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[culdeus]

If you can isolate the SAT splitters you should be ok to do what you want. At that point you just have Coax.

I would think that if you do have Sat coax you can use it, but they are less concerned about long cable runs and more about not tearing up walls in your house so you might need a booster.

 

[snogger]

If you can isolate the SAT splitters you should be ok to do what you want. At that point you just have Coax.

I would think that if you do have Sat coax you can use it, but they are less concerned about long cable runs and more about not tearing up walls in your house so you might need a booster.

That is what I was thinking.. The Coax cable was run throughout the house before the builders knew if we'd go with OTA or Satellite..

So, in theory, should be able to disconnect the Coax Cable from the DirectTV Dish on the roof and connect the OTA antenna to the Coax cable that runs into the basement.

The only thing I question is signal quality since we are 30+ miles from the nearest stations so may need a "booster" to get the 4 T.V. 's a good to great reception.

 

[culdeus]

i'm 45 miles and don't use a booster. It all depends on how high you can get the OTA antenna and how well you aim it to the tower. I use my phone with the compass app and get it down to the .5 degree while my kids scream through the window.

 

[kneeshooter]

If you can isolate the SAT splitters you should be ok to do what you want. At that point you just have Coax.

I would think that if you do have Sat coax you can use it, but they are less concerned about long cable runs and more about not tearing up walls in your house so you might need a booster.

That is what I was thinking.. The Coax cable was run throughout the house before the builders knew if we'd go with OTA or Satellite..

So, in theory, should be able to disconnect the Coax Cable from the DirectTV Dish on the roof and connect the OTA antenna to the Coax cable that runs into the basement.

The only thing I question is signal quality since we are 30+ miles from the nearest stations so may need a "booster" to get the 4 T.V. 's a good to great reception.

Read the reviews for the second antenna you linked above, and it seems that's exactly what people successfully did. So it sounds good!

 

[Phil Elliott]

Here is an excellent site for OTA information!

http://www.tvfool.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1

ETA: includes local channel broadcast information for "your address"

 

[snogger]

Here is an excellent site for OTA information!

http://www.tvfool.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1

 

[17seconds]

I want to build an htpc. I've never built a pc from scratch and I am looking for a project. I've done a bunch of reading and looked at parts for hours, even put various bundles together in my cart and haven't been able to proceed to check out. I keep adding more power than it sounds like I need. From reading I get the feeling integrated graphics from Intel and AMD will both do the job. So I guess that's my first question, do I need a graphics card or will decent processors cover htpc. Second, is either company seriously better than the other? Intel or AMD. Each has 1 refurbished up to date motherboard at a deep discount on Amazon, and I can't make up my mind. They'll both probably be gone before I pull the trigger.

It doesn't take much horsepower. Mine is a 5yo Core2 Duo. You don't need a graphics card, those are for games only. Actually the integrated graphics can do quite a few games too. Graphics cards are for hardcore gamers.An Intel i3 works great. If I were building a budget PC I'd get an i3 and mobo combo deal and 4gb RAM. Can be had for less than $200.

As far as power supply it depends on whether you are going to have a lot of hard drives in there, a burner, etc. 400W is usually fine. I think newegg has a power calculator tool.

Also should mention.. If you have a Micro center in you area, get your processor and mobo there. They have insane deals that beat all the online sites.

 

[MyLeftHand]

Here is an excellent site for OTA information!

http://www.tvfool.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1

ETA: includes local channel broadcast information for "your address"

Looks like i can get away with set top antennas on all but the tv in the basement

Add the LeftHand household to those who have cut the cable. Dropped our $140/month directv habit in exchange for chromecast, amazon prime, hulu+, and a (soon to be installed) OTA antenna. We already had Prime for the quick shipping, so total ongoing cost is going to be $8/month. That gives us $1584 per year to either buy shows with or just save

Few questions for those who are in the know:

1. How do you get the OTA signals to all of your TVs? Separate antennas for each?
2. The Xbox EPSN app that Spock mentioned above, what exactly is that? Do i need a qualifying cable/dish subscription to make it work?
3. Anybody use PlayOn? I've heard mixed reviews, how is it working for you?

Once the OTA stuff is up I think we'll be good to go except for: TBS, TNT, The Discovery Channel, and HBO (i think i may end becoming one of those borrowed hbogo guys)

FTR, we have a comcast biz class Internet account that my work pays for. Latest Speedtest result is 57.42Mbps down and 11.66Mbps up

To watch live games with the app, you would need a qualifying cable/satellite subscription.

What I like about the app is I can customize nearly any sport down to the team/school I care about. With that set, it will then automatically stream the latest news clips from Sportscenter and any of their shows when I launch the app. Kind of like when you go to the ESPN webpage for the CIncinnati Reds (or whatever team), it automatically streams the latest news clips for the Reds, but in this case it's ALL the sports and teams/schools you set in the app, and it's on your TV.

I turn it on most mornings and get 30 minutes or so of sports news only about sports I care about. Even if I still had ESPN on cable/satellite, I'd prefer the app instead, because watching sportscenter means having to get news on sports and teams you don't care about in order to wait for the ones you do.

If the new Roku app was this customizeable, I would just start using it. But it's not even close to how customizeable the xBox ESPN app is.

As for the antenna, I'd recommend a seperate antenna for each. Unless you are out in the boonies and needs a $100+ antenna strong enough to pick up the weaker signals, it would be just as expensive to split the signal from one as it would be to just buy additional antennas, and splitting the signal weakens it, even with amplifiers. Even Amplifiers can weaken the signal by strengthening it too much. Splitting and/or amplifiying is more an art than it is a science.

Bummer on the subscription gating, guess its OTA and other shady online methods for getting live sports.

