I've posted several times about my great, then poor, then non-existent OTA reception in my location. It was perfect when I set up my current system (and joined this forum) 12 years ago, but gradually I lost network after network (suspected the large RAM facility built on HAFB, right between my antenna and the transmitters on the top of the Oquirrh Mountains, about 45 miles away). I ended up getting Dish Network, paying a monthly fee to watch network TV with commercials. BotchLuck™
Then, about a month ago, I wasn't getting Dish. Got a "Not authorized" message, and a phone number. The recording said I owed $260 and my service had been disconnected, got an option to pay with a CC but no way to talk to a hooman. (shades of Sirius XM!) Drove to their local office but that section of town had been re-arranged, couldn't even find them. Right now I'm waiting for them to either call/write me; I had them on Auto-pay and the printed records from my Credit Union to prove it. In the meantime, I've switched my TV's input back to the roof antenna, with odd mixed results. I can mostly get CBS, ABC, NBC, and PBS now, but all exhibit some digital hash, depending on the day (right now I'm watching college football on ABC virtually hash-free, first time that's happened this month).
TL;DR / My question is: Any channel I watch has digital hash (pixel switching/audio buzzes/tones) to varying degrees, depending on the day. By continuing to watch these degraded sources, am I harming my amp, speakers, or TV?
I still can't believe there isn't a way to watch the major networks (you sorta can for PBS) over the 'net, with commercials.
Then, about a month ago, I wasn't getting Dish. Got a "Not authorized" message, and a phone number. The recording said I owed $260 and my service had been disconnected, got an option to pay with a CC but no way to talk to a hooman. (shades of Sirius XM!) Drove to their local office but that section of town had been re-arranged, couldn't even find them. Right now I'm waiting for them to either call/write me; I had them on Auto-pay and the printed records from my Credit Union to prove it. In the meantime, I've switched my TV's input back to the roof antenna, with odd mixed results. I can mostly get CBS, ABC, NBC, and PBS now, but all exhibit some digital hash, depending on the day (right now I'm watching college football on ABC virtually hash-free, first time that's happened this month).
TL;DR / My question is: Any channel I watch has digital hash (pixel switching/audio buzzes/tones) to varying degrees, depending on the day. By continuing to watch these degraded sources, am I harming my amp, speakers, or TV?
I still can't believe there isn't a way to watch the major networks (you sorta can for PBS) over the 'net, with commercials.