Okay, let’s see how old school you are! Kidding … well, sort of. When you watch a movie or a TV show in your RV, how do you most often do it?
Do you have a collection of DVDs that you bring with you on your travels? Or do you have a TV antenna on your RV to pick up whatever you can? Or do you stream your TV shows and movies on platforms such as Netflix? Maybe you don’t or hardly ever watch anything at all!
Tell us in the poll below, and please be patient if it takes a moment to load. Thank you!
We use direct tv on dish but OTA when can’t get Satellite.
A couple of nights ago we enjoyed a few reruns on OTA. That’s the most TV we’ve watched since we left home in August.
Today we downloaded a few favorites from PlayOn Cloud in case we want to watch them in the next week or so on our way home.
I’m double old school with one exception. I played a DVD of the movie “RV” on a trip six years ago.
Not enough choices. We have an HD sat dish on the roof with two receivers and use an antenna for local channels.
But you didn’t ask how often or why???
We only watch when the weather is not allowing us out during daylight hours.
At night, we usually listen to our books on tape.
If we watch in the evening, it’s when we finished a book and take a break to watch on our DVD/VHS YEPPERS.
Lastly, we will do it if one of us or both are not feeling well.
I didn’t vote because you didn’t mention our option of using our portable satellite dish and picking shows or sports when we can or want…..
We actually do several things, we always carry DVDs, use our antenna when we have to, hook up to the campground’s cable when they have it or use our Firestick to stream, and when “nothing good is on”, we read!!
Both stream (Starlink) and dvd, blu ray. Or just read.
Satellite Dish.
Yep!
We split satellite and streaming about 50/50.
Google Earth and Bing maps come in handy for booking sites for southern sky exposure when satellite will be the order of the day/week/month. My best guess is satellite is still 50% of the RVer choice. Dropping every year though…..
FT – DirecTv and bat-wing for locals. DVD player.
I use the antenna to pick up local news stations for the weather reports, although I also have weather apps on my cell. My wife downloads free movies from our home Xfinity cable and watches them on her laptop when we are on the road.
Rarely watch anything at home or in the rig. Use the antenna to get local TV for the news. Guess I’d rather live life than watch someone else’s life.
Ya need one more option. How about never or almost never watch TV!
Snoopy
You left out satellite. I think you will find that it is the most popular.
We do a mix of OTA and streaming. Mostly watch at night. We like to catch shows on the local PBS channels, when available.
I could not answer. How did you not have satellite as a answer.
Not sure why you left out satellite as when I walk around any rv park, the majority of RV’s have a satellite dish on top. Seems to me it is overwhelming the favorite method of watching TV. We have DISH with the receiver having two recording receivers; therefore, we record all our favorite movies (and other programs) so that we can watch them at our leisure without having to be subjected to all the obnoxious commercials.
All of the above?
We have a DVD player. We have our own (vs park’s) Wi-Fi and can stream live TV (and on-demand). And we will use our antenna within range to watch local stations (mostly news & weather). All that said, the TV is usually only on at night when we aren’t involved in other activities. Many of our fellow RVers regather seasonally and we have a fairly active social group.
Today’s Poll left out an option. I watch TV while hooked up to the cable provided at the campground. If no cable I go with whatever I can get with the antenna.
A few years ago I was staying at a campground just outside the gate to the Grand Tetons. I had to stay there almost a week, waiting for a site to open up at another campground outside Yellowstone. No cable and the antenna did not pick up one station. It was a relaxing week.
Cable should be one of the choices as should satellite (Direct TV & Dish). Today a growing number os Rv’ers are using Starlink to stream programing. I saw many Starlink dishes this last summer up in OR & WA.