 

[Politician Spock]

Here is an excellent site for OTA information!

http://www.tvfool.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1

ETA: includes local channel broadcast information for "your address"

Looks like i can get away with set top antennas on all but the tv in the basement

Add the LeftHand household to those who have cut the cable. Dropped our $140/month directv habit in exchange for chromecast, amazon prime, hulu+, and a (soon to be installed) OTA antenna. We already had Prime for the quick shipping, so total ongoing cost is going to be $8/month. That gives us $1584 per year to either buy shows with or just save

Few questions for those who are in the know:

1. How do you get the OTA signals to all of your TVs? Separate antennas for each?
2. The Xbox EPSN app that Spock mentioned above, what exactly is that? Do i need a qualifying cable/dish subscription to make it work?
3. Anybody use PlayOn? I've heard mixed reviews, how is it working for you?

Once the OTA stuff is up I think we'll be good to go except for: TBS, TNT, The Discovery Channel, and HBO (i think i may end becoming one of those borrowed hbogo guys)

FTR, we have a comcast biz class Internet account that my work pays for. Latest Speedtest result is 57.42Mbps down and 11.66Mbps up

To watch live games with the app, you would need a qualifying cable/satellite subscription.

What I like about the app is I can customize nearly any sport down to the team/school I care about. With that set, it will then automatically stream the latest news clips from Sportscenter and any of their shows when I launch the app. Kind of like when you go to the ESPN webpage for the CIncinnati Reds (or whatever team), it automatically streams the latest news clips for the Reds, but in this case it's ALL the sports and teams/schools you set in the app, and it's on your TV.

I turn it on most mornings and get 30 minutes or so of sports news only about sports I care about. Even if I still had ESPN on cable/satellite, I'd prefer the app instead, because watching sportscenter means having to get news on sports and teams you don't care about in order to wait for the ones you do.

If the new Roku app was this customizeable, I would just start using it. But it's not even close to how customizeable the xBox ESPN app is.

As for the antenna, I'd recommend a seperate antenna for each. Unless you are out in the boonies and needs a $100+ antenna strong enough to pick up the weaker signals, it would be just as expensive to split the signal from one as it would be to just buy additional antennas, and splitting the signal weakens it, even with amplifiers. Even Amplifiers can weaken the signal by strengthening it too much. Splitting and/or amplifiying is more an art than it is a science.

Bummer on the subscription gating, guess its OTA and other shady online methods for getting live sports.

With the money I save, I subscribe to MLB.tv. I am blacked out of live Cincinnati, Cleveland and Pittsburgh games, and being a Reds fan that kind of sucks. But some people get around the blackout using networking tools/tricks. I also have found I like watching Reds games on demand after they've been played. Skipping the commercials saves about an hour of time each game. Only on a rare occasion have I seen the score before I got a chance to watch a game I wanted to see.

I'm not a fan of NBA and NHL, but I hear their streaming services are just as good as MLB.tv.

As for football, there is a lot of NFL and college games on free OTA broadcasts. I typically get 6 to 8 NCAA games on Saturdays, and always got 4 NFL games on Sunday. I've heard CBS wil be airing a fifth OTA game starting this fall on Thursday nights.

I will say I enjoy a trip to BWW more now that I don't pay for all the games myself. Also, having three kids I don't waste money paying for dozens games on cable/satellite on those weekends where we go out and do something as a family. If a I was a hermit, with no life other than watching live sports, then my setup wouldn't be enough. But with my life as it is right now, I have more than enough sports without cable/satellite to be happy. 10-20 years ago sports without cable/satellite was really lacking, but a lot has changed in the OTA space. It's the not the three major channels plus PBS that is used to be when I grew up.

 

[MyLeftHand]

Just discovered POV from PBS has a lot of full episodes on their site. Love these things, that should keep me busy for a while.

We're only 24 hrs in, but i feel...liberated. Like i don't have 2-4 hrs of shows that i "have" to watch after dinner, so i can get a lot of other stuff done that interests me

 

[Tick]

Just discovered POV from PBS has a lot of full episodes on their site. Love these things, that should keep me busy for a while.

We're only 24 hrs in, but i feel...liberated. Like i don't have 2-4 hrs of shows that i "have" to watch after dinner, so i can get a lot of other stuff done that interests me

That was the biggest change for us - we thought we'd have to find a way to watch all our shows, but instead we just quit watching almost everything. Once in awhile we'll binge on a series on Netflix, but there's no TV on our calendar (with some sports exceptions). And we never flip channels and end up watching some overdramatic show on Discovery.

 

[MyLeftHand]

Just discovered POV from PBS has a lot of full episodes on their site. Love these things, that should keep me busy for a while.

We're only 24 hrs in, but i feel...liberated. Like i don't have 2-4 hrs of shows that i "have" to watch after dinner, so i can get a lot of other stuff done that interests me

That was the biggest change for us - we thought we'd have to find a way to watch all our shows, but instead we just quit watching almost everything. Once in awhile we'll binge on a series on Netflix, but there's no TV on our calendar (with some sports exceptions). And we never flip channels and end up watching some overdramatic show on Discovery.

funny that you mention Discovery specifically as that was one of the big concerns here. How would we get our deadliest catch and all the other cookie cutter reality dramas on TDC? The CEO of that company has made it pretty clear that he'll have to be dragged kicking and screaming into the a la carte world of online distribution. In the end, he just made us realize how little we need to watch his shows

 

[Chaos Commish]

I want to build an htpc. I've never built a pc from scratch and I am looking for a project. I've done a bunch of reading and looked at parts for hours, even put various bundles together in my cart and haven't been able to proceed to check out. I keep adding more power than it sounds like I need. From reading I get the feeling integrated graphics from Intel and AMD will both do the job. So I guess that's my first question, do I need a graphics card or will decent processors cover htpc. Second, is either company seriously better than the other? Intel or AMD. Each has 1 refurbished up to date motherboard at a deep discount on Amazon, and I can't make up my mind. They'll both probably be gone before I pull the trigger.

