Cheap TV antennas offer free channels as streaming bills climb

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorViewers worn out by streaming bills are buying a small metal device that gets dozens of free channels, and it plugs into the back of the television.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentIt's an antenna, Hank. Rabbit ears. The New York Post reports people pay a one-time fee and get free channels for life.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFor life. No monthly charge. That's the part that frightens me, because everything else I own bills me monthly.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThe Philips rabbit ears run about fifteen dollars, according to KTLA. The Channel Master flat one is about thirty-five.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo the cheap one is the dangerous one.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentOne reviewer at Rich On Tech found the fifteen-dollar one gave more consistent reception than the newer flat one. Progress, apparently.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAnd what's the catch? There's always a catch. A tower. A cable. A man in a van.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThe catch is geography.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentAn antenna man named Tyler Kleinle says check your address at RabbitEars dot info first, and within thirty miles of the towers an indoor one usually works.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo: worried, mildly, about the streaming companies. Otherwise, eat a sandwich and watch football on the rabbit ears.