In December I wandered onto Ebay and for about 40 quid I bought myself a television from 1979. Why not? I'm sure I'll figure out a use for it. Well I did.
I have an unused computer in my office. So obviously I downloaded a few hundred gigabytes of television, appropriately from 1979-1981, from the Marion Stokes collection.
I hooked it up to an HDMI to RF transmitter, so I'm actually pushing out an old-school analog signal. The TV has a legitimate dial. Like a radio. So slide it around til I get a good connection like my forefathers intended. Play the television (~15hrs) on repeat on VLC on my computer, and *voila*! We are in business.
Any time I like I can leave the TV on and it's playing the shows and news from the era it was made. The sound doesn't work quite right, but I'll take it for nostalgia.