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Have been trying out the new DirectTV Now streaming service this week and though it has a few bugs and faults, overall it's not bad. A little background- In July my wife had to retire for medical reasons. As she's home all day now, I've been considering getting cable tv back (we have Comcast...

Saw this in a Newegg email flyer I got this morning, even has a USB slot to play media. Mediasonic HW180STB HomeWorx HDTV Digital Converter Box with Media Player Function, Dolby Digital and HDMI Out (NewVersion) Sam

Saw this over at DSLReports.com Cord Cutting's Biggest Denier: Cord Cutting 'Real' - Craig Moffett's 180 Degree Turn is Completed | DSLReports.com, ISP Information Sam

Turned on the Boston Fox station this morning (25.1 WFXT) to find a continuously running ad for Movies! network which is starting tomorrow on their 25.2 channel. moviestvnetwork.com for info, station list and schedule. Sam

Aereo Heading to Boston in May - Pre-Registered Users Can Hop On Board May 15 | DSLReports.com, ISP Information They will actually cover southern NH and VT as well. Sam

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I first found this site 2 years ago while starting our search for going OTA as our Comcast bill was going north of $150/mo and we were not watching 99% of the 200+ channels. I have to says thanks to all the guys who offered info on getting started, antennas and general advice. In the past 2...

Nielsen Almost, Sort Of Acknowledges Cord Cutting - 'Zero TV' Homes Are Growing Due to High TV Costs | DSLReports.com, ISP Information sam

Article on how in the US more people are starting to get their TV viewing by streaming over the net. US viewers opt for free TV streaming Sam

PC Perspective site is doing a 3 part write up on cord cutting and building HTPCs to go with it. I gave them links to here and TV Fool in the comments section as the author only had AntennaWeb.org listed. That site says I'll get "3" channels OTA from my house. Cutting the Cord Part 1: The...

Saw this in the Newegg sale email today. May order one cause for $35 why not. Newegg.com - TaoTronics TT-OA01 Outdoor Amplified VHF/UHF HDTV Antenna with 360 Degree Rotating Motor Rotor, Remote Control, Reception Ranges Up to 100 Miles Sam

Cable Industry Lost 400,000 Users So Far in 2012 - Cord Cutting Denial Strong as Industry Refuses to Compete on Price | DSLReports.com, ISP Information Sam

This is a great script plugin that will replace the now non-working TV Links plugin: Project Free TV https://sites.google.com/site/fs4apu/ProjectFreeTV.lua?attredirects=0&d=1 Sam

As we're using PlayOn more now and I currently have it running on my gaming rig as it's a fast quad-core I decide to upgrade the HTPC in our living room from a older AMD dual-core to a new quad-core to run PlayOn on that as that's the TV setup (42" plasma) we use most of the time. So I decide...

Notice today that WBZ (4.1), WGBX (44.1-44.4), WCVB (5.1) are not coming in at all (all our TVs show no or weak signal from them) or when they do they break up a lot. I saw somewhere that last weekend they had issues, guess they're either not fixed or they picked today to fix 'em. They worked...

Is Playon content only SD? There is content we'd watch but SD on our plasma doesn't look that great. Sam

Link to an article on dslreports.com : 1 Million Pay TV Users Cut Cord in 2011 - Cord Cutters Very Real, Growing Slowly but Consistently | DSLReports.com, ISP Information Sam

I just got a great buy on a Pioneer VSX-821-K A/V receiver at Newegg.com. Price is $180 through March 8th. Got mine Friday and it is a really nice unit. Sound is very good through my four 15 yr old Optimus bookshelf speakers (6-1/2" woofers, 2" tweeters), BIC center speaker and a Insignia...

Looking to add a 2nd attic antenna to pick up WMUR Ch9 as they just added a 2nd channel carrying the MeTV Network. TV Fool Main antenna is in front corner of attic would add 2nd antenna in back rear corner approx 15 feet away. As WMUR (9.1 & 9.2) are the only channels I'm interested in picking...

Using a tuner card in my computer. When I mute the sound in Media Center Live TV, it mutes all the Windows sound. Any way to get around this? Would like to be able to mute the Live TV & run closed captioning while keeping all the other Windows sounds. Can't seem to find any options to set...