Cable Cuttin' thread.

[uiengineer]

i need to look into that Tablo. I've had the cord cut for about 3 years now. I have been making due with OTA HD, netflix, and streaming from european web sites.

 

[cdamm]

Interesting, never knew you could chain them together.

I'm using this one mounted up in the attic and run to all the coax plates in the house.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0007MXZB2/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

It gets everything in my viewing area, maybe 30ish distinct channels, a lot of absolute crap of course, but all the networks, PBS, and some other sometimes good things.

its the opposite of a coax splitter. its called a 'combiner'. look for 2 or 3 in to 1 out. more antennas means more surface area for them to pick up. think antenna array.

 

[cdamm]

i just moved everything into another room, so i still need to do something about properly mounted antennas and cable management:

Here is how i am set up:
the 2 amplified mohus in a window:

this is the coupler and one of the antenna amps (it plugs in via micro usb)

Regarding the tablo:

it fires up to my tv direct from roku (or any other device in the house)

live menu:

shot of live tv:

When you have recordings, it sets up movies and tv episodes with cover art. in the case of a series recording, it puts them in season and episode order automatically. navigates like netflix on the recordings. The downside is it takes a few seconds to launch each channel as it transcodes everything live- so flipping live channels is a little clunky.

you can track hdd space from the back end :

and see the signal strength and what it is outputting at (i need to adjust the antennas for a better position still- it's recently redone).

 

[MtothaJ]

Just out of interest does anybody use a CI+ card insread of a decoder / STB for their cable? I recently swiched from a decoder and like the fact that there's less clutter and I just use the TV remote and its inbuild tuner - seems to switch channels faster too. That said as most people here I hardly ever watch it The whole concept of a tv schedule dictating when you can watch something or having to record stuff to watch it later seems really redundant nowadays.

 

[shinerthebock]

I've actually never had cable except for a year in a college when a roommate paid for it. My wife and I just do Netflix streaming, and watch OTA programming (mostly sports) with a really ugly antenna sitting behind our TV. And I buy Game of Thrones on blu-ray every time it comes out.