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Echostar DTVPal DVR (review) | The Beer's on COMCAST!
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The Beer's on COMCAST! One Man's Quest for Entertainment Independence. In the Living Room. Playon Media Server (review). Plex (review) →. Echostar DTVPal DVR (review). I have five of these in my home and highly recommend the DTVPal DVR/CM7400. Though no longer available in stores, these can be found on ebay. We’ve had five DTVPal DVRs for two years without any problems at all. Besides being a great tuner and DVR, the DTVPal DVR shows the signal strenght for each channel upon selection and from ...Good re...
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Pointing An Antenna | The Beer's on COMCAST!
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The Beer's on COMCAST! One Man's Quest for Entertainment Independence. In the Living Room. STV2 Simple TV DVR →. Most people point their antenna by trial and error — using a compass then fine tuning by judging picture quality or watching a signal strength meter on a TV or DVR. Some people invest in a signal strength meter. I have a better way. I use a Silicon Dust HD Homerun to point my antennas. The HD Homerun has many advantages over much more expensive signal strength meters including…. Signal Quality...
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On the Roof | The Beer's on COMCAST!
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The Beer's on COMCAST! One Man's Quest for Entertainment Independence. In the Living Room. Before You Buy an Antenna. Go to TitanTV.com. Add broadcast for your market and review the listings. See what’s on when you watch TV. Record the channels that you are interested in watching. Visit TVFool.com. Copies of the polar chart. One is for VHF and the other is for UHF. We want to look at VHF separately because it’s trivial to combine VHF and UHF signals on a single coax, so it’s practical...When people are d...
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Playon Media Server (review) | The Beer's on COMCAST!
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The Beer's on COMCAST! One Man's Quest for Entertainment Independence. In the Living Room. Roku Streaming Media Players (review). Echostar DTVPal DVR (review) →. Playon Media Server (review). Is a commercial server that aggregates content from web sites using ‘official’ and ‘unofficial’ plugins and scripts. A free version streams your media. See the full list of channels here. Playon supports third party plugins. So chances are that whatever your interests you’ll find something to watch. Is for the curre...
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Moving | The Beer's on COMCAST!
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The Beer's on COMCAST! One Man's Quest for Entertainment Independence. In the Living Room. STV2 Simple TV DVR. I hope you enjoyed this blog. It was a catchall for my ideas and experiences as I transitioned from cable to broadcast tv. I’ve organized all of my thoughts in a new blog which is from the perspective of one who has been there. Take a look…. Http:/ freetvforme.wordpress.com/. This is the last post to The Beer’s On Comcast. By Len Mullen . STV2 Simple TV DVR. 2 comments on “ Moving. 64; 3:39 pm.
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STV2 Simple TV DVR | The Beer's on COMCAST!
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The Beer's on COMCAST! One Man's Quest for Entertainment Independence. In the Living Room. STV2 Simple TV DVR. It’s no secret that I am a fan of the Simple TV DVR. I own five of the single tuner models. Three of these are collecting shows to attached 2t disks for playback via Plex and my Simple DVR Roku app. One is ‘on loan’ to an out-of-market friend. I’m hoping to use the last one to swap antennas with someone in the UK. The Simple.TV DVR is a. What Does This Do? What Doesn’t This Do? Alternatively, on...
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Roku Streaming Media Players (review) | The Beer's on COMCAST!
https://thebeersoncomcast.wordpress.com/2012/11/14/roku-streaming-media-players
The Beer's on COMCAST! One Man's Quest for Entertainment Independence. In the Living Room. Sony’s SMP-N200 (review). Playon Media Server (review) →. Roku Streaming Media Players (review). Roku players support streaming of all major entertainment services including Netflix, Amazon Instant Video, Hulu Plus, Crackle, VUDU, and HBO GO plus news, sports, and music. Some versions support applications and games as well. See this guide. For a comparison of the various Roku models. What’s not to like? Fill in you...
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Google Chromecast | The Beer's on COMCAST!
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The Beer's on COMCAST! One Man's Quest for Entertainment Independence. In the Living Room. Chromecast, Filmon Rescue CBS Fans. VideoBuzz: Open and Easy! I have had a Chromecast for three days and I love it. It doesn’t boast 750 channels or play games, but it is the most amazing thing I have ever plugged into an HDMI port. Chromecast is amazing for what it does, what it can do, and what it might do. What Chromecast Can Do. What Chromecast Might Do. Will there be an XBoxCC or a PlexCC? By Len Mullen .
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Sony’s SMP-N200 (review) | The Beer's on COMCAST!
https://thebeersoncomcast.wordpress.com/2012/11/13/sonys-smp-n200
The Beer's on COMCAST! One Man's Quest for Entertainment Independence. In the Living Room. Roku Streaming Media Players (review) →. Sony’s SMP-N200 (review). To date, the SMP-N200 is my favorite media player. When I purchased my first SMP, it was the only media player that supported both Amazon Prime and Netflix. It is still the least expensive device to support both popular streaming services. The SMP also streams CinemaNow, Crackle, Flixster, Hulu Plus, Pandora, Vudu, and other. By Len Mullen . You ar...
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In the Living Room | The Beer's on COMCAST!
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The Beer's on COMCAST! One Man's Quest for Entertainment Independence. In the Living Room. In the Living Room. If you have a modern television, it probably has a digital tuner and an RF input. Plug the coax into that RF input, configure the TV to use an antenna input, scan for channels, and you’re done. Consumer Reports 2009 guide. And ConsumerSearch’s 2011 reviews. Both put the $45 Zinwell ZAT-970A. And $340 Channel Master CM-7000PAL. And the Tivo Premiere. DVRs (Echostar version of the CM-7000PAL.