It doesn't take much horsepower. Mine is a 5yo Core2 Duo. You don't need a graphics card, those are for games only. Actually the integrated graphics can do quite a few games too. Graphics cards are for hardcore gamers.An Intel i3 works great. If I were building a budget PC I'd get an i3 and mobo combo deal and 4gb RAM. Can be had for less than $200.

As far as power supply it depends on whether you are going to have a lot of hard drives in there, a burner, etc. 400W is usually fine. I think newegg has a power calculator tool.

Also should mention.. If you have a Micro center in you area, get your processor and mobo there. They have insane deals that beat all the online sites.

Thanks. I'm going to the art festival in Laguna this weekend (ugh), staying at the Surf and Sand (woot), so I'll check out Micro Center in Tustin before I order anything online. I'm probably going with even lower power than an i3, and I'm going to make my own case.

Oddly, since cutting the cable, we watch way way way more tv than we did with the $150 a month service. I attribute it to the joy of commercial free viewing and not being limited to network schedules. Marathon watching series we've never seen has been a lot of fun.

My house came with an old school analog antenna attached to the chimney and a good ten feet above it. There's not much different in the old ones and the new ones. This one has two lines built in so without splitting anything it serves two tvs. I used the satellite company's cable and three tvs get excellent ota pictures. I've read up on this a little and a lot of people don't have the same luck so ymmv.

 

[Andrew74]

I have decided to cut the cord in August when my DTV contract is up. Some Saint on this board mentioned his cable company had a basic cable feed with his cable modem subscription. So I checked mine and it was true. So I have all the broadcast channels (my OTA options are bad where I live) to give me basic football come fall. I have Netflix and will be getting Amazon to stream on PS3.

 

[Zasada]

I have decided to cut the cord in August when my DTV contract is up. Some Saint on this board mentioned his cable company had a basic cable feed with his cable modem subscription. So I checked mine and it was true. So I have all the broadcast channels (my OTA options are bad where I live) to give me basic football come fall. I have Netflix and will be getting Amazon to stream on PS3.

That was the case for me as well. Except a year or two ago Comcast encrypted their basic cable feed and so I no longer get it "for free" with my internet subscription. Bummer.

 

[culdeus]

Here is an excellent site for OTA information!

http://www.tvfool.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1

ETA: includes local channel broadcast information for "your address"

Looks like i can get away with set top antennas on all but the tv in the basement

Add the LeftHand household to those who have cut the cable. Dropped our $140/month directv habit in exchange for chromecast, amazon prime, hulu+, and a (soon to be installed) OTA antenna. We already had Prime for the quick shipping, so total ongoing cost is going to be $8/month. That gives us $1584 per year to either buy shows with or just save

Few questions for those who are in the know:

1. How do you get the OTA signals to all of your TVs? Separate antennas for each?
2. The Xbox EPSN app that Spock mentioned above, what exactly is that? Do i need a qualifying cable/dish subscription to make it work?
3. Anybody use PlayOn? I've heard mixed reviews, how is it working for you?

Once the OTA stuff is up I think we'll be good to go except for: TBS, TNT, The Discovery Channel, and HBO (i think i may end becoming one of those borrowed hbogo guys)

FTR, we have a comcast biz class Internet account that my work pays for. Latest Speedtest result is 57.42Mbps down and 11.66Mbps up

To watch live games with the app, you would need a qualifying cable/satellite subscription.

What I like about the app is I can customize nearly any sport down to the team/school I care about. With that set, it will then automatically stream the latest news clips from Sportscenter and any of their shows when I launch the app. Kind of like when you go to the ESPN webpage for the CIncinnati Reds (or whatever team), it automatically streams the latest news clips for the Reds, but in this case it's ALL the sports and teams/schools you set in the app, and it's on your TV.

I turn it on most mornings and get 30 minutes or so of sports news only about sports I care about. Even if I still had ESPN on cable/satellite, I'd prefer the app instead, because watching sportscenter means having to get news on sports and teams you don't care about in order to wait for the ones you do.

If the new Roku app was this customizeable, I would just start using it. But it's not even close to how customizeable the xBox ESPN app is.

As for the antenna, I'd recommend a seperate antenna for each. Unless you are out in the boonies and needs a $100+ antenna strong enough to pick up the weaker signals, it would be just as expensive to split the signal from one as it would be to just buy additional antennas, and splitting the signal weakens it, even with amplifiers. Even Amplifiers can weaken the signal by strengthening it too much. Splitting and/or amplifiying is more an art than it is a science.

Bummer on the subscription gating, guess its OTA and other shady online methods for getting live sports.

With the money I save, I subscribe to MLB.tv. I am blacked out of live Cincinnati, Cleveland and Pittsburgh games, and being a Reds fan that kind of sucks. But some people get around the blackout using networking tools/tricks. I also have found I like watching Reds games on demand after they've been played. Skipping the commercials saves about an hour of time each game. Only on a rare occasion have I seen the score before I got a chance to watch a game I wanted to see.

I'm not a fan of NBA and NHL, but I hear their streaming services are just as good as MLB.tv.

As for football, there is a lot of NFL and college games on free OTA broadcasts. I typically get 6 to 8 NCAA games on Saturdays, and always got 4 NFL games on Sunday. I've heard CBS wil be airing a fifth OTA game starting this fall on Thursday nights.

