\/7FB487\/rss.art19.com\/episodes\/4d30b770-1555-4736-8cd7-442eeb946276.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIgxCbHVicnJ5BjoGRVQ%3D--a8950c811add1124beefcda61e27f2a7f7825eba\">https:\/\/chrt.fm\/track\/7FB487\/rss.art19.com\/episodes\/4d30b770-1555-4736-8cd7-442eeb946276.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIgxCbHVicnJ5BjoGRVQ%3D--a8950c811add1124beefcda61e27f2a7f7825eba<\/a><\/div><p>Before you say anything\u2026yes, we know that we are always singing the praises of YouTube TV as the best way to enjoy live TV content. But, as the prices of streaming TV services continue to grow, it may be time to look for other, less expensive alternatives. Well, if local TV is one of the key reasons that you are paying for cable or streaming TV\u2026you may want to consider taking advantage of the free over the air (OTA) TV signals that may be available in your area. But, this isn\u2019t your parents\u2019 (or grandparents\u2019) OTA TV\u2026can you say 4k?!?! Listen or watch as the Brothers (well\u2026Brian) discuss OTA options, and what you need to take advantage of it. Oh, and of course Alan contributes to the episode by complaining about some of his own technology drama.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Products\/Services Mentioned\/Discussed:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.watchnextgentv.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">NextGen TV<\/a>: The new OTA TV signal that provides 4k content (and more features)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/getchannels.com\/dvr-server\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Channels DVR<\/a>: Service to record and stream OTA content from your local server.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.plex.tv\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Plex<\/a>: All in one content storage and delivery service.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.silicondust.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">HD Homerun<\/a>: Digital tuner and storage box for recording OTA content.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.synology.com\/en-us\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Synology<\/a>: Storage\/backup system (home server)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tv.youtube.com\/welcome\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube TV<\/a>: Still our choice for a streaming TV service<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Your Hosts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Alan Jackson<\/strong>&nbsp;(the older Brother) is a producer of online content with<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejacksoncreative.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Jackson Creative<\/a>&nbsp;and survey researcher with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jacksoninsight.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Jackson Insight<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brian Jackson<\/strong>&nbsp;(the younger Brother) is an Associate Professor of Kinesiology at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pacificu.edu\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Pacific University<\/a>&nbsp;and Product Director\/Consultant at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/senaptec.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Senaptec, Inc.<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Have any feedback for the Brothers regarding this topic (or future topics)? Visit&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brothers-in-tech.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.Brothers-In-Tech.com<\/a>&nbsp;or email&nbsp;info@themesh.tv.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>See Privacy Policy at <a href=\"https:\/\/art19.com\/privacy\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/art19.com\/privacy<\/a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href=\"https:\/\/art19.com\/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/art19.com\/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before you say anything\u2026yes, we know that we are always singing the praises of YouTube TV as the best way to enjoy live TV content. But, as the prices of streaming TV services continue to grow, it may be time to look for other, less expensive alternatives. Well, if local TV is one of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcast","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brothers-in-tech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brothers-in-tech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brothers-in-tech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brothers-in-tech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brothers-in-tech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=493"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brothers-in-tech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":666,"href":"https:\/\/brothers-in-tech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493\/revisions\/666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brothers-in-tech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brothers-in-tech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brothers-in-tech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}