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    What is the most sensitive tuner available?

    I noticed Plex live TV on your source list in the picture you posted. Is this your source list for Channels DVR? I didn't see Plex offered as a provider in the Channels DVR provider list. I still have a lifetime subscription to Plex, and I'd love to be able to see and record the Plex live TV...
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    What is the most sensitive tuner available?

    Channels is now my favorite DVR server. The instructions for integrating and combining various sources such as an HD Homerun tuner together with a subscription streaming service such as Philo are pretty vague and lack some important details. But the setup process is actually easy (once you...
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    What is the most sensitive tuner available?

    Well, I made some progress! After some research, I found out that the stations I want are 39-40 miles away--not 25-30 like I thought before. So, I changed my old antenna, an Antennas Direct Clearstream 2V, for an Antennas Direct Clearstream 4V. The new antenna is basically the same antenna, but...
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    What is the most sensitive tuner available?

    I think I'll try this filter route first. I'm on the east coast of Florida. It's very flat, and the towers are all due south of me. I imagine there are dozens of cell towers and radio stations between me and those TV towers. I liked the idea of a preamp until I realized I'd have to run another...
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    What is the most sensitive tuner available?

    That's helpful to know. Do you definitely get more channels with that preamp? I know it sounds like a dumb question, but I didn't have great luck with the cheap junk WalMart preamp I tried in a different setup a couple of years ago. Maybe a good quality preamp with filters would help me get...
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    What is the most sensitive tuner available?

    Can that be accomplished outside of the tuner?
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    What is the most sensitive tuner available?

    That sounds very cool. I guess I'll have to set up a CHANNELS server alongside my PLEX server to compare them. For streaming channels, I mostly watch BritBox and Acorn mainly because British shows are often a bit cleaner than network TV, which I personally find pretty disgusting. But live...
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    What is the most sensitive tuner available?

    Yes, I've really been thinking about that one, but I wonder if maybe the reality is that none of these outboard tuners can pick up as many channels as the built-in tuner on a good TV. Also, I wonder if maybe there's a splitter inside all these multi-tuner boxes that reduces the signal strength...
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    What is the most sensitive tuner available?

    It seems amazing to me that I never see published test reports comparing tuner sensitivity. Instead, the reviews I've seen compare features and software interfaces, which mean nothing to me compared to knowing how good the tuner is in the first place. I'm 25-30 miles from the transmitters in my...
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    Cancelled Dish

    My experience with the streaming services has been that the picture is fine, but the DVR is not even close to my Wally's free DVR feature with an outboard 2 TB hard drive. I don't know about YouTube TV, but a lot of streaming providers make you pay extra for DVR and then force you to watch...
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    Thankful for Dish during 30 Days at home

    We too have been cutting way back on the news we watch, partly because it really upsets my wife. That was true even before this crisis. Just like I record everything else, I’ve started recording the news so I can just watch bits and pieces on delay. That way I can skip forward on the parts I...
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    Thankful for Dish during 30 Days at home

    Ya know, we’re very lucky to have Dish satellite TV service during this difficult time. Having traveled extensively overseas in 2005, I was amazed at how bad the satellite hardware and programming is in most countries outside of the USA. My wife and I are currently following the “stay at home...
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    DISH needs to Carry One America News Network

    Spend an hour watching watching 9605, then flip over to 9606 and watch that for a while. For a real thrill, watch 9582, and be sure to play the music from all 3 in Dolby! I submit those are not very popular channels with ANY dish subscribers. I seriously doubt they generate any revenue for Dish.
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    DISH needs to Carry One America News Network

    I think Dish should add it to the lineup. If nearly all subscribers are forced to pay for left-leaning CNN and MSNBC, seems only fair for Dish to offer both Fox and OAN for those on the right. I'm sure it would be more popular than some of the shopping channels and "public interest" channels...
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    Echostar III [61.5° W] & V [148° W] ?

    Personally, I've owned the 211K, 211Z, Hopper 3, and the Wally. They're all very good receivers in their own way, but the new Hopper 3 and Wally receivers can do so much more than the 211's. If I was starting out with Dish, I would definitely want the new hardware. These new receivers are...
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