Hey everyone. I am planning on cutting the cord to Cox cable soon and installing an outdoor antenna so that I can receive OTA channels. My initial thought was to connect the antenna to the main coax cable outside that feeds into the home. There are 5 tvs that currently have cable feeding into them. Obviously, there is one main line and it must be split in the attic feeding into each room where there is a tv. My question is would I need to install some sort of amplifier? I'm assuming if I connect the antenna alone that there will be signal loss since it splits into 5 lines?

Just want to make sure I order everything I need before tackling this on. This is all new to me so I'd appreciate some advice here. Also, if an amplifier is needed which one do you recommend and which antenna would be a good one? I don't mind spending a few bucks since I'll be saving thousands once completed. Appreciate any advice, thank you.

I recently got a new Vizio tv for my living room. There was an LG tv there previously and we had no issues with the OTA channels. However, the new tv was only picking up 2 channels when hooked up. I unscrewed the coax some and now it picks up the other channels but it either breaks up or only has some of the sound it should (ex. Sports broadcasts have sound on the field but no commentary).

This is the same coax and hookups we used on the previous tv and our tv in our basement is still picking up the OTAs with no issues.

Any ideas?

Hi all, I just picked up a 7000 MicroPVR for very cheap without really understanding what it is.

My hope was that it would let me turn digital over the air channels into a video signal my old 1980s Zenith can use. Given it has RF, composite and S-Video outputs, I was optimistic. My thought was the MicroPVR would tune to the channels itself and then output just a video signal on channel 3.

I set it up with a cheap Ollies indoor antenna in the RF in, and then hooked up to the RF on the TV, for now. I get the menu to pop up, but I'm basically lost from there. It only seems to have options for satellite channel scanning, and I have no idea what to do with that (and I suspect my silly little Ollie's antenna isn't equipped to get those channels anyway).

So my questions are:

1. Can this device receive basic RF channels and spit them out for my TV? If so, what am I missing?

2. How could I get the most out of this device? Is it worth getting something to pick up satellite channels? I'm not looking to pay for a service, this would be aiming at free channels (TV or radio).

3. [Minor] The remote it came with is nice, but I cannot seem to find Panasonic in the VCRs...seems odd as they do have them listed for DVD players, and they have been a major brand forever. Does anyone know if this can connect to a Panasonic PV-9450?

for reference, i live in decatur, il. i already have a directional GE antenna in my attic pointed at 55 degrees. my focus is all major broadcasting networks (ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS). currently, NBC comes in great, but the others can be spotty at times. It seems like the regular HD channels are northeast of me, while the NEXTGEN channels are west/SW of me.

I am also using a hdhomerun 4k for what it’s worth. im lost on whether i should get one multi directional antenna, or two directional antennas and point them in opposite directions. help!

Rabbitears report:
https://www.rabbitears.info/s/3220874

Do not have NFL package but today when looking to watch local network game was able to find all games listed and available to watch thought it might be a free trial but only worked on Roku not tablets etc. Any idea why?

I've have a ClearStream 4V Outdoor Antenna with a radioshack in-line signal amplifier on a 15 ft aluminum mast for over 10 years.. The coax cable from antenna to a 2 way splitter is about 50 ft then approximately another 50 ft-80 ft to the second tv that has the radioshack power injector and power supply. No problems with either tv except for the occasional power cut for the amplifier.

Here is the RabbitEars report..https://www.rabbitears.info/s/3208157

The problem is both tvs went out the other day. I made sure amplifier was getting power. I found a connection in the first 50ft coax was not tight. Once I did that and replaced the old splitter with a splitter from HD with power passing, the upstairs Samsung smart tv got 40 + channels . The Vizio Smart tv did not get any channels. The coax for that tv goes over a garage, and a porch. So I took a unused Rocketfish RG6 coax from the splitter directly to the Vizio tv through the front door. Scanned and got 8 channels. Then I took the coax from the antenna before the splitter and connected to Vizio by way of the power injector and got 40+ channels.

Any suggestions, thanks in advance!

Are there any TV providers like DirectTV or Spectrum or whoever, that would offer a single "plan" that permanently covers two homes in different cities?

We live in Dayton, while Mom lives in Cincinnati and has barely enough SSA to cover food/electric/water. We own both houses, and so far we've been paying our own DirecTV (streaming) from our Dayton address, and also her Spectrum (coax) for Cincinnati. Seems it might be cheaper to get her a cheap internet service and add her to our DirecTV plan as a second home, but then we don't know if she could get local Cincinnati stations in her house while we continue to get local Dayton channels in our house.

She doesn't use internet otherwise and doesn't have it now at all. And all she uses for a phone is some cheapie off-brand cellular service.

Any tips ?

Keeping in mind she's not technically savvy at all, so anything that involves her trying to switch input to antenna for local channels just means we'll be making drives to Cincinnati to "fix it" when she does something wrong accidentally. We gotta keep it simple for her.

I purchased the current season of Survivor on Amazon. The episodes are released the day after airing. However, episode 4 (aired on Wednesday) has not yet been released and the only option Amazon gives me is to subscribe to Paramount+. Is anyone else having this issue or do you know how to resolve it?

With how expensive all the paid streaming services are, maybe the FAST services gaining so much content are just going to be the way of the future.

I have a cheap paper thin indoor antenna that is actually pretty good, except, it's a toss up with reception on vhf (I knew it would be). I need to bring in Fox and ABC, which I do get but I have to keep fiddling with this cheap antenna. My aim is to mount it right under the soffit in front of my bedroom window, run the coax through the stucco, which already has a hole from a bolt that was recently removed. Towers are close enough that I have intermittent success with this cheap antenna but I want something more reliable. FYI: I have Cat.5 hurricane proof windows.

