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| pbj:
Similar to the one I did with a board and coat hangers in front of an old Dish Network receiver. Wasn’t very omnidirectional but I just pointed it towards Fox for NFL and The Simpsons. Also had a USB Ethernet adapter mounted on a windsurfer antenna.... pointed that at an apartment complex and borrowed WiFi for over 4 years. Bridged it to the house and I could easily get 400KBps+ which was fine before 4K. AT&T encrypts their routers by default now. :'( |
| Howard_Casto:
This should go without saying, but if you put your antenna outside be sure to put a ground wire in there to avoid lightning strikes. |
| Vocalitus:
Tell your cable provider you are poor and they will give you the $10 basic package. You can get more than what your $20 TV antenna provides. |
| BadMouth:
--- Quote from: Vocalitus on November 12, 2020, 07:18:59 pm ---Tell your cable provider you are poor and they will give you the $10 basic package. You can get more than what your $20 TV antenna provides. --- End quote --- Comcast asks for proof that you are receiving public assistance of some kind. I would love to get that price on internet service. |
| BadMouth:
Does anyone following this thread have comments on program guide/dvr solutions? Tivo I love my Tivo Roamio OTA w/lifetime(of the device) and minis, but the experience isn't as good as it was before Rovi bought them out and switched to their own programming data. Earlier this year the DVR was recording reruns of Master Chef as new episodes. Last year it didn't record the first episode of The Orville. I didn't know the season had started until it recorded the second episode. I'm also still on the old user experience and have read complaints that the new one makes you watch a streamed commercial before playing back a DVR recording, which is insane and unacceptable. Still...it just works. It's the cable box experience with antenna. Plug and play. No way I'd pay a recurring charge for a subscription though. Plex I picked up a lifetime Plex Pass on a black friday some years ago as a backup. At the time they were getting their data from Gracenote which is a good source. I didn't understand how they could afford to pay for the Gracenote data in perpetuity for all the lifetime pass holders. Something must have given, because I see major complaints about the program guide data the last few years. The last thing I read said they had made a new deal with someone, but the details weren't released. It worked well, but the picture quality wasn't quite as good as the Tivo minis. I was told that the Roku sticks I was using required transcoding while some other devices like Fire TV sticks could have streamed the format directly without transcoding. This solution requires a Plex server to be running in order to watch the antenna tv. Fire TV Recast I have no personal experience with it. Reviews have said that it works, but isn't as intuitive and smooth as the Tivo. When it was launched they were using Gracenote data. I assume they still are..Amazon can afford it. Since I can't comment on the user experience, the only downside I see is that you are limited to using Amazon devices. Tablo No personal experience with Tablo either. Seems like a solid solution. Requires a subscription to get more than one day of guide data. Unlike Tivo, the lifetime subscription option transfers to future devices for your lifetime. Subscription includes out of home streaming, which is a nice addition especially with slingbox announcing they are shutting down their servers. Only downside I see is that if you have router or switch problems, you now also have TV problems. Sling AirTV Integrates the local OTA channels into your sling program guide. Does out of home streaming. As far as I know, it requires a Sling TV subscription. Generic $20-30 tuner box Never got around to trying one of these. Some stations transmit EPG data, so how complete the EPG is will depend on the stations in your area. A lot of TVs also have a built in EPG that use this guide data. Recordings are manual and require external storage. Still it's cheap and isn't dependent on any network connections to function. |
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