I will say I enjoy a trip to BWW more now that I don't pay for all the games myself. Also, having three kids I don't waste money paying for dozens games on cable/satellite on those weekends where we go out and do something as a family. If a I was a hermit, with no life other than watching live sports, then my setup wouldn't be enough. But with my life as it is right now, I have more than enough sports without cable/satellite to be happy. 10-20 years ago sports without cable/satellite was really lacking, but a lot has changed in the OTA space. It's the not the three major channels plus PBS that is used to be when I grew up.

unblock.us will fix your mlb.tv issue. today.

 

[EYLive]

I have decided to cut the cord in August when my DTV contract is up. Some Saint on this board mentioned his cable company had a basic cable feed with his cable modem subscription. So I checked mine and it was true. So I have all the broadcast channels (my OTA options are bad where I live) to give me basic football come fall. I have Netflix and will be getting Amazon to stream on PS3.

That was the case for me as well. Except a year or two ago Comcast encrypted their basic cable feed and so I no longer get it "for free" with my internet subscription. Bummer.

Does anyone know if Time Warner does this for it's cable modem subscribers?

 

[Politician Spock]

I have decided to cut the cord in August when my DTV contract is up. Some Saint on this board mentioned his cable company had a basic cable feed with his cable modem subscription. So I checked mine and it was true. So I have all the broadcast channels (my OTA options are bad where I live) to give me basic football come fall. I have Netflix and will be getting Amazon to stream on PS3.

That was the case for me as well. Except a year or two ago Comcast encrypted their basic cable feed and so I no longer get it "for free" with my internet subscription. Bummer.

Does anyone know if Time Warner does this for it's cable modem subscribers?

I tried. Only got one channel (Nickelodeon). All the other channels were scrambled. I suspect they make one channel work for troubleshooting purposes. For $20 a month they'll give me basic cable, but more than half of the channels in basic I get for free anyway OTA. I can even get CNN for free using the Roku. The only two channels that would be nice to have are TBS and TLC, but they're not worth $20 a month to me.

 

[Tick]

I have decided to cut the cord in August when my DTV contract is up. Some Saint on this board mentioned his cable company had a basic cable feed with his cable modem subscription. So I checked mine and it was true. So I have all the broadcast channels (my OTA options are bad where I live) to give me basic football come fall. I have Netflix and will be getting Amazon to stream on PS3.

That was the case for me as well. Except a year or two ago Comcast encrypted their basic cable feed and so I no longer get it "for free" with my internet subscription. Bummer.

Does anyone know if Time Warner does this for it's cable modem subscribers?

I get two networks though my TW cable modem feed, Spike, TBS, and some crap channels. Unfortunately, I get the wrong networks - I'm football-poor.

 

[BlueDredSo]

Well, we've been "cable-free" for about 3 months now. I'm never going back. Mohu Leafs + Rokus are all I need. We have the 25/50 FiOS right now, which I'm not sure is completely necessary but I'm getting a pretty decent deal on it right now, and it is FAST. I think we did try to plug the FiOS cable directly into the TV to see if any channels would come up, and it didn't work. I might just give that another try. Why not, right?

TLC would be nice to have. My wife LOVES all of those shows, but we do have Netflix so at least she can still watch older episodes she hasn't seen yet. On the plus side I've gotten her interested in Game of Thrones and Orange is the New Black instead of her automatically switching to TLC.

 

[mquinnjr]

Aereo TV is dead for cutters with OTA signal reception challenges. Bummer, I really liked this idea too: http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-supreme-court-aereo-20140613-story.html

 

[culdeus]

Aereo TV is dead for cutters with OTA signal reception challenges. Bummer, I really liked this idea too: http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-supreme-court-aereo-20140613-story.html

This was never going to work.

 

[snogger]

Aereo TV is dead for cutters with OTA signal reception challenges. Bummer, I really liked this idea too: http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-supreme-court-aereo-20140613-story.html

This was never going to work.

 

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[Jayrok]

A good site to see OTA signals in your area and what type of antenna you need:

antennaweb

May have been posted already..

 

[Jayrok]

Add the LeftHand household to those who have cut the cable. Dropped our $140/month directv habit in exchange for chromecast, amazon prime, hulu+, and a (soon to be installed) OTA antenna. We already had Prime for the quick shipping, so total ongoing cost is going to be $8/month. That gives us $1584 per year to either buy shows with or just save

Few questions for those who are in the know:

1. How do you get the OTA signals to all of your TVs? Separate antennas for each?
2. The Xbox EPSN app that Spock mentioned above, what exactly is that? Do i need a qualifying cable/dish subscription to make it work?
3. Anybody use PlayOn? I've heard mixed reviews, how is it working for you?

Once the OTA stuff is up I think we'll be good to go except for: TBS, TNT, The Discovery Channel, and HBO (i think i may end becoming one of those borrowed hbogo guys)

FTR, we have a comcast biz class Internet account that my work pays for. Latest Speedtest result is 57.42Mbps down and 11.66Mbps up

Our plan is to take down the DirectTV dish, get an outdoor OTA and just attach it to the existing cable running into the house. Should work fine

That is going to be my plan as well. Interested to hear if anyone has successfully achieved this?

Wouldn't this work? signalbooster

Receives input from antenna then you have 1 to 8 ports, depending on model, to run out to multiple tvs in house.

 

[Buddy Ball 2K3]

Add the LeftHand household to those who have cut the cable. Dropped our $140/month directv habit in exchange for chromecast, amazon prime, hulu+, and a (soon to be installed) OTA antenna. We already had Prime for the quick shipping, so total ongoing cost is going to be $8/month. That gives us $1584 per year to either buy shows with or just save

Few questions for those who are in the know:

1. How do you get the OTA signals to all of your TVs? Separate antennas for each?
2. The Xbox EPSN app that Spock mentioned above, what exactly is that? Do i need a qualifying cable/dish subscription to make it work?
3. Anybody use PlayOn? I've heard mixed reviews, how is it working for you?

