Subj : Favorite Streaming service(s)
To : Nightfox
From : Amessyroom
Date : Mon Jan 20 2025 05:17 am
Re: Favorite Streaming service(s)
By: Nightfox to Amessyroom on Thu Jan 16 2025 09:06 pm
Ni> Re: Favorite Streaming service(s)
Ni> By: Amessyroom to All on Thu Jan 16 2025 01:56 pm
Am>> I currently use Youtube TV as my primary service, but they are raising
Am>> prices.
Am>> So wondering what others are using. I selected them years ago for the
Am>> live tv, and local channels (abc,nbc,cbs).
Ni> I'm in an area where I can get those channels over the air with a TV
Ni> antenna. And I use a HDHomerun network-attached TV tuner, which can
Ni> stream TV channels to my various devices with their app; I also have a
Ni> Plex media server on a dedicated PC which is configured to use that TV
Ni> tuner - Plex can stream the live TV channels as well. I have an internal
Ni> PCI Express TV tuner in my Plex PC (which I bought before I found out
Ni> about the HDHomerun, which is a stand-alone device). Both the HDHomerun
Ni> and Plex can also act as a DVR.
I use plex, but have not looked into tuners before. I had never heard of HDHomerun before regoining the BBS scene. I'll have to do some research and see how these work and their costs. I new plex could use a tuner, but have never had a computer with space for an actual add-on tuner card.
Ni> Aside from the streaming options available with the setup, I think another
Ni> nice thing is that the antenna and everything can be set up in a central
Ni> place, so I don't need to attach antennas to my TVs. I currently live in
Ni> an apartment, but if I had a house, I'd consider mounting a TV antenna on
Ni> the outside near the roof, like people did in the old days.
Haven't had much luck with indoor HD antenna's , I actually have a tower erected at both of my houses. But would be a pain to run cable into house from outside; would prefer a indoor solution. I was using one of the flat HD anntennas when testing in the house.
