I remember when I was young I could just turn on the TV, pick any channel, and I would watch a properly timed ball drop in New York.

Now? It took ages to find a new years countdown on youtube. Couldn’t find a decent option and eventually I settled on a tower in Texas that was in the central time zone.

Is there a good ball drop replacement for people who don’t own a TV and live purely online? It doesn’t need to be fancy, just count down without me having to synchronize watches -_-

  • MagicShel@lemmy.zipEnglish
    11·
    1 年前

    I think I saw one on Disney plus of all places. I saw it at 9 PM (I was tuning in for Skeleton Crew) and unless I read it wrong it had already been running for three hours. WTF? But I’m fifty. I have seen enough balls drop in my lifetime. I watched my Star Wars and was in bed by ten.

    • TurtlePower@lemm.eeEnglish
      5·
      1 年前

      Oooh, same here, but after we watched Skeleton Crew we waited till midnight, turned on the ball drop, kissed, hit the bowl, and went to bed.

      Best party ever.

  • Boomkop3@reddthat.comEnglish
    9·
    1 年前

    I don’t have a cable connection or subscription, but that stuff is still broadcasted. Although personality I don’t bother, screw the telly while socializing.

    I just climb out on my roof and watch the fireworks

  • Vanth@reddthat.comEnglish
    7·
    1 年前

    I don’t even have TV and was still inundated with the NYC ball drop. It’s still named after Dick Clark, for goodness sake. How did you not find it and settle for a Texas copycat? What fascinating little silos we find ourselves in online.

    • dukeofdummies@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      6·
      1 年前

      Oh I found it, but it also was on eastern time. I’m in the central time zone. So without a syncronize step it was an hour ahead.

      I was just looking for something to put in the background while my wife and I chilled. I just like to have that 10 second countdown ya know?

  • Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    7·
    1 年前

    We went outside. The neighborhood was lighting up fireworks, partying and having a good time. You could hear people shouting the countdown and then firing their best light show. Good times!

  • TurtlePower@lemm.eeEnglish
    71·
    1 年前

    You know, it’s funny how such things were available over-the-air, for free, to everyone that had a TV and an antenna, and we were much more “together” as a country.

    Now you have to be able to afford it or end up going through a huge pain in the ass to watch it “illegally”—and we are more divided than ever.

    • KittenBiscuits@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      1 年前

      OTA is still available with a reasonably cheap walmart antenna. I got one because I wanted access to the local channels without forking out for a major streaming service that includes them. Happy with my Google and $25 Philo channels and my antenna.

      Ymmv in rural areas. I’m very familiar with being on the far side of a mountain from the broadcast antenna and not being able to pick up but 1-2 channels. But fortunately I live in flat land now where I’m not limited by geological obstructions.