Does the free version of Plex let you
use the HDHomerun or is that a pay
feature? I'm assuming the recording and
commercial cutting functionality are
paid features...
I currently use Youtube TV as my primary service, but they are raising prices.
So wondering what others are using. I selected them years ago for the live tv, and local channels (abc,nbc,cbs).
I set a personal Piped instance so I can watch Youtube without eating any advertisement. There is no way I am going to send a dime those sucker's way.
I don't really pay for any streaming service. My father used to do Amazon Prime, but they rarely have anything worth your time.
do you watch it on your computer? because you can use brave browser for that.
do you watch it on your computer? because you can use brave browser for that.
Well, I have a server which can be reached from anywhere. The idea is I can visit it using any device with any web browser. It is handy if you are at a party and want to show somebody a video but you don't have your device with you.
so what are you using for that? plex?
Re: Favorite Streaming service(s)
By: Amessyroom to All on Thu Jan 16 2025 01:56 pm
I'm in an area where I can get those channels over the air with a TV antenna. And I use a HDHomerun network-attached TV tuner, which can stream TV channels to my various devices with their app; I also have a Plex media server on a dedicated PC which is configured to use that TV tuner - Plex can stream the live TV channels as well. I have an internal PCI Express TV tuner in my Plex PC (which I bought before I found out about the HDHomerun, which is a stand-alone device). Both the HDHomerun and Plex can also act as a DVR.
Aside from the streaming options available with the setup, I think another nice thing is that the antenna and everything can be set up in a central place, so I don't need to attach antennas to my TVs. I currently live in an apartment, but if I had a house, I'd consider mounting a TV antenna on the outside near the roof, like people did in the old days.
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Re: Favorite Streaming service(s)
By: MRO to Amessyroom on Thu Jan 16 2025 10:41 pm
One show I like to watch is Jeopardy. I've tried to find torrents of the daily episodes but it seems like those don't exist, so the only way I can watch it seems to be via CBS (which I can get over the air here).
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Are you able to get over-the-air broadcast TV with an antenna?
Just chiming in to say this is still a viable option today. Our house had an antenna already installed when we bought it in '07, and I've kept it installed ever since. Great for local news, weather, and (some) sports. Also nice for FM.
Sports is better OTA as well, it's uncompressed.
Sports is better OTA as well, it's uncompressed.
Compared to streaming? Or compared to cable/satellite?
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Re: Re: Favorite Streaming service(s)
By: Nightfox to The Lizard Master on Wed Feb 12 2025 02:25 pm
Sports is better OTA as well, it's uncompressed.
Compared to streaming? Or compared to cable/satellite?
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All of those are compressed, so OTA (with clean signal) will always beat those.
All of those are compressed, so OTA (with clean signal) will always beat those.
OTA is compressed video as well, but uses more bandwidth per channel and thus supports real-time encoding at higher (perceived) fidelity. I think DirecTV used to allocate extra-high bandwidth channels for special live (e.g. sporting) events too, but I'm not sure if they still do.
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