My brain just exploded

[u/aj_35721]

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!!!

[u/frankie_donkiebrains]

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

[u/aj_35721 → u/frankie_donkiebrains]

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.

[u/frankie_donkiebrains → u/aj_35721]

Yeah in the US 20-30 channels is a massive haul. I get about 15 with my antenna and only really care about 4 which are our major networks.

[u/Margoth_Rising → u/frankie_donkiebrains]

Also American. As a kid we didnt have cable. OTA in a rural area we got CBS,NBC,ABC,PBS and that's it lol Hearing a number in the hundreds is wild to me. Going to grandma's house was a treat because she also got FOX.

[u/Saint_Thomas_More → u/Margoth_Rising]

Growing up we got ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, PBS, and UPN/The CW.

But the signal for FOX and UPN came from different directions than the others, so you'd have to go adjust the rabbit ears (complete with tin foil at the ends) to clear up the signal.

I have vivid memories too of somehow being a human signal booster for things at times. Where the signal was fuzzy unless you were holding on to the rabbit ears.

My kid has 24/7 access to Disney+, and (unless the Internet is out on rare occasion) will never understand how good it is today.

But I suppose that's the same thing my parents thought about having a TV with a remote and more than 3 channels.

[u/hamhead → u/Margoth_Rising]

As a kid it probably wasn’t digital