Cutting cord, doing antenna things. What DVR to really use?

"Grindintosecond" (Grindintosecond) 07/10/2016 at 21:49 • Filed to: None

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(Name the movie and get a cookie) For those of you who have cut the cable cord: I have a Roku3 in addition to my DirecTV. We never use the DirecTV enough and it’s really not worth it. I like the Roku and the online features but in going to antenna use, we will need an Over the air DVR because we are never able to watch what we want when it’s on. What OTA DVR system pairs well with the Roku3? Or, what OTA DVR system completely replaces it without loss of content?

Thanks everyone.

iaintafraidofnoghost > Grindintosecond 07/10/2016 at 21:51

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I use the TiVo romaio ota. It’s $300 no fees. Not too bad a deal. Not sure what everyone hyping interface was about. It's functional but nothingn to write home about.

Grindintosecond > iaintafraidofnoghost 07/10/2016 at 22:01

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How ‘functional’ is it? it also runs streaming online content like the Roku doesn’t it? or does it download from online for later playback? The Roku was a Christmas gift last year so I suppose I could just run that on the side if i need to dig into amazon prime or something on demand...The issue I have, trying to decide, is what I lose from the Roku or if anything can actually replace it through the dvr

petebmwm > Grindintosecond 07/10/2016 at 22:18

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Buckaroo bonzai.

Grindintosecond > petebmwm 07/10/2016 at 22:51

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your kick-ass cookie reward.

cbell04 > Grindintosecond 07/10/2016 at 22:55

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No dvr here but cut the cord 4 years ago. Work pays internet and I share hulu plus, amazon prime, and netflix with fam. Grand total monthly runs me 10-12 bucks. What ever I’m missing I’m ok with but hulu plus plays tons of network tv next day on demand style.

Clown Shoe Pilot > Grindintosecond 07/10/2016 at 23:18

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petebmwm > Grindintosecond 07/10/2016 at 23:36

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Thank you.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Grindintosecond 07/11/2016 at 00:32

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I’ve been a TiVo user for about 15 years now, and currently run a Premiere with an external 1TB drive (pulled from a Premiere XL that started acting weird) and a custom antenna array. In addition, I’ve got a Roku 2 XS and an early Western Digital WDTV. If I can find one cheap enough I’m tempted to play around with a 1st generation Apple TV.

There’s also a Playstation 3 somewhere in this disaster that I call my home office. I have streamed directly from my Mac mini with a little help from some freeware server software.

Then there’s the old Motorola Atrix that I found at a thrift store. With the addition of a 32GB SD card and a $5 dock and remote control setup, this thing works great as a portable media player for when I visit friends and have some videos to watch. The only caveat that I’ve found is that I haven’t been able to play MKV files on it (or on a friend’s BD player via the USB port or via the USB port on his TV).

I found a 13" HDTV/monitor sans power supply and remote and picked it up for about $1.29 at the Goodwill outlet. I had a 12V power supply that worked with it, as well as a universal remote. It too has a USB port and can do basic playback of downloaded video.

Despite all of this tech, 90% or more of my TV watching is done on the TiVo. There are lots of OTA channels available, and whilst not at cable quality levels of programming, there’s plenty of stuff to keep me occupied. I also use the TiVo for Netflix and YouTube, and can upload to it videos that I’ve downloaded if I so desire. Although I’d like the additional channels that come with a cable subscription, I don’t seem to have the time to watch the stuff already on the DVR or that I’ve downloaded, so I really can’t see the point.

Your boy, BJR > Grindintosecond 07/11/2016 at 00:39

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You should keep direct tv solely because of the Bon Jovi commercials

iaintafraidofnoghost > Grindintosecond 07/11/2016 at 11:40

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The tivo box can access amazon prime and netflix, but it nowhere near as clean as the roku or apple tv. I’d still keep using that in parallel to this. I know that isn’t super ideal to switch between hdmi’s, but it isn’t too bad.

I run my apple tv and tivo together. I’m hoping in the future that there will be something to connect the OTA signal with roku/apple tv (at not a huge cost).

Grindintosecond > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 07/11/2016 at 12:31

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The desire is strong to cut cable, but in a way my wife can easily use. Lets say i can build my computer, and she lets me buy hers. So all of what you have going on is beyond overwhelming to ger. Im thinking the recent 1tb roamio may be the ticket with the roku3 and ota antenna.

SaigaShooter - He's got an Impreza > Grindintosecond 07/11/2016 at 12:40

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We dropped cable TV about 3 years ago, we have a Roku on both TVs, a Netflix Subscription and everything else we get through Usenet. If you don’t mind “stealing” your shows, you can setup a really nice system to get your shows.

We use Sickbeard to manage and automatically download our shows, then Plex Media Server streams them to the Rokus and any device on the network capable of playing them. We have a 6TB Synology Rackstation that everything lives on. We pay for access to the usenet indexer and newsgroup, but that’s about $18 per month. Far better than the cable company was charging us.

CaptDale - is secretly British > Grindintosecond 07/11/2016 at 17:32

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Between Netflix and BitTorrent to load my RaspberryPi I am all set.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Grindintosecond 07/12/2016 at 00:15

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That sounds like a pretty solid combo, and close to what I would do if I was starting from scratch. It might be a tough fight between the Roku and the new Apple TV; a friend of mine bought one and I have to admit that it’s pretty slick.