Cutting the cable, lets talk options and media setups (3 Viewers)

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I will throw this out there since some of you are very knowledgeable on the antenna info. I can get all of the channels that the site UTJim posted with the exception of the PBS channels. I let the TV scan for channels and it never picks them up. I also don't know how to manually navigate to a channel like 12-1; I can only go to 12. Any aware of what I am doing wrong or have any possible thoughts on it?
 
guidomerkinsrules said:
That's a bit confusing
It's saying "cut the cable" but it seems like it's only picking up local TV signals and allowing you to play it on any device
Am I missing something?
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That's what it does. It puts the over the air tuners on your computer network. I haven't read good reviews about the phone/tablet app but, it works on any windows 7+ computer, smart TV's, Xbox's, Playstations, etc... I've even seen some reports that it works on Roku, etc... but I'm not sure. It doesn't work on the amazon fire tv stick. Yet. If you're using a windows 7+ pc then you can use media center as a DVR. I use the media center DVR and it works better than comcast ever did.
 
could just be my antenna. I have neither top of the line or bottom of the line. The only other channel that gives me trouble sometimes is wdsu but that is to be expected from what I have seen.
 
Has anyone in the Lake Charles/Lafayette area been able to to catch KPLC NBC. I have a huge outdoor antenna and all I can catch is the Lake Charles Fox channel.
 
Didn't the government use to offer coupons for these antennas and boxes? Do they still do? Maybe I 'm thinking about something else?
 
Zack Lee said:
I believe you are thinking about converters for non-HDTVs so that they could except the signal from the antennas.
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Right. But it wasn't about HD vs non HD. It was an analogue to digital issue. There was a hard cut off where all the signals switched to digital, which most old TVs could not receive without the converter box. All modern TVs should have the digital receiver built in. So grab the $8 rabbit ears and just plug em in.
 
Well my plan is complete and I am officially one of the cord cutters. I then bought 2 Amazon Fire Sticks (since I am already a prime member). This gets me content from Amazon along with Watch ESPN and all those channels (yes longhorn and sec network). I pushed KODI to the fire sticks, and added in channels which give me commercial free DVR like services for shows. I also pushed SportsDevil to it for live sports. Once this seemed to work find, I closed my 10 yr old DirecTV account about 10 days ago. I then got Amazon.com: AmazonBasics Amplified Indoor/Outdoor HDTV Antenna - 60 Mile Range: Electronics which I put in the attic, fed the DirecTV splitter, to get local channels to the TVs.

I like my setup, works well, and do not feel like I am missing much if anything. Things I learned:
1. The amount of OTA HD channels was stunning, like 83 of them in my area, with foreign options (not just spanish!) like India, Vietnam, etc.
2. The quality of the local HD channels via OTA is beyond words. You do not realize how bad it is via DirecTV or other compression based mediums.
3. WatchESPN quality is also very high but more like ESPN HD on DirecTV.
4. I wish I had better live sports streaming quality from sports devil, as most channels are in standard def. But it is watchable and workable.
5. It is a blackhole, quicksand death to see all the options for KODI. So I got what I wanted and let it be. I could research options for it for ages.

Thanks to those in the tread who made suggestions, like the antenna.
 
Terrance bro,

Yes! So glad to see people are seeing the great quality of antennas. Way better than cable or Dish or whatever,


Yes!
 
Zack Lee said:
great post Terrence!

The bundlers better wake up and smell the coffee. :9:
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I agreed. DirecTV asked what they could have done to keep my business, and I told them ala cart and pricing.

I also considering cutting the cord as a yearly pay increase. More than I would get from work.
 
Terrence said:
Well my plan is complete and I am officially one of the cord cutters. I then bought 2 Amazon Fire Sticks (since I am already a prime member). This gets me content from Amazon along with Watch ESPN and all those channels (yes longhorn and sec network). I pushed KODI to the fire sticks, and added in channels which give me commercial free DVR like services for shows. I also pushed SportsDevil to it for live sports. Once this seemed to work find, I closed my 10 yr old DirecTV account about 10 days ago. I then got Amazon.com: AmazonBasics Amplified Indoor/Outdoor HDTV Antenna - 60 Mile Range: Electronics which I put in the attic, fed the DirecTV splitter, to get local channels to the TVs.

I like my setup, works well, and do not feel like I am missing much if anything. Things I learned:
1. The amount of OTA HD channels was stunning, like 83 of them in my area, with foreign options (not just spanish!) like India, Vietnam, etc.
2. The quality of the local HD channels via OTA is beyond words. You do not realize how bad it is via DirecTV or other compression based mediums.
3. WatchESPN quality is also very high but more like ESPN HD on DirecTV.
4. I wish I had better live sports streaming quality from sports devil, as most channels are in standard def. But it is watchable and workable.
5. It is a blackhole, quicksand death to see all the options for KODI. So I got what I wanted and let it be. I could research options for it for ages.

Thanks to those in the tread who made suggestions, like the antenna.
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Wanted to follow up and say that I've finally cut the cord several weeks ago. Bottom line is I'm saving $150/mo. on TV!!

I went with the RCA Antenna in my attic which gets great reception. As well as the Xbone and Amazon Prime. For now thats everything we need for TV, my kids are happy that they can surf and watch shows on demand. I promised them Roku or Amazon sticks for their bedrooms in the near future.

Question for Terrence, I was under the impression that you had to have cable to get Watch ESPN. I haven't been able to log into it since I cut the cable. Does it come across for you because of the Amazon stick?

Also the other day I was moving the cable wire from the antenna and had to unplug it for a sec. I was surprised that it gave me a small shock when I touched the tip! Is this normal that the line is a little hot coming from my antenna?
 
Hey Beerman said:
Question for Terrence, I was under the impression that you had to have cable to get Watch ESPN. I haven't been able to log into it since I cut the cable. Does it come across for you because of the Amazon stick?
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WatchESPN comes with the FireStick. I did not have to enter any credentials for an existing cable/directv account. I just tried it and it worked. I hope it does not expire at a later date but so far so good on both the fire sticks.
 

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