Richard Cranium Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 I'm getting closer and closer. I started looking at the high def antennas, looks like there are some nice ones out there for not much money. One question I have for those that have cut the cord is about DVRs. I've gotten to love just recording shows and watching them later. I would have a hard time giving this up. Who is using a DVR with an HD antenna? What are you using? Why did you pick the one you have? Would you buy that one again, or a different one? I have several TVs in the house. It would be nice to network them and be able to watch recorded shows on other TVs. Just looking for ideas and input. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gergwheel1647545492 Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 I would also like to know this information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supplicium Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Tivo Roamio comes to mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 As far as antenna choice hit http://www.antennaweb.org/ it will tell you what type of antenna to buy and where to point it. I use a DVR with OTA but unless you're a geek my solution is not something I'd recommend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Cranium Posted April 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 As far as antenna choice hit http://www.antennaweb.org/ it will tell you what type of antenna to buy and where to point it. I use a DVR with OTA but unless you're a geek my solution is not something I'd recommend. Cool, I'll check out the antenna info, thanks! I was just going to grab an antenna off Amazon, but I'm always open to a better product and better experience. I am a nerd and an IT instructor, so my threshold of technology is high. I was just reading a C/NET article about the Nuvyyo Tablo. Sounds like interesting tech. Only additional cost beyond the hardward is $5/month for guide information. http://www.cnet.com/products/nuvyyo-tablo/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Cool, I'll check out the antenna info, thanks! I was just going to grab an antenna off Amazon, but I'm always open to a better product and better experience. I am a nerd and an IT instructor, so my threshold of technology is high. I was just reading a C/NET article about the Nuvyyo Tablo. Sounds like interesting tech. Only additional cost beyond the hardward is $5/month for guide information. http://www.cnet.com/products/nuvyyo-tablo/ I'm running a linux box with MythTV and using Kodi on all the remote "TVs" as a front end. I'm blessed with having no shortage of computer hardware to use as clients. My scheduling info comes in from SchedulesDirect for like $12 a year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokin5s Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 here's the answer to all your problems... jetflicks.mobi.. it integrates with the Roku and other devices as well... it's I think 130 a year and streams HD... it's like HULU but WAY better... it has allowed us to completely drop down to basic cable with internet (only reason for keeping basic is because it ended up being cheaper because of the internet discounted rate if you bundle with cable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrs.cos Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 I'm getting closer and closer. I started looking at the high def antennas, looks like there are some nice ones out there for not much money. One question I have for those that have cut the cord is about DVRs. I've gotten to love just recording shows and watching them later. I would have a hard time giving this up. Who is using a DVR with an HD antenna? What are you using? Why did you pick the one you have? Would you buy that one again, or a different one? I have several TVs in the house. It would be nice to network them and be able to watch recorded shows on other TVs. Just looking for ideas and input. We have a Tivo Premier . Its working ok with the antenna. This series of Tivo has known pixelation issues with antennas however- it helps that it has built in apps for Hulu, Amazon instant video, netflix and youtube. I would possibly by a new Tivo, if i didnt have a million other things to spend the money on first. It works for our needs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJ Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Cool, I'll check out the antenna info, thanks! I was just going to grab an antenna off Amazon, but I'm always open to a better product and better experience. I am a nerd and an IT instructor, so my threshold of technology is high. I was just reading a C/NET article about the Nuvyyo Tablo. Sounds like interesting tech. Only additional cost beyond the hardward is $5/month for guide information. http://www.cnet.com/products/nuvyyo-tablo/ I bought this one and get 28 channels very clearly http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008KVUAGU/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87GT Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 The Xbox One will support hooking up OTA antennas. They are supposed to allow recording as well to a USB hard drive. You would have to read up more on that. This is probably not worth the money if you do not already have an xbox one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bam Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 I bought this one and get 28 channels very clearly http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008KVUAGU/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Can you name some of the channels? Just starting to look into this and we probably only watch a couple hours of TV a week across maybe 5 channels, so the $130/month for cable doesn't seem worth it. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrs.cos Posted April 23, 2015 Report Share Posted April 23, 2015 Your not gonna get special channels- they will all be ABC/NBC/CBS/FOX/CW/USA/WOSU/PBS and varients of each of them Check this for a better list. http://www.antennaweb.org/Address.aspx CW/USA only work half the time for me, but i have a shitty antenna List from hilliard Stations Antenna W23BZ-D 23.1 IND RF Channel: 23 8 miles at 155° Yellow WBNS-DT 10.1 CBS RF Channel: 21 5 miles at 112° Yellow WCLL-CD 19.1 DAY RF Channel: 19 5 miles at 112° Yellow WCMH-DT 4.1 NBC RF Channel: 14 5 miles at 112° Yellow WCPX-LP 48 AZA RF Channel: 48 5 miles at 73° Yellow WCSN-LD 32.1 IND RF Channel: 33 5 miles at 73° Yellow WOSU-DT 34.1 PBS RF Channel: 38 15 miles at 41° Yellow WSFJ-DT 51.1 IND RF Channel: 24 23 miles at 75° Yellow WSYX-DT 6.1 ABC RF Channel: 48 6 miles at 131° Yellow WTTE-DT 28.1 FOX RF Channel: 36 6 miles at 131° Yellow WWHO-DT 53.1 CW RF Channel: 46 28 miles at 180° Yellow WGCT-CD 8.1 REL RF Channel: 8 7 miles at 71° Red WDEM-CD 17.1 IND RF Channel: 17 5 miles at 112° Violet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff1647545513 Posted April 23, 2015 Report Share Posted April 23, 2015 The Xbox One will support hooking up OTA antennas. They are supposed to allow recording as well to a USB hard drive. You would have to read up more on that. This is probably not worth the money if you do not already have an xbox one Well since gaming systems were brought up.... PS4 has its whole own cable service and DVR app starting to be released(PlayStation Vue). It's only in 3 major markets right now, so I'm not sure of prices yet, but I may consider getting it when it it comes to our area pending pricing and if I can really pick and choose what I want to keep cost down. I haven't had cable/dish for over 3 years and the only thing I miss are my sports stations because I can't find a cheap way to stream them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Cranium Posted April 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2015 I'm running a linux box with MythTV and using Kodi on all the remote "TVs" as a front end. I'm blessed with having no shortage of computer hardware to use as clients. My scheduling info comes in from SchedulesDirect for like $12 a year. Damn that is tempting. I was looking in to that and really considering it ... then I remembered I'll have to teach my wife to use it. If I was single I'd probably go that route. I think I'll probably end up with a more complete pre-packaged solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted April 23, 2015 Report Share Posted April 23, 2015 Damn that is tempting. I was looking in to that and really considering it ... then I remembered I'll have to teach my wife to use it. If I was single I'd probably go that route. I think I'll probably end up with a more complete pre-packaged solution. My wife has actually been pretty tolerant of my experiments. Although compared to most cable boxes its apparently easy to use. None of our guests ever seem to have trouble with it. The only minor annoyance is a separate remote to turn on the TV which I could work around with a serial cable if I *really* wanted to. All the menus are pretty intuitive, and I programmed the "power" button on the remote to kill all the pertinent processes and relaunch them. So if anything does go wonky it's a one button fix, at absolute worst I can SSH through my phone from anywhere I am and reboot the box. The MythTV recording side is rock solid though. I only ever had issues with it once and that was because of a PCI tuner card that was failing. I'm using a HDHomeRun network attached tuner now and it's easy to setup and the bonus is super short coax runs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustlestiltskin Posted April 23, 2015 Report Share Posted April 23, 2015 There's been countless threads made of this exact question. Hit search, type in cable and hit enter. There will be at least 4 quality threads in the top 10 of that search. You're Welcome. /thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gergwheel1647545492 Posted April 23, 2015 Report Share Posted April 23, 2015 There's been countless threads made of this exact question. Hit search, type in cable and hit enter. There will be at least 4 quality threads in the top 10 of that search. You're Welcome. /thread. none of them are about DVR's you tater, go chop some wood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87GT Posted April 23, 2015 Report Share Posted April 23, 2015 Well since gaming systems were brought up.... PS4 has its whole own cable service and