Cutting the cable, lets talk options and media setups (2 Viewers)

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Any of these boxes support TRUEHD and DTS-HD MA audio? I just use a Popcorn Hour all my needs.
 
I've been a cord cutter for years now, although that has partly been driven by living overseas for the last four years. Anyways, now that I'm back stateside I recently bought a leaf indoor antenna for local digital TV. I tried putting it in the attic but the reception is still pretty awful. Any recommendations? I only end up getting a few channels that even come in halfway decent and they come in and out.
 
B-Train said:
I've been a cord cutter for years now, although that has partly been driven by living overseas for the last four years. Anyways, now that I'm back stateside I recently bought a leaf indoor antenna for local digital TV. I tried putting it in the attic but the reception is still pretty awful. Any recommendations? I only end up getting a few channels that even come in halfway decent and they come in and out.
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I had this Amazon.com: AmazonBasics Amplified Indoor/Outdoor HDTV Antenna - 60 Mile Range: Electronics in my attic when I cut the cord but the reception for certain channels was an issue. I had it moved outside, replacing the directv dish but using part of its mount and this has given me great results.
 
I'm thinking about picking up a Roku 2 so I can plug a hard drive into it and play my movies through Roku media player. Any experience with this or advice?
 
Update: On one of my FireStick, I have lost most of the WatchESPN channels. I get ESPN & ESPN2 but not the rest. My other firestick works. After working with Amazon support they are saying that it is magic it works, as you should have to enter credentials of a valid cable provider into the app, which I have never done. Thus I am not sure how much longer this will work. If this was a decision (influenced by me) of yours for this product, be warned. It might work, it might not, it might stop. I have no idea how to fix or correct it.
 
I had a rather disappointing encounter with Amazon tech support today. It was just as bad as Comcast if that tells you anything. I'm really ticked because I have been using Amazon more and more and just recently signed up for Prime.

I ordered a Fire Stick and unpacked it today. Set it up and it can't find the remote. I got the logo screen on the tv, then it went to a screen saying it is searching for the remote and giving a couple of pointers, replace the batteries, make sure the remote is close enough, etc. Did all that, then went online. Couple of more things, how to reset the stick, etc. Did that too, no go. So I called them.

First lady was just awful. Had no clue what I was saying. She wanted me to plug the fire stick into a different wall outlet, restart my router, change the HDMI port that the stick was plugged into. I kept asking her how any of that could possibly make the remote connect to the fire stick. I pointed out that the fire stick itself was obviously working with my tv, and that I hadn't even gotten to the point where you set it up on my network, so I can't believe it had anything to do with my router. Plus the little red light on the remote had never come on with either set of batteries.

Finally, I just said, I'm sorry, but I need to talk to somebody else. She put me on hold and then disconnected me. I called back, got a man who after putting me on hold to do "advanced troubleshooting" which is such BS, came back and said "it looks like your remote isn't working. I will give you a code for $15 off so you can order a new one."

WTH? I said, no, you need to just replace this one. It's brand new right out of the box today, I shouldn't have to order anything else. He says their "system" is down right now and he can't process a return. So I need to take the code. I refused. I said, please let me talk to your supervisor or somebody else.

After waiting on hold another five minutes, a different man came on and started asking me to do the basic troubleshooting again. I said, look, we've done all that more than once. I've been on this call more than 30 minutes, I just want a new remote. Why wouldn't the other guy send me a new remote? He said, let me see what we can do. On hold again, came back and now they can miraculously send me a new remote.

Cliff Notes: they were extremely unhelpful and seemed shady. I don't usually do business with a company that acts in this manner if I have a choice. Pretty ticked off at Amazon right now.
 
Plugged in an Amazon Firestick into one TV a couple of weeks ago, and now I just told Cox I want to do broadband only. Of course the guy kept asking me why and trying to get me to order a "local channels only" package that would have cost like a dollar a month extra compared to broadband alone -- for one year. I didn't bother finding out if it required a 2-year obligation, I told him to just cut the damn thing already.

I need one more antennae, though, for my main TV in the den. The little GE loop I plugged in works fine EXCEPT for WDSU, who I always have trouble picking up even though I'm less than 10 miles from their damn tower. Would an amplified antennae help, or would I just be amplifying nothing since I can't seem to get them at all?

Also, is 'DSU still the local broadcast affil for when the Saints are on MNF? B/c I don't want to have to huddle the family around my kitchen TV (where I can actually receive 'DSU, go figure) to watch the Saints this week.
 
GW93 said:
Plugged in an Amazon Firestick into one TV a couple of weeks ago, and now I just told Cox I want to do broadband only. Of course the guy kept asking me why and trying to get me to order a "local channels only" package that would have cost like a dollar a month extra compared to broadband alone -- for one year. I didn't bother finding out if it required a 2-year obligation, I told him to just cut the damn thing already.

I need one more antennae, though, for my main TV in the den. The little GE loop I plugged in works fine EXCEPT for WDSU, who I always have trouble picking up even though I'm less than 10 miles from their damn tower. Would an amplified antennae help, or would I just be amplifying nothing since I can't seem to get them at all?

Also, is 'DSU still the local broadcast affil for when the Saints are on MNF? B/c I don't want to have to huddle the family around my kitchen TV (where I can actually receive 'DSU, go figure) to watch the Saints this week.
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I'm getting an amplified antennae because I can't pick up WYES for the life of me. Nothing I do works.

To answer your last question, yes. The games are still shown on WDSU.
 
Grandadmiral said:
I'm getting an amplified antennae because I can't pick up WYES for the life of me. Nothing I do works.

To answer your last question, yes. The games are still shown on WDSU.
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WYES still broadcasts in VHF, according to one of the web sites I went to to look up tower locations. I never could get it either until I plugged one of my antennae into my main tv, now I have it, even though I could never get it in my kitchen or bedroom. I finally caught Frontline's report on NFL concussions last night.
 
GW93 said:
WYES still broadcasts in VHF, according to one of the web sites I went to to look up tower locations. I never could get it either until I plugged one of my antennae into my main tv, now I have it, even though I could never get it in my kitchen or bedroom. I finally caught Frontline's report on NFL concussions last night.
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I'm thinking I'm in a bad area in Old Gretna. It is horrible for cell phone coverage as well.
 
Hey, GA, I bought this RCA antennae for $35 at Best Buy, and (so far) I'm getting all NOLA broadcasters crystal clear.

I wouldn't be surprised if you could find it cheaper somewhere else.
 

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Bought a kodi k box over the weekend to try out. However, it seems almost nothing really works. Any suggestions on sites to see how the heck this thing works? I cannot get the live tv that was promised (i.e. premium channels, cable channels, etc).
 

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