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an 80 buck OTA digital PVR
Digital TV Tuner DVB-T PVR Box Receiver USB HDMI 808 | eBay
the item above does not to work with ATSC only DVB-T and is for Europe.
Can someone tell me why a reciever like this is not available anywhere in North America if not for consipracy theory that Dish Network as part of the DVB organism prevents such a reciever being sold I know they had one but it did not record. and the only alternative is the expensive Sonicview 8000 and other HD dish HD hack STBs.
or if anyone knows a cheap one please post
Digital TV Tuner DVB-T PVR Box Receiver USB HDMI 808 | eBay
the item above does not to work with ATSC only DVB-T and is for Europe.
Can someone tell me why a reciever like this is not available anywhere in North America if not for consipracy theory that Dish Network as part of the DVB organism prevents such a reciever being sold I know they had one but it did not record. and the only alternative is the expensive Sonicview 8000 and other HD dish HD hack STBs.
or if anyone knows a cheap one please post
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I don't purposely watch TV or any entertainment on a computer screen. Like you, I love my big flatscreen!
That is why I have the best set top box ever built....... A HTPC Home Theater Personal Computer that is only connected to my flat screen via a HDMI cable. I use Windows Media Center to record and watch over the air television, catch missed shows or surf on Hulu, subscribe to Netflix and watch PPV movies on Amazon and listen to Pandora. Every thing is controlled by one remote and also have a USB wireless mouse / keyboard for the few times I am using a browser. Without the Silicon Dust and a PC I would have several boxes and recorder and still not be able to share the recordings and my music collection around the house to other TVs and digital radios.
Have a microHD for watching backhauls / networks in other time zones and a Roku for a few additional services. The Slingbox and PlayOn are great for sharing programming from these sources to my tablet, smart phone, media players.
We live in exciting times!!! ..... Was outside last weekend using my tablet to control the microHD / dish motor and fine tuning a test LNBF then later viewing signal meter from the TV while fine tuning the terrestrial antenna. A few minutes ago I checked on the home microHD from here at work to see if some test recordings had been completed.
Exactly !
Here's my setup . . .
In the bedroom I have:
- dedicated laptop running Vista Media Center
- 22" HD TV is plugged via HDMI to laptop for bedroom viewing (get a bigger one) -
- MCE remote with USB receiver controls computer: $15 on Amazon
- Silicon Dust dual tuner is located in another room on the (wired) LAN
This makes for a fully functional HD PVR with all trick play options you expect.
For downloads (torrents) there is:
- dedicated old laptop with small hard drive
- internal hard drive is available on the wired LAN for all in-house computers to see
Then, I have a server:
- three 2tb hard drives hold the bulk of my video library
Now, in the living room, I have:
- a 42" LCD for viewing
- Western Digital TV Plus (?) media player box hooked to TV via HDMI
- the WD uses wired LAN (and optionally up to two local USB drives)
- with the WD remote, I can select any of the computers and play their contents, be it HD MPEG from the OTA tuners, DVD or blu ray rips, SD or HD downloads in .AVI/.mp4/.MKV format, YouTube, Netflix, et al.
The WD player and Silicon Dust dual tuner were both bought off the internet for under $80 each, and were refurbs.
I think both have been in service about two years now, without failures nor need for upgrades.
Thanks to Linuxman for recommending and testing both the tuner and the media player!
I don't purposely watch TV or any entertainment on a computer screen. Like you, I love my big flatscreen!
That is why I have the best set top box ever built....... A HTPC Home Theater Personal Computer that is only connected to my flat screen via a HDMI cable. I use Windows Media Center to record and watch over the air television, catch missed shows or surf on Hulu, subscribe to Netflix and watch PPV movies on Amazon and listen to Pandora. Every thing is controlled by one remote and also have a USB wireless mouse / keyboard for the few times I am using a browser. Without the Silicon Dust and a PC I would have several boxes and recorder and still not be able to share the recordings and my music collection around the house to other TVs and digital radios.
Have a microHD for watching backhauls / networks in other time zones and a Roku for a few additional services. The Slingbox and PlayOn are great for sharing programming from these sources to my tablet, smart phone, media players.
We live in exciting times!!! ..... Was outside last weekend using my tablet to control the microHD / dish motor and fine tuning a test LNBF then later viewing signal meter from the TV while fine tuning the terrestrial antenna. A few minutes ago I checked on the home microHD from here at work to see if some test recordings had been completed.
Interesting as I recently setup a PC running MCE7 (4 ATSC/clear QAM tuners) to replace a Dish DTVPal DVR and the PC is far better! Now if we could somehow integrate the Micro-HD as a source...
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Schedule drops tomorrow. Mandatory mini camps in June. Hall of Fame game August 6th.
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Browns lose a close one with... The Jets. That is a classic Browns loss (granted, any loss is a classic one it seems). 49'ers, Vikings, and Chiefs remain undefeated. The AFC north have a three way tie at 3-2 for second place.
A big win for the Patriots, and they are now 3-2.
