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Cutting the Cable --- or, um... Satellite!!!
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Originally posted by Littlejoe View PostThe only reason I haven't cut the cable/satellite is I only get about 6 or 7 channels on the antenna. I spent $100 on a really good antenna and I spent about $75 on a preamp, but I'm just too far away from the big city to get much more. I guess I could put my antenna higher, but it's already about 25-30 ft in the air mounted on a 10' pole at the peak of the gable. I really don't want a 50 ft. pole with guy wires and I can't afford a tower that doesn't require one...(those babies are expensive.) Also, if I were to go without Directv or the like, I want to get a OTA DVR. Cuz I LIKE skipping commercials, and recording shows for later. But that's about $350
They have several products that will convert cable or TV antenna signals and stream them to your computer, tablets, etc. And using windows media center you can record and schedule the shows to record (it comes with a tv guide). they have boxes that can record two and three channels at once.
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I do have cable for internet, but it is not connected to my TV.Micah 6:8 He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
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Originally posted by Sparko View PostIf you have windows 7 you should already have windows media center (its a separate purchase for windows 8) so all you need is a TV capture card. A good one is Silicon Dust. http://www.silicondust.com/
They have several products that will convert cable or TV antenna signals and stream them to your computer, tablets, etc. And using windows media center you can record and schedule the shows to record (it comes with a tv guide). they have boxes that can record two and three channels at once."What has the Church gained if it is popular, but there is no conviction, no repentance, no power?" - A.W. Tozer
"... there are two parties in Washington, the stupid party and the evil party, who occasionally get together and do something both stupid and evil, and this is called bipartisanship." - Everett Dirksen
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Originally posted by Sparko View PostIf you have windows 7 you should already have windows media center (its a separate purchase for windows 8) so all you need is a TV capture card. A good one is Silicon Dust. http://www.silicondust.com/
They have several products that will convert cable or TV antenna signals and stream them to your computer, tablets, etc. And using windows media center you can record and schedule the shows to record (it comes with a tv guide). they have boxes that can record two and three channels at once.
I have windows 8 but I will look into that. Thanks.Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside a dog, it's too dark to read. -- Groucho Marx
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Originally posted by Littlejoe View PostYeah, that would certainly work! However, you're still going to spend at least $250 - 300 by the time you by the dual channel version and an external HDD for storage and pay for shipping etc. Also, the Win 7 pc that I have only has onboard Intel video. It's a SFF (slim line pc) and a decent video card will run around $100, so now I'm right back to the $350... Does the onboard intel usually do a good enough job?
I don't know about your onboard graphics, but if you can watch HDTV videos on it, it should be fine. you could download some and check it out. You can download some HD movie trailers here: http://www.hd-trailers.net/
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostSo I bought a GE Attic Mount Indoor Antenna for about $35 at Walmart --- supposed to be good for a range of about 60 miles, and that should reach most of the stations coming out of Houston and surrounding area. I had a cheaper version that worked "ok", but signal seemed to fade in and out sometimes, causing pixelation..... I'll try this either Sunday afternoon or sometime on Monday.
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Originally posted by One Bad Pig View PostJust picked up one of these. It's not quite in my attic (by about 3 feet, in a closet), but I can finally get CBS."I am not angered that the Moral Majority boys campaign against abortion. I am angry when the same men who say, "Save OUR children" bellow "Build more and bigger bombers." That's right! Blast the children in other nations into eternity, or limbless misery as they lay crippled from "OUR" bombers! This does not jell." - Leonard Ravenhill
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Originally posted by One Bad Pig View PostJust picked up one of these. It's not quite in my attic (by about 3 feet, in a closet), but I can finally get CBS.
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I'll set it up and play with it tomorrow. Any tips? Did you just point it in the general direction of where you thought the broadcaster's antenna was?The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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I had forgotten how much I enjoyed my Erector Set -- I built all kinds of motorized gizmos, draw bridges, trucks, tanks....
So I just ordered one for Spongebob, my grandson.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Sparko View PostThe dual tuner HDhomerun is only $129. You can get a terrabyte drive for around $50.
I don't know about your onboard graphics, but if you can watch HDTV videos on it, it should be fine. you could download some and check it out. You can download some HD movie trailers here: http://www.hd-trailers.net/"What has the Church gained if it is popular, but there is no conviction, no repentance, no power?" - A.W. Tozer
"... there are two parties in Washington, the stupid party and the evil party, who occasionally get together and do something both stupid and evil, and this is called bipartisanship." - Everett Dirksen
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Originally posted by robrecht View PostBaylor doesn't play Notre Dame this year, but they will have to play against #4 Oklahoma.
BTW, just in case anyone is wondering, Notre Dame beat Michigan, 31-0, first shut-out since they first starting playing each other back in 1887, the greatest rivalry in the history of college football.
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Originally posted by Littlejoe View PostYou know, I read it wrong, I thought the $129 was a single tuner and the dual tuner was $169, but the difference is the $169 one let's you watch HD anywhere on wifi, (pc, phone, tablet) which might be worth TBH.
I have a vga input on my HDTV, but it doesn't play from the pc in HD. But I'm thinking that is a function of the VGA input of the TV. I need to get a DP (digital port) to HDMI converter and check it that way. If that plays in HD, it might be ok!"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." - Jim Elliot
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Originally posted by Teallaura View PostHeretic! Alabama/Auburn is the greatest rivalry in college football.
The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostAlabama has football?
Oh, you're in for it now!"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." - Jim Elliot
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