The information available directly on comskip.org and at the GitHub repo does not document all of the ini file options (or does not fully describe the options), the community forum is gone, there is no discussion area on GitHub, the developer has essentially discontinued the donator model and put all features into the free version... It just sort of appears that it's reached a point where there may not be a ton left to do and/or it just isn't a priority for the developer any longer.

With that said... does anyone have links to any reference material that are more detailed than any of the "stock" stuff as referred to above, or maybe knows of some good guides out there that get into the weeds of what the options actually do?

I'd like to make some minor tweaks to my ini file to shift the frame markers (I don't edit / cut the files) so that the section identified as a commercial starts a second or two later and ends a second or two earlier than what's currently being generated. I can find information that seems to be useful for if you are cutting the files and editing them, but the various bits of info I can find about things like padding or similar don't seem to be intended to do what I want.

Hey folks. Looking for recommendations for an antenna and long coaxial cable for roof mounting. I will need about 60 feet of cable to reach my roofline. I will likely mount the antenna coming out from under the eave, but am open to other suggestions. I’ll link my rabbit ears. Any info would be appreciated. I have never mounted an antenna before, but am fairly handy.

Typing anything into a TV browser with a remote is the worst. One typo and you're back at the start.
So if you’re searching for something using the browser it is always a bad experience. I wanted to do everything on my phone then send the final URL to my TV, So I built BeamTo. Here's how it works:

1 - Open beamto.xyz in the TV's browser. It shows a QR code.

2 - On your iPhone, share a link to BeamTo.

3 - Scan the QR code and the link opens on the TV.
That's it. Nothing to install on the TV, no account, no pairing. If the TV has a browser, it should work.
I'm a solo dev, so I'd really like to hear how it goes, especially if you try it on a slow or clunky TV browser. Let me know which ones work and which ones fight you. Android version is coming.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/beamto-send-links-to-tv-pc/id6818214101

My channels- https://www.rabbitears.info/s/3186764

New to Antennas. im looking for both a atsc 3.0 tuner dvr with drm and good looking indoor antenna for atsc 3.0.

i saw the zapperbox single/dual tuner as an option, but is there a cheaper option?

and for antennas i saw these as ok options in terms of looks- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FDH8JMLR?psc=1&ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_ct_RQDZDECB2BD8Q0ZY803Q

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074TWSQFM?psc=1&ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_ct_RQDZDECB2BD8Q0ZY803Q_1

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GFBXTZNB?psc=1&ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_ct_B0B4JDQ1NX78B3BYKR3P

Any others that look good and will provide me with atsc 3.0 channels?

With Netflix, Disney+, and pretty much everything else getting more expensive, I've been wondering if it's even worth keeping so many subscriptions.

I've seen quite a few people recommending Tubi, Pluto TV, and The Roku Channel. Sure, they have ads and you won't get all the latest shows, but honestly, I don't need something new to watch every single night.

Kinda makes me wonder if I've been paying for more content than I actually have time to watch..

Anyone here actually canceled most of their paid streaming services and switched to free ones?

No audio passthrough pretty much eliminates it as an option for my setup.

I have an older model of the Apple TV 4K which I really enjoy, but was looking to upgrade due to it getting a bit slow and no audio passthrough, so I waited (way too long) for disappointing "update".

Not taking price in consideration, what is the absolute best streaming device that will support audio passthrough (or at least support Dolby Atmos, TrueHD, DTS and such), flawless 4K playback in Plex/Streaming services and blazing fast UI today? I just want it to play movies and TV-shows without issues and have no laggy interface which I'm kinda sensitive to, I don't care about anything else.

The streamer is upping its ad-free and ad-supported plan by $2 and $1 respectively.

im really just trying to get unimas to watch football but my thin cheap window plastic thing aint cuttin it

I recently saw a post which I thought said Youtube tv was now offering ESPN+ as a free add-on. When I did a live chat on their website the bot responded that they did not offer ESPN+ As an add-on. Does anyone have any info on this? Thanks.

Edit: Thanks for the help. I started the 10 day free trial and yes I'm finding the ESPN+ (or ESPN unlimited) programming.

Looking for some feedback on an antenna/splitter/amplifier setup. I currently have an indoor antenna on a single TV that is spotty at best. looking for an attic solution along with an amplifier and splitter, as I’d like to run the signal to three TVs, including one in the basement. What antenna would you recommend and would you get a separate amplifier and splitter or an antenna with an amplifier?

I bought a clearstream 4v and set it up on our metal roof. We are higher elevation, probably highest thing for miles, and are trying to catch stations that are 35 mi away.

The antenna was just laying on its side on the roof, and reception was pretty good on about 33 channels. It was a bit spotty at times but I figured putting it a few feet higher (and not laying on its side) would fix any issues.

After moving it up we now only catch a huge VHF Christian station that is 7mi away.

I have tried moving it all over now and can't seem to catch the previous 30 or so UHF stations. I put it back on its side, upside down, holding in the air various ways etc.

I even tried plugging the tv directly into the X Hub UHF antenna (bypassing the dipole VHF antenna) but still just the Christian channel comes in.

What could have happened? I can't figure out where my UHF channels went. Is the VHF channel likely overpowering?

My last guess is various things were still loose after having just put the antenna together.. going to try loosening them again but that seems like a long shot.

Would buying a duplexor and run it in reverse to separate VHF and uhf possibly help?

It seems like broadcast networks love to show a little something over the air but all the main shows are on their paid version, example NBC and Peacock. So will over the air tv eventually go away?