Once the OTA stuff is up I think we'll be good to go except for: TBS, TNT, The Discovery Channel, and HBO (i think i may end becoming one of those borrowed hbogo guys)

FTR, we have a comcast biz class Internet account that my work pays for. Latest Speedtest result is 57.42Mbps down and 11.66Mbps up

Our plan is to take down the DirectTV dish, get an outdoor OTA and just attach it to the existing cable running into the house. Should work fine

That is going to be my plan as well. Interested to hear if anyone has successfully achieved this?

Wouldn't this work? signalbooster

Receives input from antenna then you have 1 to 8 ports, depending on model, to run out to multiple tvs in house.

Did this a couple of years ago and have not looked back. We get about 50+ channels (10 of them in spanish but at least the chicks are hot). We used the existing DTV wiring and ran that to a new splitter. Split the signal between 3 TVs and one HTPC. The HTPC has a dual video card so that we can record two shows at once.

 

[Jayrok]

Add the LeftHand household to those who have cut the cable. Dropped our $140/month directv habit in exchange for chromecast, amazon prime, hulu+, and a (soon to be installed) OTA antenna. We already had Prime for the quick shipping, so total ongoing cost is going to be $8/month. That gives us $1584 per year to either buy shows with or just save

Few questions for those who are in the know:

1. How do you get the OTA signals to all of your TVs? Separate antennas for each?
2. The Xbox EPSN app that Spock mentioned above, what exactly is that? Do i need a qualifying cable/dish subscription to make it work?
3. Anybody use PlayOn? I've heard mixed reviews, how is it working for you?

Once the OTA stuff is up I think we'll be good to go except for: TBS, TNT, The Discovery Channel, and HBO (i think i may end becoming one of those borrowed hbogo guys)

FTR, we have a comcast biz class Internet account that my work pays for. Latest Speedtest result is 57.42Mbps down and 11.66Mbps up

Our plan is to take down the DirectTV dish, get an outdoor OTA and just attach it to the existing cable running into the house. Should work fine

That is going to be my plan as well. Interested to hear if anyone has successfully achieved this?

Wouldn't this work? signalbooster

Receives input from antenna then you have 1 to 8 ports, depending on model, to run out to multiple tvs in house.

Did this a couple of years ago and have not looked back. We get about 50+ channels (10 of them in spanish but at least the chicks are hot). We used the existing DTV wiring and ran that to a new splitter. Split the signal between 3 TVs and one HTPC. The HTPC has a dual video card so that we can record two shows at once.

Good to hear that. I'm installing this in my MIL's house. FIL passed away and she doesn't watch much TV anyway. They had Dish network. That remote just confuses her (turning 80 this year). I got rid of Dish and going to install a good HDTV antenna. All she watches is Wheel of Fortune and other ABC shows like The Bachelorette, Dancing with Stars, etc.. and the occasional ballgame. All she needs are the local networks. Should work fine for her needs.

 

[Buddy Ball 2K3]

Add the LeftHand household to those who have cut the cable. Dropped our $140/month directv habit in exchange for chromecast, amazon prime, hulu+, and a (soon to be installed) OTA antenna. We already had Prime for the quick shipping, so total ongoing cost is going to be $8/month. That gives us $1584 per year to either buy shows with or just save

Few questions for those who are in the know:

1. How do you get the OTA signals to all of your TVs? Separate antennas for each?
2. The Xbox EPSN app that Spock mentioned above, what exactly is that? Do i need a qualifying cable/dish subscription to make it work?
3. Anybody use PlayOn? I've heard mixed reviews, how is it working for you?

Once the OTA stuff is up I think we'll be good to go except for: TBS, TNT, The Discovery Channel, and HBO (i think i may end becoming one of those borrowed hbogo guys)

FTR, we have a comcast biz class Internet account that my work pays for. Latest Speedtest result is 57.42Mbps down and 11.66Mbps up

Our plan is to take down the DirectTV dish, get an outdoor OTA and just attach it to the existing cable running into the house. Should work fine

That is going to be my plan as well. Interested to hear if anyone has successfully achieved this?

Wouldn't this work? signalbooster

Receives input from antenna then you have 1 to 8 ports, depending on model, to run out to multiple tvs in house.

Did this a couple of years ago and have not looked back. We get about 50+ channels (10 of them in spanish but at least the chicks are hot). We used the existing DTV wiring and ran that to a new splitter. Split the signal between 3 TVs and one HTPC. The HTPC has a dual video card so that we can record two shows at once.

Good to hear that. I'm installing this in my MIL's house. FIL passed away and she doesn't watch much TV anyway. They had Dish network. That remote just confuses her (turning 80 this year). I got rid of Dish and going to install a good HDTV antenna. All she watches is Wheel of Fortune and other ABC shows like The Bachelorette, Dancing with Stars, etc.. and the occasional ballgame. All she needs are the local networks. Should work fine for her needs.

Yeah she shouldn't have any issues. If she records shows that may be the only issue.

 

[Politician Spock]

Add the LeftHand household to those who have cut the cable. Dropped our $140/month directv habit in exchange for chromecast, amazon prime, hulu+, and a (soon to be installed) OTA antenna. We already had Prime for the quick shipping, so total ongoing cost is going to be $8/month. That gives us $1584 per year to either buy shows with or just save

Few questions for those who are in the know:

1. How do you get the OTA signals to all of your TVs? Separate antennas for each?
2. The Xbox EPSN app that Spock mentioned above, what exactly is that? Do i need a qualifying cable/dish subscription to make it work?
3. Anybody use PlayOn? I've heard mixed reviews, how is it working for you?

