On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 8:20 PM, Jeff Jensen <jjensen at apache.org> wrote: > I have an antenna in my attic, receives quite well. Depending, you > may need a small powered antenna booster. Calc your db loss with the > splitters to determine if and how much is the needed db boost. > > I've been running MythTV on Fedora for past few years. I bought the > HDHomeRun from Silicon Dust for the tuner - great product. > > +1 for the HDhomerun. Love that little box! I put an antenna on my DirectTv mast (after taking the dish off), used an iPhone app to check signal strength coming out of the HDHomerun and have been enjoying OTA tv for the last 2 years! I really like 5.3 - "MeTV" :) > > On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 1:00 AM, Mike Miller <mbmiller+l at gmail.com> wrote: > > I've been noticing that about 90% of what I watch comes from local > channels > > that I think all have digital broadcasts. These would be the local PBS, > > ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox stations. It seems like a bad idea to pay $80/mo > for > > DirecTV (HD) if I can get the HD on those stations for free over the > > airwaves and record the content to my computer (which is already > connected > > by HDMI to the HDTV) > > > > So I'm wondering if any of you are doing this -- can you get good signals > > over the airwaves with no antenna outside the home? > > > > I'm also wondering about using the Ubuntu box as a DVR. Apparently > there is > > this thing called MythTV, but I don't know much about it, yet. Is it > > possible to add DVR capability to an ordinary Ubuntu 10.10 installation? > > > > Mike > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20111116/c5ced307/attachment.html>