It seems as if all the good ideas (and some incredibly bad fashion ideas) go round and round. They recycle themselves as time progresses. What was old is new again, is the common cliché. Lately, it seems that the 80’s are making a comeback. Clothing is more noticeable in the bright neon colors reminiscent of Punky Brewster. Big hair is back in the form of the “poof.” Even 80’s television shows are being resuscitated and reimagined on the silver screen and living room screens.
Another symbol of the 80’s, as well as the decades before, is the rooftop antenna. For a while the rooftop antenna became critically endangered, as close to extinction as a rare jungle species. The MTV generation fell in love with alternative programming that, at the time, only cable companies could provide. It seemed that more and more antennas were silenced as more and more cable was laid for the generation that just needed its’ innovative technology and their MTV. Oddly enough, it is this same generation that is embracing the idea of the rooftop antenna now. Unstable economic conditions, the mounting costs of cable and satellite programming, and an increase of smart, trendy local programming are beckoning the MTV generation to forgo the standard cable luxury. Instead, this generation of Akron consumers values a new luxury. This luxury focuses on spending money wisely in order for families to spend more time together and less time apart working to pay a cable bill that they are never home to watch. Akron residents who install a rooftop antenna have realized that with the HDTV signal they receive from their antenna, they are acquiring a superior picture to what they received on the same TV with their cable company. The fresh design of up-dated rooftop and indoor antennas are stylish and nowhere near as much of an eyesore as the original rooftop antenna. Oh, and the programming? It is still free! So, maybe the 80’s weren’t all that bad. Yes, the clothing was hideous and the hair was outlandish, but the comeback of the rooftop antenna is technology worth a second shot. Forget MTV, who wants their free TV?
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