I'm dumping Direct TV. My box in the living room went on the blink 3 months ago and won't even turn on. My bedroom box still works. I've been meaning to call Direct TV but I've procrastinated. During the last 3 months, I've been watching Netflix and YouTube in the living room (as well as paying $122 per month). I also discovered that there are many live streaming channels on YouTube that enables me to watch the news that is virtually identical as what I was getting on Direct TV (i.e., Fox, CNN, MSNBC, etc). Since I'm a news junkie, that is what I primarily watch on TV; that and movies.
So, I bought an HDTV Antenna (DB8e - photos below). The directions have you mount on the roof (can use existing Direct TV mast and coax), and then has you aim towards brocasting stations using an app on your phone. The directions state to avoid tall trees (which I have many).
What really throws me thru a loop, the directions state that this can be mounted in an attic. How does that work, especially when they say to avoid tall trees?? You'd think that the attic would obstruct more than trees.