Once the OTA stuff is up I think we'll be good to go except for: TBS, TNT, The Discovery Channel, and HBO (i think i may end becoming one of those borrowed hbogo guys)

FTR, we have a comcast biz class Internet account that my work pays for. Latest Speedtest result is 57.42Mbps down and 11.66Mbps up

Our plan is to take down the DirectTV dish, get an outdoor OTA and just attach it to the existing cable running into the house. Should work fine

That is going to be my plan as well. Interested to hear if anyone has successfully achieved this?

Wouldn't this work? signalbooster

Receives input from antenna then you have 1 to 8 ports, depending on model, to run out to multiple tvs in house.

Did this a couple of years ago and have not looked back. We get about 50+ channels (10 of them in spanish but at least the chicks are hot). We used the existing DTV wiring and ran that to a new splitter. Split the signal between 3 TVs and one HTPC. The HTPC has a dual video card so that we can record two shows at once.

Good to hear that. I'm installing this in my MIL's house. FIL passed away and she doesn't watch much TV anyway. They had Dish network. That remote just confuses her (turning 80 this year). I got rid of Dish and going to install a good HDTV antenna. All she watches is Wheel of Fortune and other ABC shows like The Bachelorette, Dancing with Stars, etc.. and the occasional ballgame. All she needs are the local networks. Should work fine for her needs.

Yeah she shouldn't have any issues. If she records shows that may be the only issue.

If she wants to record shows, the entry level Tivo box works with OTA antenna.

 

[Buddy Ball 2K3]

Add the LeftHand household to those who have cut the cable. Dropped our $140/month directv habit in exchange for chromecast, amazon prime, hulu+, and a (soon to be installed) OTA antenna. We already had Prime for the quick shipping, so total ongoing cost is going to be $8/month. That gives us $1584 per year to either buy shows with or just save

Few questions for those who are in the know:

1. How do you get the OTA signals to all of your TVs? Separate antennas for each?
2. The Xbox EPSN app that Spock mentioned above, what exactly is that? Do i need a qualifying cable/dish subscription to make it work?
3. Anybody use PlayOn? I've heard mixed reviews, how is it working for you?

Once the OTA stuff is up I think we'll be good to go except for: TBS, TNT, The Discovery Channel, and HBO (i think i may end becoming one of those borrowed hbogo guys)

FTR, we have a comcast biz class Internet account that my work pays for. Latest Speedtest result is 57.42Mbps down and 11.66Mbps up

Our plan is to take down the DirectTV dish, get an outdoor OTA and just attach it to the existing cable running into the house. Should work fine

That is going to be my plan as well. Interested to hear if anyone has successfully achieved this?

Wouldn't this work? signalbooster

Receives input from antenna then you have 1 to 8 ports, depending on model, to run out to multiple tvs in house.

Did this a couple of years ago and have not looked back. We get about 50+ channels (10 of them in spanish but at least the chicks are hot). We used the existing DTV wiring and ran that to a new splitter. Split the signal between 3 TVs and one HTPC. The HTPC has a dual video card so that we can record two shows at once.

Good to hear that. I'm installing this in my MIL's house. FIL passed away and she doesn't watch much TV anyway. They had Dish network. That remote just confuses her (turning 80 this year). I got rid of Dish and going to install a good HDTV antenna. All she watches is Wheel of Fortune and other ABC shows like The Bachelorette, Dancing with Stars, etc.. and the occasional ballgame. All she needs are the local networks. Should work fine for her needs.

Yeah she shouldn't have any issues. If she records shows that may be the only issue.

If she wants to record shows, the entry level Tivo box works with OTA antenna.

ever use this remote? i have the same issue with remotes with my MIL as Jayrock.

 

[Jayrok]

Add the LeftHand household to those who have cut the cable. Dropped our $140/month directv habit in exchange for chromecast, amazon prime, hulu+, and a (soon to be installed) OTA antenna. We already had Prime for the quick shipping, so total ongoing cost is going to be $8/month. That gives us $1584 per year to either buy shows with or just save

Few questions for those who are in the know:

1. How do you get the OTA signals to all of your TVs? Separate antennas for each?
2. The Xbox EPSN app that Spock mentioned above, what exactly is that? Do i need a qualifying cable/dish subscription to make it work?
3. Anybody use PlayOn? I've heard mixed reviews, how is it working for you?

Once the OTA stuff is up I think we'll be good to go except for: TBS, TNT, The Discovery Channel, and HBO (i think i may end becoming one of those borrowed hbogo guys)

FTR, we have a comcast biz class Internet account that my work pays for. Latest Speedtest result is 57.42Mbps down and 11.66Mbps up

Our plan is to take down the DirectTV dish, get an outdoor OTA and just attach it to the existing cable running into the house. Should work fine

That is going to be my plan as well. Interested to hear if anyone has successfully achieved this?

Wouldn't this work? signalbooster

Receives input from antenna then you have 1 to 8 ports, depending on model, to run out to multiple tvs in house.

Did this a couple of years ago and have not looked back. We get about 50+ channels (10 of them in spanish but at least the chicks are hot). We used the existing DTV wiring and ran that to a new splitter. Split the signal between 3 TVs and one HTPC. The HTPC has a dual video card so that we can record two shows at once.

Good to hear that. I'm installing this in my MIL's house. FIL passed away and she doesn't watch much TV anyway. They had Dish network. That remote just confuses her (turning 80 this year). I got rid of Dish and going to install a good HDTV antenna. All she watches is Wheel of Fortune and other ABC shows like The Bachelorette, Dancing with Stars, etc.. and the occasional ballgame. All she needs are the local networks. Should work fine for her needs.

Yeah she shouldn't have any issues. If she records shows that may be the only issue.

