Cutting the Cable
A while ago I wrote about my quandary about what to do with regards to television, keeping cable or over-the-air or no TV at all. A couple of weeks ago I started the “implementation” process of my chosen solution, and I have to say that freely available, over-the-air TV is nice!
A year or so ago we replaced our old, tube TV with an HD LCD TV. While we’ve had the ability to display HD content, we’ve been rocking the standard definition (SD) cable signal. I’ve been craving an HD signal ever since we got the TV, but I had just couldn’t justify the added expense that cable and satellite providers charge for an HD signal.
Well, now I have an antenna on my roof pulling down the over-the-air signal, and we have 5 HD channels, plus some SD channels. There are two national channels that we’re not currently getting, so I have some tuning yet to do, but all I can say is “Wow!”
I watched some of the Wimbledon Men’s Final in HD, and was just awestruck by the clairity of the picture. The color of the tennis balls just jumped off of the screen. Yesterday I had the pleasure of watching my first baseball game in HD. Granted it was the Phillies/D-Backs, but it was glorious.
This week, Tuesday night, is the MLB All Star Game. Guess where I’ll be?
