re: Update: OTA DVR question.

Update:

I cut out all the slack, and even ran a new line through the attic to the bedroom instead of going down to the basement and back up. Took a little work to get it over the staircase that split the floor of the attic into two sections, but I found an old suction cup on a pole extender thing I bought years back to replace bulbs in my floodlights, and tied the cable to that and forced it over. Reception is way better on that TV now, but I'm still missing Fox and ABC. I get plenty of channels otherwise, and all the channels come in on the other TVs still. ABC recently switched over to broadcasting from Birmingham, and is on 68.2, and the Samsungs pick it up crystal clear HD Quality. The old Magnavox still doesn't. I think a new bedroom TV is in order, but it can wait until we move back downstairs to that bedroom. That way I can get a 40 inch instead of the 32 we have in the cabinet upstairs.

And to branch off a little, does anyone have experience running a whole home DVR using OTA signals? I read a few reviews and it seems like it would be nice to have. Upfront costs can be a little high but no monthly fees if I don't use the TiVo version would be great. Some even have built in streaming, but the only one I looked into so far was just Vudu. I'd like to have Hulu and Amazon but if that's not an option I can just pick up another Roku instead. The main thing I would use it for is a couple of CBS shows that do not currently stream anywhere, as well as sports so I can start recording a game in case I can't watch the whole thing live.