[Cialug] Sat TV

[Rob Cook]

I setup a HTPC, dual tuner (have the cards would sell) based on -- yes yes,
say what you will but it worked fine -- Windows Media Center. For as well
as it worked, and I do still use it as the front end for Plex (long story
but running Plex as an add in to Media Center works better for remote
control compatibility), I switch to the TiVo, at first because I got it on
Craigslist for $40 and then because it was sooooo much easier to use and
worked even better than a homebrew HTPC.

On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 1:04 PM, Rob Cook <rdjcook at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes there is a monthly fee but when I did the math I felt fine paying it.
> DirecTV was ~$180? (We had HBO). After dropping DTV I now pay $12 for TiVo,
> $6 (2 accounts) to Pandora, $10 to Google Music, $9 to Netflix and $12 to
> Audible. So I'm saving about $100-$130 or so each month. I also picked up
> Amazon Prime so $100/year, still I'm saving over $1K/yr over having DTV.
> Granted my usage is not yours etc...
>
> On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 12:19 PM, Derek Etnyre <detnyre at mac.com> wrote:
>
>> Yes: https://www.tivo.com/shop/promo/holiday-sale#panelTabs
>>
>> We have TiVo and it works well.  Nice having live tv, DVR, Netflix, Hulu
>> and Amazon prime available from a single remote.
>>
>> Derek
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> > On Dec 5, 2014, at 12:08 PM, Dave Hala <dave at 58ghz.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > Does your standalone Tivo require a monthly subscription?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >> On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 10:49 AM, Rob Cook <rdjcook at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> I did this several years ago, do yourself a favor and just get a
>> standalone
>> >> TiVo box, it does everything you want and then some and it just works.
>> I
>> >> have a 6ft Yagi on the roof with dual coax running into the TiVo,
>> >> outputting into my Denon receiver and it works great.
>> >>
>> >>> On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 8:41 AM, Dave Hala <dave at 58ghz.net> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Its that time to once again consider dumping Directv.   Has anyone
>> >>> come up  with a DirectTV Genie like solution using off the shelf
>> >>> components and OSS?
>> >>>
>> >>> I'd like to be able to record local Ota hd programming, as well as
>> >>> have access to Netflix streaming. I'd like  to view from multiple tv's
>> >>> in different rooms.
>> >>>
>> >>> As for commercial products, I'm thinking the channel master hd dvr
>> >>> might be a good place to start.
>> >>>
>> >>> :) Dave
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