She wouldn't know where to begin to record and even if it somehow recorded she would never find it or know how to start the show to watch it.

 

[Jayrok]

Add the LeftHand household to those who have cut the cable. Dropped our $140/month directv habit in exchange for chromecast, amazon prime, hulu+, and a (soon to be installed) OTA antenna. We already had Prime for the quick shipping, so total ongoing cost is going to be $8/month. That gives us $1584 per year to either buy shows with or just save

Few questions for those who are in the know:

1. How do you get the OTA signals to all of your TVs? Separate antennas for each?
2. The Xbox EPSN app that Spock mentioned above, what exactly is that? Do i need a qualifying cable/dish subscription to make it work?
3. Anybody use PlayOn? I've heard mixed reviews, how is it working for you?

Once the OTA stuff is up I think we'll be good to go except for: TBS, TNT, The Discovery Channel, and HBO (i think i may end becoming one of those borrowed hbogo guys)

FTR, we have a comcast biz class Internet account that my work pays for. Latest Speedtest result is 57.42Mbps down and 11.66Mbps up

Our plan is to take down the DirectTV dish, get an outdoor OTA and just attach it to the existing cable running into the house. Should work fine

That is going to be my plan as well. Interested to hear if anyone has successfully achieved this?

Wouldn't this work? signalbooster

Receives input from antenna then you have 1 to 8 ports, depending on model, to run out to multiple tvs in house.

Did this a couple of years ago and have not looked back. We get about 50+ channels (10 of them in spanish but at least the chicks are hot). We used the existing DTV wiring and ran that to a new splitter. Split the signal between 3 TVs and one HTPC. The HTPC has a dual video card so that we can record two shows at once.

Good to hear that. I'm installing this in my MIL's house. FIL passed away and she doesn't watch much TV anyway. They had Dish network. That remote just confuses her (turning 80 this year). I got rid of Dish and going to install a good HDTV antenna. All she watches is Wheel of Fortune and other ABC shows like The Bachelorette, Dancing with Stars, etc.. and the occasional ballgame. All she needs are the local networks. Should work fine for her needs.

Yeah she shouldn't have any issues. If she records shows that may be the only issue.

If she wants to record shows, the entry level Tivo box works with OTA antenna.

ever use this remote? i have the same issue with remotes with my MIL as Jayrock.

True story #1: One night should couldn't find a show she wanted to watch so she calls my wife (we're two hours away) for help. She tells her it is ABC, channel 13. To just input "13" and it will turn there. Her mom was pushing buttons and my wife was trying to get her attention over the phone. MIL was pushing random buttons on her cell phone while pointing it at the tv. She didn't even have the remote in her hand.

True story #2: My wife was at her mom's house earlier this week and called me for help in configuring a universal remote. She said her mom lost the TV remote and they can't find it so they bought the universal. Sometime later she texts me and says "found the remote." It was wrapped in a kitchen towel placed inside a pot (with lid on) on the stove.

Not sure why she was trying to cook it.

 

[Politician Spock]

Add the LeftHand household to those who have cut the cable. Dropped our $140/month directv habit in exchange for chromecast, amazon prime, hulu+, and a (soon to be installed) OTA antenna. We already had Prime for the quick shipping, so total ongoing cost is going to be $8/month. That gives us $1584 per year to either buy shows with or just save

Few questions for those who are in the know:

1. How do you get the OTA signals to all of your TVs? Separate antennas for each?
2. The Xbox EPSN app that Spock mentioned above, what exactly is that? Do i need a qualifying cable/dish subscription to make it work?
3. Anybody use PlayOn? I've heard mixed reviews, how is it working for you?

Once the OTA stuff is up I think we'll be good to go except for: TBS, TNT, The Discovery Channel, and HBO (i think i may end becoming one of those borrowed hbogo guys)

FTR, we have a comcast biz class Internet account that my work pays for. Latest Speedtest result is 57.42Mbps down and 11.66Mbps up

Our plan is to take down the DirectTV dish, get an outdoor OTA and just attach it to the existing cable running into the house. Should work fine

That is going to be my plan as well. Interested to hear if anyone has successfully achieved this?

Wouldn't this work? signalbooster

Receives input from antenna then you have 1 to 8 ports, depending on model, to run out to multiple tvs in house.

Did this a couple of years ago and have not looked back. We get about 50+ channels (10 of them in spanish but at least the chicks are hot). We used the existing DTV wiring and ran that to a new splitter. Split the signal between 3 TVs and one HTPC. The HTPC has a dual video card so that we can record two shows at once.

Good to hear that. I'm installing this in my MIL's house. FIL passed away and she doesn't watch much TV anyway. They had Dish network. That remote just confuses her (turning 80 this year). I got rid of Dish and going to install a good HDTV antenna. All she watches is Wheel of Fortune and other ABC shows like The Bachelorette, Dancing with Stars, etc.. and the occasional ballgame. All she needs are the local networks. Should work fine for her needs.

Yeah she shouldn't have any issues. If she records shows that may be the only issue.

If she wants to record shows, the entry level Tivo box works with OTA antenna.

ever use this remote? i have the same issue with remotes with my MIL as Jayrock.

Yes. Everytime I watch TV in fact.

 

[Tick]

What should I do with an old non-HD Tivo with lifetime subscription?

 

[culdeus]

Interesting development.

Uverse has begun blocking people from accessing HBOGo if they do not have a cable package that has it. This is similar to how they handle ESPN3.

What is interesting about this is if HBOGo offered it's service to non cable users you could see how Uverse would not allow you to access it alacarte.

 

[MyLeftHand]

Interesting development.

Uverse has begun blocking people from accessing HBOGo if they do not have a cable package that has it. This is similar to how they handle ESPN3.

