11-13-2013, 08:12 PM
mspace wrote:
[quote=silvarios]
Do you own any Roku boxes, Apple TVs are other similar devices? I've been much happier with centralized media control that spits out to my set top boxes than requiring fancier devices at each screen (I went through a media PC faze and it was not well regarded by the not Nathan's in the home).
I've been trying to wrap my brain around some of that stuff, but it seems that if one still wants to have access to some cable channels, those devices are not compatible. Since it's only one room and one TV, I don't have the need for more complex systems.
There's cable card support for some of them. Tuners are like $100. space-time just bought one for under $100. Yeah, you need the software set up properly on the back end (generally requires a personal computer in the mix to really take advantage). For one TV, probably doesn't matter. I have three. Two small ones upstairs, one slightly bigger TV in the living room (technically two TVs in the living room, but my old Roku splits off HDMI and component to each set). I also tested out the ideal of streaming TV to myself on the go, but my barely 1 Mbps upload might not be robust enough to handle such streaming. I should test again.
Anyway, sorry for the digression, you might be better served with the TiVo.