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OTA ATSC from an antenna using HDHomerun and a good atsc antenna. A little up front cost but no recurring costs.
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The OP needs to clear things up. Is he planning on using Satellite or an Antenna.
Satellite TV uses signals relayed from space radio stations. (Monthly fee as a service provider is needed)
Antenna (OTA/Broadcast) uses signals transmitted by radio raves to the TV receiver from an earth based transmitter. (Usually has no monthly fee)
Also a bit confused about why he is canceling TV when he mentions Internet caps. He later states unlimited Internet which doubles the confusion (what happened to the Internet caps).
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Thanks for all the replies. I did indeed mean an antenna, not satellite, from local broadcast towers. We've checked in our area for channels and we've already decided it's worth it to get the extra channels for free.
We are NOT firm on the requirement to record those channels though, and it sounds like it's going to be a lot of hassle, so that might be something for the future.
Unlimited internet is a 30$ EXTRA package from Comcast. The internet in total will be $65 a month for good speeds (75 Mbs down, 10 up)
We currently have an Apple TV 3 which can do Netflix, but not Amazon, which is kindof annoying.
The PowerLine adapters sound like such an awesome solution! Are they very reliable and fast enough to stream HD movies?
I have several 1TB HDs lying around, including one in the current slow-ish PC I'm using for Kodi. Even with 7-8 GB/hour recordings that's like 120 hours of recordings, which is pretty good to me. I just worry that they might not be fast enough to write the recordings from the antenna if we do decide to do that.
Windows sounds like the best alternative to a Shield so far.
What's a ~$200 computer with a good GPU and CPU and good performance? It doesn't need a HD, as I said I have several, just a place for a 3.5' SATA.
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2016-01-07, 22:09
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The bigger online content providers read : Netflix, hulu, Amazon, crackle etc will not be an issue. With your Internet speeds. Look into mcebuddy again. It can remux, remove commercials and reduce video size. Third mention of potentially increasing your budget. Consider the advice from people who have been through this and are trying to give you the advice you asked for.
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I would reuse your old machine with Windows. Get a proper antenna, hdhomerun. On the windows machine install emby for use as the kodi backend.
Put the $200 towards and nvidia sheild since that can do everything you ask except for Amazon prime. Take $35 or whatever and get a ftv stick for prime.
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I would reuse your old pc for mythtv and buy a hdhomerun and an nvidia shield for reasons bry~ said.
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If you can forgo the need to actually record the TV I would go with a good antenna (that should set you back about $80-100 by the time you mount it), $80 for the basic HDHomerun (you don't need the upgrading model since the clients I will suggest have native MPEG2 playback) and then a Nexus Player. This will set you back a little more than the $200 total, but it includes the antenna and mounting in the budget.
You wont be able to record live TV (though you can repurpose the PC for that for free using WMC if its a W7 equipped box, or the HD DVR solution if/when its released), 24FPS playback wont be great for Netflix movies and local content through Kodi, but you will get a single box that will do Kodi, Netflix and Live TV (from the HDHomerun) all slickly integrated into the Nexus UI.
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2016-01-08, 01:05
(This post was last modified: 2016-01-08, 01:09 by katsup.)
Correct me if I am wrong, but I don't think Nexus Player can stream from Amazon Prime.
I'd personally start with a Fire TV stick for these streaming apps and use your current Kodi box to setup your TV solution. Once you have everything working, consider replacing the Kodi box with something that may fit your requirements better since you'll have a better idea of how things work.
Keeping these two devices separate should also help keep your family happy if one device is down.