stephenson
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Could I get some help with some specific issues?
- OTA receivers - I have a 70" TV that I was only going to use for cable TV/internet access ... BUT, now that I want to cut the cord, it's lack of an OTA receiver is a problem ... TiVO has boxes that do many things, including receiving the OTA signal with HDMI output to one of the four TV HDMI inputs ... are there other, more basic OTA receivers that can be integrated into a system? (I don't really want to record OTA programming)
- Antennas - my preferred solution is attic mounted due to improved SNR. I can do the install, including running power for the amp and the coax into the wall and down to the A/V equipment - have good location in the attic. The only area I have for a flat indoor antenna is behind the TV on the shelf - and, it would be point almost exactly 90 degrees away from the bearing for all the OTA broadcast locations in our area. Are they other interior solutions? Does this type of antenna have to point at the signal, like most dipole antennas?
- Inputs to the TV - I have the following via HDMI into the TV - an Apple TV box, a Blueray player (have used it twice in a year), cable box ... if I cut the cord, I will lose the cable box, and gain a receiver of some sort for the OTA to TV...same three HDMI inputs to the TV ... is there an easier way to do this? It looks like the TiVO remote could control everything ...better solutions?
- OTA receivers - I have a 70" TV that I was only going to use for cable TV/internet access ... BUT, now that I want to cut the cord, it's lack of an OTA receiver is a problem ... TiVO has boxes that do many things, including receiving the OTA signal with HDMI output to one of the four TV HDMI inputs ... are there other, more basic OTA receivers that can be integrated into a system? (I don't really want to record OTA programming)
- Antennas - my preferred solution is attic mounted due to improved SNR. I can do the install, including running power for the amp and the coax into the wall and down to the A/V equipment - have good location in the attic. The only area I have for a flat indoor antenna is behind the TV on the shelf - and, it would be point almost exactly 90 degrees away from the bearing for all the OTA broadcast locations in our area. Are they other interior solutions? Does this type of antenna have to point at the signal, like most dipole antennas?
- Inputs to the TV - I have the following via HDMI into the TV - an Apple TV box, a Blueray player (have used it twice in a year), cable box ... if I cut the cord, I will lose the cable box, and gain a receiver of some sort for the OTA to TV...same three HDMI inputs to the TV ... is there an easier way to do this? It looks like the TiVO remote could control everything ...better solutions?