Antenna TV: All Through the House

Cutting the cord isn’t just for the living room.

I was in high school before my parents grudgingly bought a color TV. Back then a television was a piece of furniture, and any family who owned more than one… well that was pretty high class. Today it’s hard to imagine a modern home with less than three TV sets!

Gather 'round the TV!

All those screens in the modern home can be a challenge for cordcutters. Free digital TV broadcasts and the plethora of streaming services make it easier than ever to ditch expensive cable bills. But to get a stable signal of free over-the-air TV often requires mounting an antenna on your roof or in the attic.

Next problem: How to share that signal amongst a number of televisions throughout the house? That typically requires a splitter and/or amplifier to maintain a usable signal. Unfortunately that’s a finicky solution depending on the number of TVs and length of coax cable you’re dealing with. Seems like there ought to be a wireless solution?

There is.

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Pennytech: Simple Lightbox

Snapping product photos for eBay or Facebook Marketplace just got a whole lot easier! Using this simple lightbox you can shoot on a blank “infinite” background to emphasize the item, instead of your surroundings.

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Save on F1 TV

UPDATE— April 2022 It appears the discount program has been silently discontinued. You can still enjoy Formula One coverage as detailed below, but at this time we have not found any discounts on the $80 annual rate.

F1 isn’t the most popular sport in the U.S. The dedicated fans who do watch Formula One typically find it on ESPN. Since 2018 they have relayed the Sky TV Sports coverage from the UK to American audiences.

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Lookout

Never look up from your phone again!

That’s the pitch for a very convincing product called Lookout. It’s a spoof, but I’m guessing a whole lotta people don’t realize it. Maybe we could set up a Kickstarter— and donate the proceeds to a distracted driving campaign?

In a new parody ad, designer Alex Cornell makes fun of our ever-increasing smartphone dependency, using the language of tech advertising so precisely that some viewers might not even realize it’s a parody.

Watch the sadly spot-on ad for Lookout below:

Source: This tech ad parody is so spot-on, we almost refuse to believe it’s not real