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Planning High Def move first of year and considering this setup.
Outside antenna for local stations, Tivo service for DVR, Roku w/netflix for movies and other various stuff.
I want to dump cable/satellite entirely.
This sounds so simple I thought I might be missing something.
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Sounds good to me. The only snag I can think of is the Tivo DVR.
There's a digital converter box in this setup too, right? Is the Tivo able to change the channels successfully on the converter box? If it works like my ReplayTV does, there's an infrared eye that changes the channel on cable boxes, and I'm assuming converter boxes. If that part doesn't work, you can't change channels to record shows.
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The weak spot is the tuner. Can a Tivo receive the over the air broadcasts? Or, are you planning on using the ATSC tuner in the TV and route the output to the Tivo?
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If you get a TiVo HD you won't need a digital converter or the Roku box for Netflix (unless the Roku has added additional functionality, but TiVo HD has really good Netflix streaming built-in).
If you're using a Series2 TiVo, there aren't many models of converters that are compatible with the IR blaster.
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I learned something new myself.
TiVo HD models have then ATSC tuner and thus can record OTA HD signals. The Series 2 do not have a tuner.
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I dumped DirecTV a year ago and switched to over the air channels and a TivoHD. Good choice and I saved a lot of money.
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TivoHD has 2 coaxial inputs - one for antenna, one for cable (and slots for cablecards)
Also has Netflix built-in - no need for the Roku box.
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Thanks, TivoHD sounds like the way to go.
Great advice.
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This is probably a dumb question, but I have never used Tivo. What does Tivo get you that an eyetv device wouldn't? I thought there was a monthly fee with Tivo. If you are just recording live TV off the antenna, the eyetv will do that just fine.
I answered my own question: you need to run this through a mac if you go the eyetv route. So do that instead of a Tivo as a possibility.
