[ale] cord cutting for TV, SiliconDust, MythTV, recording to PC, etc.,

[Chuck Payne]

This might be a good guide for to see what service offers what.

DIRECTV NOW vs Sling TV vs PlayStation Vue vs YouTube TV – We Break Them
Down For You

http://cordcuttersnews.com/directv-now-vs-sling-tv-vs-playstation-vue-vs-youtube-tv-break/

On Sun, Apr 9, 2017 at 7:12 PM, Chuck Payne <terrorpup at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey, one more thing, here another source for Cord Cutting if you don't
> know about it
>
> http://cordcuttersnews.com
>
> On Sun, Apr 9, 2017 at 6:41 PM, Narahari 'n' Savitha <savithari at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Never mind $50 motherboard and $50 CPU.  Sorry this didnt flash earlier
>> to me :(
>>
>> -N
>>
>> On Sun, Apr 9, 2017 at 6:36 PM, Narahari 'n' Savitha <savithari at gmail.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Is plex server a software that you run on a PC and it has a nice
>>> interface to SiliconDust to schedule recordings ?
>>>
>>> Is Kodi a nice interface  on my HTPC that connects to the plex server
>>> and helps navigate the recordings (I presume live tv as well) ?
>>>
>>> Didnt understand the $50MB and the $50 Intel CPU comment you made, JD,
>>> can u elaborate ?
>>>
>>> -N
>>>
>>> On Sun, Apr 9, 2017 at 5:20 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> There's stuff on TV worth watching?
>>>>
>>>> OK, Archer.
>>>>
>>>> On Apr 9, 2017 4:32 PM, "Pete Hardie" <pete.hardie at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Rather serendipitously, I am looking again at getting off my ass and
>>>>> making a DVR solution that is not at the mercy of custom hardware.
>>>>> My 3rd ReplayTV appears to be dying (power supply or motherboard -
>>>>> I've already done a disk replacement), and I'm tired of the dance to get
>>>>> those boxes working.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm not looking to cut the cord so much as break free from the tyranny
>>>>> of the schedule.
>>>>>
>>>>> Has anyone seen a good reference for getting an RPi to record OTA or
>>>>> from a cable box?
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Apr 9, 2017 at 4:06 PM, William Bagwell <rb211 at tds.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sunday 09 April 2017, DJ-Pfulio wrote:
>>>>>> > Antennas are like real estate - location, location, location. If
>>>>>> you are
>>>>>> > in a valley without line of sight to the transmission towers,
>>>>>> > forgetaboutit. Keep paying dish/cable guys and move on with your
>>>>>> life ...
>>>>>> > or put up a high pole with an antenna facing the correct direction.
>>>>>> TVfool
>>>>>> > can let you try out different ground heights to see how much it
>>>>>> matters.
>>>>>> >  10 ft higher DOES MATTER.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks for the link! Sadly I am in a valley and even with an ~37' out
>>>>>> side
>>>>>> antenna all Atlanta stations are shown as "Edge" at TVfool. Actually
>>>>>> get
>>>>>> most of them well enough except channel two which fades out at times.
>>>>>> Played
>>>>>> with virtually running my antenna up to 60' with none improving to
>>>>>> line of
>>>>>> site.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> BTW channel 14 may be based in Rome but they broadcast from near
>>>>>> Waleska.
>>>>>> Still probably the most distant station for many, but my closest and
>>>>>> only
>>>>>> line of site station.
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> William
>>>>>>
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