Wow. Lotta bucks. It must have been you that improved ATT-Universe’s financial results.
My advice? Use a trick I use. Some Sat providers offer the $6/month dual-tuner DVR that supports two independent remotes for two TV’s: TV #1 gets an HD signal, then you route cable out the back to TV #2 which is STANDARD def. Example, DISH Network’s DuoDVR 722k.
So two DuoDVR’s will yield signal to FOUR TV’s with four independent remote controls….keep in mind that the both #2 remote TV’s can take their signal off the original source cable backbone, so you don’t need to route an independent return cable back to each DuoDVR.
An additional trick is to send out the Tuner #1 signal to a third TV, which I did in our previous home. So now you’re feeding THREE televisions from one DuoDVR, but two of those TV’s will get the same signal controlled by a single remote #1. Before bedding down for the evening, I just carried the DuoDVR remote #1 from the living TV area, up to the bedroom on 2nd floor and used it to control the same #1 tuner HD signal to our bedroom HD TV. However this approach requires routing a return cable out the DuoDVR to that remotely-located TV.
When the “Cable Guy” came out to install, I explained carefully to him this strategy above to feed three TV’s with one DVR. I explained how to connect the multiple cables I had already routed. He looked at me like i was nuts, and said “That’s impossible.”
An hour later, after he hooked up the cable per my directions, to his amazement he saw it work on three TV’s.
Don’t forget to check the ebay price of the tuner you are paying $7 per month for. Most sat providers will let you buy and own the DVR-tuners.