What is interesting about this is if HBOGo offered it's service to non cable users you could see how Uverse would not allow you to access it alacarte.

How do you mean? You need an HBO subscription to access HBOGO, so are they somehow blocking the entire app or site if you have a sub with another provider?

 

[culdeus]

Interesting development.

Uverse has begun blocking people from accessing HBOGo if they do not have a cable package that has it. This is similar to how they handle ESPN3.

What is interesting about this is if HBOGo offered it's service to non cable users you could see how Uverse would not allow you to access it alacarte.

How do you mean? You need an HBO subscription to access HBOGO, so are they somehow blocking the entire app or site if you have a sub with another provider?

They are blocking the entire app unless you have HBO with them.

 

[NutterButter]

Interesting development.

Uverse has begun blocking people from accessing HBOGo if they do not have a cable package that has it. This is similar to how they handle ESPN3.

What is interesting about this is if HBOGo offered it's service to non cable users you could see how Uverse would not allow you to access it alacarte.

How do you mean? You need an HBO subscription to access HBOGO, so are they somehow blocking the entire app or site if you have a sub with another provider?

They are blocking the entire app unless you have HBO with them.

So no more using someone else's account right?

 

[culdeus]

Interesting development.

Uverse has begun blocking people from accessing HBOGo if they do not have a cable package that has it. This is similar to how they handle ESPN3.

What is interesting about this is if HBOGo offered it's service to non cable users you could see how Uverse would not allow you to access it alacarte.

How do you mean? You need an HBO subscription to access HBOGO, so are they somehow blocking the entire app or site if you have a sub with another provider?

They are blocking the entire app unless you have HBO with them.

So no more using someone else's account right?

On uverse, no. But that's not really the concern here. The question is if HBOGo ever decided to sell access on the side would uverse let it through or not.

 

[NutterButter]

Interesting development.

Uverse has begun blocking people from accessing HBOGo if they do not have a cable package that has it. This is similar to how they handle ESPN3.

What is interesting about this is if HBOGo offered it's service to non cable users you could see how Uverse would not allow you to access it alacarte.

How do you mean? You need an HBO subscription to access HBOGO, so are they somehow blocking the entire app or site if you have a sub with another provider?

They are blocking the entire app unless you have HBO with them.

So no more using someone else's account right?

On uverse, no. But that's not really the concern here. The question is if HBOGo ever decided to sell access on the side would uverse let it through or not.

I'm surprised that all the big isps haven't gone this route already to prevent people from sharing accounts

 

[Bucks]

Here's a nice highly rated amplified indoor flat antenna refurb for just $20 with free shipping. New usually sells for $60. I just ordered a couple.

Winegard Flatwave Amplified Indoor FL5500A thru Newegg Marketplace: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?SID=8ee891bd188147c38936aced7881bc52&AID=10440897&PID=1225267&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-cables-_-na-_-na&Item=9SIA0MC1N08815&cm_sp=

Edit to add just read on slickdeals that the newegg marketplace seller is 1sale renamed now to Sunnies. They have a reputation for slow shipping and poor customer service. So maybe not such a hot deal.

 

[culdeus]

http://online.wsj.com/articles/getting-rid-of-cable-tv-the-smartest-ways-to-cut-the-cord-1405472757?ru=yahoo?mod=yahoo_itp

 

[NutterButter]

http://online.wsj.com/articles/getting-rid-of-cable-tv-the-smartest-ways-to-cut-the-cord-1405472757?ru=yahoo?mod=yahoo_itp

I love how sharing a login to hbo is considered to be a moral gray zone. Uh, its the same thing as downloading from a torrent or newsgroup.

 

[culdeus]

http://online.wsj.com/articles/getting-rid-of-cable-tv-the-smartest-ways-to-cut-the-cord-1405472757?ru=yahoo?mod=yahoo_itp

I love how sharing a login to hbo is considered to be a moral gray zone. Uh, its the same thing as downloading from a torrent or newsgroup.

Not at all. With a credential you don't have a full copy. What do you prosecute them with? There's no permanent transfer happening and the source material is not coming from the credential owner.

 

[NutterButter]

http://online.wsj.com/articles/getting-rid-of-cable-tv-the-smartest-ways-to-cut-the-cord-1405472757?ru=yahoo?mod=yahoo_itp

I love how sharing a login to hbo is considered to be a moral gray zone. Uh, its the same thing as downloading from a torrent or newsgroup.

Not at all. With a credential you don't have a full copy. What do you prosecute them with? There's no permanent transfer happening and the source material is not coming from the credential owner.

I'm talking morally speaking. As if one is ok and the other isn't.

 

[culdeus]

http://online.wsj.com/articles/getting-rid-of-cable-tv-the-smartest-ways-to-cut-the-cord-1405472757?ru=yahoo?mod=yahoo_itp

I love how sharing a login to hbo is considered to be a moral gray zone. Uh, its the same thing as downloading from a torrent or newsgroup.

Not at all. With a credential you don't have a full copy. What do you prosecute them with? There's no permanent transfer happening and the source material is not coming from the credential owner.

I'm talking morally speaking. As if one is ok and the other isn't.

Stealing a service isn't really the same category as stealing a copy in most people's moral code. Especially a service they would happily pay for if given the opportunity.

 

[Politician Spock]

NFL Football to begin streaming in 2014: https://nflst.directv.com/DTVAPP/nflws/index.jsp

 

[culdeus]

NFL Football to begin streaming in 2014: https://nflst.directv.com/DTVAPP/nflws/index.jsp

I'm gonna assume VPN will do the trick here?

 

[Craig_MiamiFL]

NFL Football to begin streaming in 2014: https://nflst.directv.com/DTVAPP/nflws/index.jsp

You do have to input address to determine eligibility