Browns lose a close one with... The Jets. That is a classic Browns loss (granted, any loss is a classic one it seems). 49'ers, Vikings, and Chiefs remain undefeated. The AFC north have a three way tie at 3-2 for second place.
Troy Aikman seems to confirm he'll be leaving ESPN
Aikman says he looks forward to "where my next landing spot will be."
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Hopefully nowhere near a microphone.Troy Aikman seems to confirm he'll be leaving ESPN
Aikman says he looks forward to "where my next landing spot will be."
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Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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Really excited for this season with Kentucky having a new coach and some really exciting recruits. Probably won't last long, but here's hoping this season is great.
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Wasn't exactly sure where to post this. Just had a customer come in inquiring about internet. He has HughesNet and had heard good things about mine. He asked if we provided email addresses and it kinda caught me off guard. I said he should be able to keep whatever email he had been using....my sister in law is still using a BellSouth email addy and they haven't been around here for many years. He said he had gotten a letter from HughesNet stating that they had until Nov 16th to save, move, forward, whatever, their Hughesnet emails because they would lose them after that date.
I have never heard of a company simply mass-deleting email accounts (the customer still has his HughesNet service). From what I understand, in the past, the company who was ditching their email service simply sold the customer base to a company like Google.
Anyone else getting this letter. He said he would show it to me tomorrow when I go out there and set up his internet.
I have never heard of a company simply mass-deleting email accounts (the customer still has his HughesNet service). From what I understand, in the past, the company who was ditching their email service simply sold the customer base to a company like Google.
Anyone else getting this letter. He said he would show it to me tomorrow when I go out there and set up his internet.
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The TPN Map Excel Presents all DIRECTV Channels:
Understanding the TPN Map
Making Sense of the TPN Map Display Conventions
National (50-States or wide/NAT+PR beams)
Local (Local-Into-Local or narrow/Spot beams)
Local (Local-Into-Local or narrow/Spot beams)
Additional tabs provide:
OTA the (Over-The-Air) Database
VOD (Video On_Demand) Records
Offline Records
Engr Records
Net Decoder a graphic presentation of all satellites and transponders
VOD (Video On_Demand) Records
Offline Records
Engr Records
Net Decoder a graphic presentation of all satellites and transponders
Domestic Satellites
@99W...... D11, D14
@101W.... D16
@103W.... D12, D15
@110W.... D5
@119W.... D8
@99W...... D11, D14
@101W.... D16
@103W.... D12, D15
@110W.... D5
@119W.... D8
Understanding the TPN Map
Making Sense of the TPN Map Display Conventions
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For the naysayers who did not think this service would make it, just added another 4.9M subscribers and that was after the removal of 1.2M Russia subscribers.
This is even better, Paramount+ revenue grew 120% and Subscription revenue grew 74% year-over-year ( 2nd quarter 2021/ 2nd quarter 2022) to $830M, principally reflecting paid subscriber growth on Paramount+.
Now compare that to Peacock with only 13 million paid, 13 million free.
This is even better, Paramount+ revenue grew 120% and Subscription revenue grew 74% year-over-year ( 2nd quarter 2021/ 2nd quarter 2022) to $830M, principally reflecting paid subscriber growth on Paramount+.
Now compare that to Peacock with only 13 million paid, 13 million free.
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So, this means that those of us with Commercial Free subs, won't be Commercial Free, unless we wait till after the show is over ?
Which would make same day, not that big of a deal.
Paramount+ has always had the CBS shows on the CBS local channel and yes with commercials. What they are doing now is releasing the OnDemand versions of the show which I believe they don't release until after the shows air on the west coast. And they will be commercial free if you subscribe to the ad free version of Paramount+.So, this means that those of us with Commercial Free subs, won't be Commercial Free, unless we wait till after the show is over ?
Which would make same day, not that big of a deal.
I wasn't up at 3:00 am to check but they are there at 8:00 am today.
The new curated multiview is now live.
While on many of the sports channels and non sports channels there is a multi view option button. It will pull up a side bar with many different multi view options.
While on many of the sports channels and non sports channels there is a multi view option button. It will pull up a side bar with many different multi view options.
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Apple has finally released their Apple TV 4K with built-in Siri and a microphone so it can respond to your queries even if you don't have the remote. It also increases in price, to $299. I had been planning on updating my current Apple TV 4K streamers, but that's $600 for the two of them, and that's a pass at this point.
At $299, it had better come with 256 GB of Storage, Gigabit (or better) Ethernet, the latest HDMI tech and standards, and one year of free Apple One. But it probably won't…
At $299, it had better come with 256 GB of Storage, Gigabit (or better) Ethernet, the latest HDMI tech and standards, and one year of free Apple One. But it probably won't…
Apple TV 4K
Apple TV 4K. New Siri AI and hands-free control. Stunning picture and immersive HomePod surround sound. Works with your Apple and smart home devices.
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. apple's been making money off of software and not hardware for a while
they all do that anyways.. ever notice your cell phone slows down when you come up for an upgrade..
. apple's been making money off of software and not hardware for a while