DVR app starting to be released(PlayStation Vue). It's only in 3 major markets right now, so I'm not sure of prices yet, but I may consider getting it when it it comes to our area pending pricing and if I can really pick and choose what I want to keep cost down. I haven't had cable/dish for over 3 years and the only thing I miss are my sports stations because I can't find a cheap way to stream them. Oh nice I didn't even know about that. Well I have 2 choices since I own both systems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruizin01 Posted April 24, 2015 Report Share Posted April 24, 2015 I really like my OTA Tivo box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tshensley Posted April 24, 2015 Report Share Posted April 24, 2015 if you are just wanting to record local shows, why not just use HULU? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Cranium Posted April 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2015 if you are just wanting to record local shows, why not just use HULU? I'll probably add HULU to Netflix and Amazon once I cut the cord. I'm not so much a sports person (unless engines are involved) but she is. I'll regret any solution that doesn't let her watch her Bengals. I also assume that HULU doesn't carry everything (awards shows, etc...) that we/she likes to watch. To be honest, i could probably get by without the DVR myself (most everything I'm interested in I can stream). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrs.cos Posted April 24, 2015 Report Share Posted April 24, 2015 if you are just wanting to record local shows, why not just use HULU? Im not sure if its just me, but while HULU has lots of shows, i have found all the UI's i have encountered to be incredibily clunky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zx2guy19 Posted April 24, 2015 Report Share Posted April 24, 2015 I'll probably add HULU to Netflix and Amazon once I cut the cord. I'm not so much a sports person (unless engines are involved) but she is. I'll regret any solution that doesn't let her watch her Bengals. I also assume that HULU doesn't carry everything (awards shows, etc...) that we/she likes to watch. Your wife has her priorities right where they need to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Cranium Posted May 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2015 Cool, I'll check out the antenna info, thanks! I was just going to grab an antenna off Amazon, but I'm always open to a better product and better experience. I am a nerd and an IT instructor, so my threshold of technology is high. I was just reading a C/NET article about the Nuvyyo Tablo. Sounds like interesting tech. Only additional cost beyond the hardward is $5/month for guide information. http://www.cnet.com/products/nuvyyo-tablo/ I pulled the trigger on this TABLO setup. Seems to be pretty feature rich and a little outside the box. The unit is up and running with an external 2TB drive for storage. I used a medium grade Amazon brand antenna I picked up for cheap. The unit does not connect directly to a TV, but into your house network. I ordered a couple ROKU boxes from WOOT yesterday to connect the DVR to the TVs in the house. That will also give me access to Netflix and HULU with a simple interface on a single device. I can also watch recorded shows on a PC, tablet, smart phone, etc... I can schedule recordings from any device as well. If I reconfigure my router, I'll be able to stream my recorded shows outside my network and watch TV remotely over the internet on any mobile device. So far so good. It was a little pricey to get set up, but I'm hoping the ease of use will pay off in the end. I should recoup my entire investment in tech within 5 months. It was more than I planned, but I didn't skimp like I could have. I did buy the 4 channel DVR and the 2TB hard drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87GT Posted May 6, 2015 Report Share Posted May 6, 2015 I pulled the trigger on this TABLO setup. Seems to be pretty feature rich and a little outside the box. The unit is up and running with an external 2TB drive for storage. I used a medium grade Amazon brand antenna I picked up for cheap. The unit does not connect directly to a TV, but into your house network. I ordered a couple ROKU boxes from WOOT yesterday to connect the DVR to the TVs in the house. That will also give me access to Netflix and HULU with a simple interface on a single device. I can also watch recorded shows on a PC, tablet, smart phone, etc... I can schedule recordings from any device as well. If I reconfigure my router, I'll be able to stream my recorded shows outside my network and watch TV remotely over the internet on any mobile device. So far so good. It was a little pricey to get set up, but I'm hoping the ease of use will pay off in the end. I should recoup my entire investment in tech within 5 months. It was more than I planned, but I didn't skimp like I could have. I did buy the 4 channel DVR and the 2TB hard drive. How many channels are you pulling in on your antenna? And are they clear or does the signal fade in and out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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