Recent content by cparker

After many years on satellite... first Dish and then DirecTV (switched when Dish had a falling out with MSG and I couldn't watch Sabres games).... I've gone back to cable. Really it kinda became a money thing. Combined cost for TV, internet, and phone was about $230 when I was on satellite. Now...

OK... it's in. Tech had a really tough time getting tuning adapter recognized by Tivo Bolt units. And my house is wired all cat5e with a patch panel in the basement and a few special things done to that so... I had to help him get the phone portion up and running. Picture quality is excellent...

Normally, I do exactly what you're saying as far as using my own equipment, but right now, I'm going to let them install their stuff and see how it goes (except for their DVR box.... don't want it... even though they're telling me I have to have it on premises). If I use their phone service, my...

Thank you.... so... kinda getting used to them on OTA for a little while will be fine then. Will probably have to redo their network settings after TW does their install, unless TW will set the router up like my current Frontier router (IP, network name, etc) I have some devices on static IPs...

Love the analogy! heheh.... ok so their box sits in a box in the wiring closet. Not sure if it's just plug-n-play, but I can always have them set it up and THEN put it away.... take it out and plug it in if needed for troubleshooting. The TiVo boxes should arrive Monday. The cable install isn't...

It's really bizarre....to me... that they are telling me HAVE TO take their cable box even though I said I'll be using TiVo boxes. I don't have to USE their DVR.....I can leave it in a box in the basement...but I have to accept it. C'mon......that's bizarre

We like the HGTV, DIY, Cooking Channel... stuff like that. Can't get OTA. I looked at Sling and could probably get all the channels we want between OTA and Sling's $40 package. But.... how would I record Sling content? AND.... I'd lose my Sabres games. I dunno. I'm getting to the point where I'm...

OK.... regarding watching cable content on the OTA Bolt... So the next question would be.... can she start a recording on the cable Bolt from the OTA Bolt? Not a huge deal except for convenience. Not sure if I'm saving anything by not hooking the second Bolt to cable. The cable card is like...

Just thinking about this again.... cause that's what I do.... If wife wanted to watch.... oh... say... HGTV on the bedroom TV (which is the Bolt I was going to just hook up as OTA)... would she have to start it recording on the living room Bolt (connected to cable) and let it spool up a bit...

Ok, well.....here's what I've done..... Set up my cable install for 2 weeks out. This gave me time to order the TiVo boxes. I was told that if the TiVo boxes come real fast, I can call to have the install moved up. Preferred channel package (200+) channels., 50Mb/s internet, and their phone...

I have Frontier DSL for internet. 12Mb/s and also for phone. I have DirecTV Satellite bill about $125 a month Phone/Internet bill about $90 a month. So about $215 for phone/internet/TV Time Warner has a bundle with phone/internet (50Mb/s)/and their "Preferred" TV package (200+ channels) for...

So all components to AV receiver and then like... a single HDMI from the receiver to the TV? Receiver is Yamaha RX-V667

I just got off chat with Samsung tech support and they're telling me that the optical audio out port will deliver 5.1 digital audio to the AV receiver from the TV using any source that provides digital audio. So.... I guess I'll give it a go and see. I have to see how I have things hooked up...

So I just got this Samsung 4K TV. I'm looking at rearranging my AV connections and started looking at HDMI cables. There are some newer, very fast cables out there. 18Gb/sec. Made for 4K and (I think) 3D. I don't have 3D (Samsung UN50HU6950F) and I don't have any sources that output 4K. The TV...

A LOT of TVs will only output 2-channel sound from a non-HDMI source.