Over-the-Air (OTA) Television in Plex
Over-the-air television with an antenna may seem old fashioned, but it’s still a thing, it’s still free, and there’s a surprising amount of tech available with it. I recently set up an OTA antenna to feed into Plex, so I can watch local channels at home or anywhere, and I can DVR shows to watch later. It’s awesome. We had TVs with antennas back when I was a kid, but cable television was already more popular. Antennas were for the camper we kept down at Lake Murray, or the rooms that didn’t get as much use at home. Cable TV was the preferred source of entertainment, but cable providers like Charter only allowed so many boxes per subscription. Antennas gave you something to watch, but it was the inferior option. When we sold our house and moved into a camper for a while, OTA TV wasn’t even on my radar. This was in 2022, so cable TV was already on the way out and streaming services were the way most people consumed visual media. Problem is, we didn’t have great internet in the camper. We ...