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Ouch. I have 30 megs, I get it for 15 bucks because I live in a retirement zone. Moving up to 60 megs would cost an extra 50 dollars a month.
PS. I just ran a speed test, It registered at 38 megs, so I'm good.
I'm lucky - I have Verizon Fios where I get over 900mb download speeds...
I have access to 60 plus megs, but I'd have to pay 50 more a month for it and so far I haven't needed the bandwidth.
The technology for cable cutters sure is improving. All I care about is Netflix and college football, but my wife likes some cable shows. Otherwise I probably drop the cable.
I like reading about what solutions you folks are following. Gotta keep up, you know
Go, Dawgs!
Im not in the GA area. From STL, Mo and live in Fort worth Tx now. Always lived on the outskirts but have really good signal.
What channels does she watch and what channels do you watch? There may be a cheaper option.
Just an FYI on 4k -
When running 4k via Netflix, my info screen shows I am using 15 Mbps.
At 1080 it is about 7.5.
The antennaweb site I linked works Nationwide.
Ha! Home Depot employees are notorious for making up answers.
I have a small older Vizio now. Not smart, but it's been a good tv. Before that I had a LG that was good, but started going out after about 6 years. When I buy again, which will soon, I'll probably go with either a Vizio or Samsung.
Well I bought a Vizio. The thing won't connect to my Belkin router. In fact it shuts my router signal down, even to my laptop. The Indian named Mike at Vizio tech support kept telling me it's the router, no, the router works fine till I try to connect it to the pos tv.
I just don't have the patience to pay for something only to spend my weekend trying to get it to work.
Your experience is making me think I’m better off rocking the setup I currently have. 6 year old dynex, Apple TV, roommates Xbox for the digital antenna.
Best of luck to you on this one
I registered 38 megs at speed test earlier today. I use Sling, Amazon Prime, etc without issues at 1081i. I've never tried at 4K and I'm probably returning this POS Vizio tomorrow.
Thanks, I just don't have the patience to deal with such problems when the point is relaxation and entertainment. I sure haven't been entertained trying to get this thing working the past 3 hours.
That really sucks. Sorry about that.
Samsung has a clean interface which I like. The only vizio I’ve dealt with is at my Mom’s house and it’s probably 6 or 7 years old. They may have improved their firmware these days.
I find that the Sling/Roku/Chromecast/AppleTV/etc interfaces have a wider range of apps and get updated more often than the ones from the TV manufacturers.
On the flip side, the software vendor types like to get in spats with each other and Amazon and not carry each other's stuff. They want you on their proprietary stuff so they can make that sweet money.
From a consumer perspective, it's a matter of where want it. In the head or in the gut?
Some very impressive answers to this post. Here's my question, did y'all install all of this stuff yourselves or is there someone who comes into your home,set it up and show you how to use it? Another question are you able to record programming, I still go back and watch certain games from last season?
Most of your answers are greek to me so I'm going to need help when I upgrade my television.
YouTube TV and PSVue have cloud DVRs, but they limit how long things are available. I think it's 30 days for PSVue, not sure about YouTube.
The Tablo that I have is an OTA tuner. You can hook a hard drive to it and keep recordings "forever." But you can't get ESPN or SEC network on it.
I set up all my stuff myself, but I've always been a DIY tech nerd. I've run my Cat5/6 myself in my own house before, and when I do hire it out, I give the guy a drawing of what I want.
My money is on the router as being the issue. Suggest you unplug the router and press whatever start button there is a fe times in order to discharge any residual power traces/static electricity. Then try to connect the TV. I had to enter my stuff manually on the newer one until I got the newest FiOS router.
If your router is older than perhaps 5-6 years, you'll likely have a problem. Plus distance/obstructions to line of sight can be a problem. When they work its wonderbar. Getting there is another matter.