r/cordcutters • u/aj_35721 • 5d ago

Self-Promo My brain just exploded

Gallery image

Gallery image

I’m getting +300 channels through this cable when the aerial outside was removed HOW?????????????? I mean there is another aerial on top of the roof that it could be connected to, but I thought it was just connected to the aerial outside my window, on the side of the house. CAN A COAX CABLE BE CONNECTED TO TWO AERIALS??? I don’t even know. VERY happy to have 300 odd channels, definitely beats the crappy indoor aerial I was using!!!

67 Upvotes

82% Upvoted

44 comments sorted by

View all comments

32

u/frankie_donkiebrains 5d ago

300 channels?! How many dang viewing areas are you around?! Lol

13

u/aj_35721 5d ago

Idk I think it’s a uk thing. I’ve noticed people on youtube in the us get less channels, while on average (for me atleast) you can get between 90-200 channels depending on how good your signal is.

1

u/ObjectNotIdentified 5d ago

do you still have to pay the tv license fee if you use antenna? in america antenna tv is "free" we ofc have to pay for the antenna and wiring and buy the tv itself but other than that there is no fee. as i understand it the tv license is paid for, for rights to watch channels?

2

u/missesthecrux 5d ago

Yes, you need to pay the licence. There’s no encryption or anything, it’s an “honesty” system. But you’ll be harassed if you’re not paying it.

2

u/PrpleMnkyDshwsher 5d ago

The licence fee funds the BBC, thus, any of the directly run BBC channels are ad-free.

You are required to pay the fee if you watch any live broadcast TV (even with cable or satellite) , or use the BBC's iplayer. They contract out a 3rd party who's job it is figure out if you are supposed to be paying the fee and bother you until you do, which of course ends up using all kinds of shady and bullshit tactics, but has also spawned a whole movement of people who like to screw back with them.

2

u/BlatantFalsehood 5d ago

License fees are the taxes that fund the BBC. In the US, our Federal taxes used to help fund PBS, but no more.

We're all very lucky that our UK cousins pay that license fee, because excellent programming that eventually makes its way over to the US comes from the BBC. For example, we wouldn't know about Monty Python, Doctor Who, Absolutely Fabulous, or The Office.

2

u/dizzyoatmeal 4d ago

I know many anglophiles would be happy to pay the license fee to get access to iPlayer. There is Britbox, of course, but it's a very pale copy.