[mythtv-users] (US) Dump Comcast for a dish, good Mythtv decision?

[drew einhorn]

On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 7:42 PM, Ozzy Lash<ozzy.lash at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 8:05 PM, Craig Treleaven<ctreleaven at cogeco.ca> wrote:
>
>> Another option, just to muddy the waters further, is over-the-air broadcast TV; possibly supplemented by streamed content.  Digital OTA is way easier to receive than analog was and has less compression applied than a lot of cable or satellite companies use.  Once the antenna and tuner(s) are in place, there are NO FEES to any company for content although this is where streaming comes in if something that you want to watch is not on the airwaves.  No messing with IR blasters and an external box.  Check out TV Fool or 2150.com to see what you can expect to get in your area.
>>
>> Craig
>
> Agreed.  I have a substantial investment in digital tuners that I will
> definitely use for OTA.  I doubt I'll be able to convince the other
> members of my family that OTA is good enough.  I'm not sure that
> streamed content is convenient enough. but if I could get a
> subscription to about 5 cable/satellite channels, that would probably
> be enough:
>
> Comedy Central
> A&E
> Bravo
> Discovery
> TLC
>
> I can't think of the last time I watched anything that wasn't on one
> of those or OTA.  Maybe all of their content is available streamed, I
> haven't looked.  Has the quality of streamed video increased over the
> past few years?  Would it be watchable on a high def set? Is there an
> accepted method (accepted by the content providers) to watch these
> streams through mythtv?
>

Another option that I have not taken a look at in years is a big dish.
I just googled and discovered it is still an option.

Last time I looked (which was years ago) you could subscribe to
the handful of channels you actually watched and not have to buy
a big package with a hundred or more channels that you never watch.

Here's a link to a page with some amazing pictures.

    http://www.skyvision.com/fta/multifeed.htm

And here's a link to the skyvision store index page:

    http://skyvision.com/store/skystoreindex.html

Is anybody using mythtv with big dishes?

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Drew Einhorn