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  1. Internet Streaming Services
    Their PQ is about standard for streaming. To me it's acceptable but not as good as OTA.
  2. DIRECTV General Discussion
    I tried Vue but even though I have a robust connection it buffered quite often. I don't ever have this problem with Netflix, Hulu or Amazon. I canceled Vue.
  3. Local Reception
    I'm getting it now OTA. It's on channel 30.3 from Salt Lake City. But I must say I'm not very impressed. It carries a lot of really old game shows from back in the day with really blurry PQ. I had to laugh. One show was giving away a circa 1981 personal computer. It was really top of the line...
  4. Internet Streaming Services
    Where did you hear it's in SD only? This is the first time I heard that. Edit - I signed up for Showtime on my Roku and I can confirm that it's in HD. Like most HD streaming it's not quite as good as OTA but comparable to HD on most cable systems.
  5. IPTV Hardware
    That headline is false. Apple did not announce any upgrades to Apple TV. Now the speculation is that it will happen this fall.
  6. Local Reception
    I think it's because when I discussed a reception problem I had with my OTA antenna I mentioned in passing that I also used to have occasional weather related outages with Directv too. I think that is relevant to the discussion. I just wanted to make it clear that just because I had a brief...
  7. Local Reception
    Just an update on how this is working for me. We had a severe thunderstorm last night and during the storm I lost two channels for a while. They were pixelating so much that they were unwatchable. But within 20 minutes they were back. I guess no system is perfect. i would have weather related...
  8. General DISH™ Discussion
    Very interesting. I wonder if regulators would approve this merger or not. http://www.wsj.com/article_email/dish-network-in-merger-talks-with-t-mobile-us-1433383285-lMyQjAxMTI1MzA3NDEwMjQwWj
  9. Local Reception
    You might want to try Homeadviser.com or Craig's List.
  10. Local Reception
    Yes it doesn't work for everybody. It's just one more alternative. In my case I am a 49rers fan and they are considered a local team for this area so I will get to see many of their games. But yes I'll miss out on the games carried on ESPN and NFL Network.
  11. Local Reception
    You might need to put up an outdoor antenna. I think that trying to get channels transmitting from 35 miles way is pretty iffy with an indoor antenna. I'm surprised actually that you can actually get 41 channels.
  12. Local Reception
    That used to be the way everybody got televised sports before cable and satellite came along. And as you said even now there is plenty of sports OTA on weekends. And another possibility is signing up for the Sling TV streaming service which carries both ESPN and ESPN2 in their basic $20 package...
  13. Local Reception
    Is your antenna designed to pick up both UHF and VHF signals? Not all antennas are. Where I live according to TVFool two of the stations are VHF on channels 8 and 12. I can pick them up fine but as I said before I am very close to the transmitter location.
  14. Local Reception
    I'm looking at this. http://www.channelmaster.com/Antenna_DVR_s/336.htm I could pay for it with about two months of satellite bills that I no longer pay.
  15. Local Reception
    I also used a grounded splitter.
  16. Local Reception
    I was pleasantly surprised to find that I can get Weather Nation on OTA. I think it's also on Roku but on OTA I won't need to use bandwidth to watch it.
  17. Local Reception
    I got sick of paying so much money for channels I don't watch and the channels I did watch have too many commercials and often show the same shows over and over again. So I took the dish off my roof and got a Winegard Freevision antenna from Home Depot. It cost $38 dollars and I also bought a...
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  18. DIRECTV General Discussion
    One step at a time. Directv is a good start but yes they need to go after the others too. There should be a requirement that in TV ads the fine print be large enough to read and it should stay on the screen long enough to give people time to read it.
  19. DIRECTV Programming
    Not everyone can afford a DVR.
  20. Internet Streaming Services
    I'm getting CBSN on my Roku as we speak. It's in HD and it's great for we cord cutters who missed not having access to a 24 hr news channel. Now we do.
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