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[CardiffBaseball]

Man I would love to continue some thoughts on this.

I currently have ATT-Uverse 450 for all the regular and all channels such as HBO/Showtime/Skinemax/TMC etc. There are some things I don’t purchase but this is the base full package.
Full Internet
Full phone

Cost–Roughly $238 or so a month? I pay an extra $28.00 to have extra devices in the garage, bedroom and each kids’ room ($7.00 per). No channel 4 but I don’t follow the Padres or the NL for that matter, so I don’t miss it.

Convenience Factor:
– ATT Central Unit is also a wireless router so I’ve never once had to deal with router issues
– Kids can watch all their DVR stuff from their own TVs. So they get the ATT box in their room and with whole house DVR, I can kick them out if they are watching something they recorded.

So I have a lot of convenience but pay dearly for it. There has to be way to cut into this. Since I am such an internet junkie I almost never watch movies, just too fidgety. Can’t put the laptop away..

– I also have a moded X-Box (old school) that I use to stream content if I have burned a DVD or downloaded some AVI/MPG/MP4 file.

– I am a huge Dexter fan, and many shows on Showtime/HBO for that matter. Anyway to stream things like that? Itunes?

– How do you deal with other TV setups? Can they use the same HD antennas?

– Honestly with the crud the kids watch, I feel like for a few more years I am stuck with some form of cable.

[nocommonsense]

[quote=jimmyle]I tried two antennas from Radioshack but returned them. I returned another one to Fry’s.

Maybe I’ll just buy the thing from Amazon and forget about returning it even if it doesn’t work. Thanks for the information.

[nocommonsense]

[quote=jimmyle]I tried two antennas from Radioshack but returned them. I returned another one to Fry’s.

Maybe I’ll just buy the thing from Amazon and forget about returning it even if it doesn’t work. Thanks for the information.

[nocommonsense]

[quote=jimmyle]I tried two antennas from Radioshack but returned them. I returned another one to Fry’s.

Maybe I’ll just buy the thing from Amazon and forget about returning it even if it doesn’t work. Thanks for the information.

[nocommonsense]

[quote=jimmyle]I tried two antennas from Radioshack but returned them. I returned another one to Fry’s.

Maybe I’ll just buy the thing from Amazon and forget about returning it even if it doesn’t work. Thanks for the information.

[nocommonsense]

[quote=jimmyle]I tried two antennas from Radioshack but returned them. I returned another one to Fry’s.

Maybe I’ll just buy the thing from Amazon and forget about returning it even if it doesn’t work. Thanks for the information.

[stockstradr]

>> Roughly $238 or so a month?

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.

[stockstradr]

>> Roughly $238 or so a month?

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.

[stockstradr]

>> Roughly $238 or so a month?

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.

[stockstradr]

>> Roughly $238 or so a month?

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.

[stockstradr]

>> Roughly $238 or so a month?

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.

[dbapig]

[quote=cantab]Dump all pay-TV providers.

[/quote]

I second catab. Dump pay-tv providers. If you can’t live without espn etc, maybe you can justify paying $100 a month (but do you really have time to watch?).

Think about how many hours you actually spend to watch something on cable TV, and make sure to remove ads in the calculation. That’s right, cable-TV is waste of $.

Netflix is the answer. I’ve streamed movie/shows from Netflix to my mac and it works pretty well.

[dbapig]

[quote=cantab]Dump all pay-TV providers.

[/quote]

I second catab. Dump pay-tv providers. If you can’t live without espn etc, maybe you can justify paying $100 a month (but do you really have time to watch?).

Think about how many hours you actually spend to watch something on cable TV, and make sure to remove ads in the calculation. That’s right, cable-TV is waste of $.

Netflix is the answer. I’ve streamed movie/shows from Netflix to my mac and it works pretty well.

[dbapig]

[quote=cantab]Dump all pay-TV providers.

[/quote]

I second catab. Dump pay-tv providers. If you can’t live without espn etc, maybe you can justify paying $100 a month (but do you really have time to watch?).

Think about how many hours you actually spend to watch something on cable TV, and make sure to remove ads in the calculation. That’s right, cable-TV is waste of $.

Netflix is the answer. I’ve streamed movie/shows from Netflix to my mac and it works pretty well.

[dbapig]

[quote=cantab]Dump all pay-TV providers.

[/quote]

I second catab. Dump pay-tv providers. If you can’t live without espn etc, maybe you can justify paying $100 a month (but do you really have time to watch?).

Think about how many hours you actually spend to watch something on cable TV, and make sure to remove ads in the calculation. That’s right, cable-TV is waste of $.

Netflix is the answer. I’ve streamed movie/shows from Netflix to my mac and it works pretty well.

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