Complete Streaming Devices, Services and News - David Woodsmall
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Cable, Dish, Fibre Content Provider Companies - Ratings, Comparisons, Complaints and Reviews
CenturyLink Prism TV
AT&T U-verse
Comcast
DISH ( now owned by AT&T)
DirectTV
Clark’s take: Here’s why I canceled DirecTV Now
TW (Time-Warner, now Spectrum)
Verizon
Cut Your Cable TV Cord
Some General Advice, then this information:
There are some oddities regarding over the air digital signals.
Trees do not seem to trouble reception.
However, clear and cloudless days seem to attenuate the signals from distant stations.
Heavy rain causes issues at times as well.
Dave's Setup
Clearstream 4V OTA (in the attic) - it tunes both VHF and UHF
I Use a Motorola Broadband Amplifier just after the Clearstream 4V antenna
TiVo's - streaming to Five Location
TiVo Roamio
TiVo XL/4
TiVo Minis
M-CableCARD (Multichannel CableCARD - allows tuning of (any) four cable channels
(IF you have a 4-channel tuner)
Channel Tuner, since T/W (Spectrum) splits the content of it's cable channels
MoCA connections (Ethernet over your COAX cable)
Netgear Powerline (Ethernet over your Power Line)
Netflix
Brian's Advice
Roku3, TabloTV DVR, HuluPlus and Amazon Prime
www.antennaweb.org (where to point your antenna and what stations you might get)
Don's Setup
Clearstream 2 in the attic
I have only over the air service and I get about 45 channels with our main antenna
and 20 something with the “stick it on the window” antenna. Just like cable,
there are many channels that are either duplicates or that I never watch.
I get 7 Spanish language channels.
Ed's Setup
Clearstream 2 & Roku3
I have taller trees and more trees near my home than you (Dave).
When airplanes fly by or it rains, the reception is tainted.
You can buy the clearstream antennas from Ebay at a substantial discount.
Most have them have been tuned to pick up VHF to some degree.
I will probably add a second antenna and point it toward WUNC as
this is the station I want the most.
Some antennas can point to two directions at once (with a reduced signal
strength) - they have two half's an antenna - DAVE.
Dave's Clearstream 4V has both a UHF and a VHF antenna - and can point
them in different directions at the same time.
Brian Mahony's cord cutting experience
Part 1: Why do we want to "cut the cord"?
Part 2: What device options are we considering?
Cutting the Cord from Pay TV Part 3: Over the Air Channels
Part 4 (Cutting the Cable Cord on Pay TV)- Wife's thoughts - But Not Just Yet
Part 5 (Cutting the Cable Cord on Pay TV)- on Pay TV Sports and News
Best and cheapest alternatives to cable or satellite TV - Clark Howard
APPLE TV
Internet Connection Speed Recommendations BY NETFLIX
Internet Connection SPEED TESTs - What is your actual internet speed?
KODI- Software Media Player / Entertainment Hub INFORMATION
Complete NETFLIX / HULU & YouTube Information
Netflix, Hulu, YouTube, required internet speeds
OTA (Over the Air) HDTV Antennas
motorola broadband amplifiers, sling tv, Antennas Direct, HDTV Guide,
OTA forums, preamplifiers, frequencies, directions, clearstream,
ClearStream 2, ClearStream JUICE UHF/VHF AMPLIFIER, ClearStream 2V,
ClearStream 4, ClearStream 4V, ClearStream 5, DB4e, DB8e,
ClearStream Eclipse, where to buy antennas, DIY, build your own.
MoCA
ROKU Version Differences
ROKU STREAMING STICK, ROKU, ROKU 2, ROKU 3, ROKU 4
You may also be interested on my brief reviews of some SMART HDTV sets
Streaming HDTV Video Media Players
amazon fire stick, apple tv, google chromecast, roku 1, 2, 3 & streaming stick, tivo,
ASUS cube, Roku LT, vizio co-star LT, tivo roamio plus & pro, philips hmp2000,
Matricom G-Box Midnight MX2, PLAiR 2, Google Nexus Player, Slingbox M1, TiVo Roamio OTA,
Razer Forge TV, SONY Playstation 4, WD TV Play, Now TV, Prestigio MultiCenter,
Xtreamer Multi-Console, tivo mini.
Sony Playstation 3, Samsung Smart 3D Blu-ray Disc Player.
Streaming Services / Devices - NEW INFORMATION
Amazon 4K Fire TV Media player, Crackle, Rabbit TV Lite, ROKU 4, Rolu OS 7,
tivo's Bolt - ultra HD 4K, comcast's watchable, hulu live.
CES - Consumer Electronics Show - 2017
DirectTV Now, Dish, DOLBY Vision on Ultra Blu-Ray, DRONES (Photography with),
FIRE TV Edition, GOOGLE PLAY, GUIDES, HDMI Version 2.1, HULU, LG, Mohu's AIRWAVE,
NETFLIX, ROKU, SAMSUNG, SLING TV, STAR TREK DISCOVERY, MISC TECH,...
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Whole House Standby (backup) GENERATORS (Natural Gas / Propane)
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