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re: Questions about dropping Cable TV
Posted on 3/5/14 at 7:34 pm to tigerswin03
Posted on 3/5/14 at 7:34 pm to tigerswin03
quote:
I'll stick with my direc tv ....
Drop your DirecTV, switch to your local Cable company.
Buy desktop with Win7 that has media center
Buy 4TB HDD for $ 150
Buy HDHomerun Prime from Amazon for $120
Rent cablecard from cable company for $1-2/month.
Do not rent cable box or DVR.
You now save ~$20/month. You've spent around $600. After 2.5 years from now, you save money. If something breaks before then, you don't. It's like a gamble for your entire life, but your life is only worth about $600 in this scenario.
This post was edited on 3/5/14 at 7:50 pm
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Posted on 3/5/14 at 8:00 pm to Hopeful Doc
or use a UHF antenna for your local channels and get an Intel NUC for $200 and install Openelec to run XBMC
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