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Anybody having the pausing/buffering issue with their PSVue this week, and really bad tonight? I have strong internet speed, over 100 Mb download. Seems other things are fine, like Amazon TV. We are running it on FireTV box, two boxes, same issue. I haven't tried the wired PS4 yet to see if it's just as bad.

Also, now that YouTube Live is in DSM area. Any good/bad reviews on that yet?
 
stateofmind said:
Anybody having the pausing/buffering issue with their PSVue this week, and really bad tonight? I have strong internet speed, over 100 Mb download. Seems other things are fine, like Amazon TV. We are running it on FireTV box, two boxes, same issue. I haven't tried the wired PS4 yet to see if it's just as bad.

Also, now that YouTube Live is in DSM area. Any good/bad reviews on that yet?
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Vue in Ankeny and running like a champ on Roku Premier.
 
3GenClone said:
Have you considered building you own DVR?

http://www.techradar.com/news/computing/pc/tv-on-raspberry-pi-watch-and-record-live-tv-1151587
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need to read this. I have a Raspberry Pi 3 that I really like for free streaming of old shows and movies, but to record live tv would be nice too.

BTW, I just dropped cable and pick up a faster (40 MB up and down) internet service, but up an antenna, and live with that and my streaming box. Really only mess seeing the ISU MBB games, but I am usually too busy this time of year to see them anyway.
 
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I put this comment in a YouTube TV thread but then thought maybe I should have put it in this thread...sorry for the multiple thread comment:

I did the free trial of YouTube TV for a week during the Super Bowl. The picture was awesome...I liked the onscreen menu (easy to use and informational). Really liked the experience. Today YouTube TV announced they added the TBS channels (TBS, TNT, Cartoon Network, CNN and a couple of others...). That is a huge improvement and might push me toward becoming a subscriber...now if only they would add HGTV!
 
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jbhtexas said:
Spectrum now getting into the streaming game...local channels plus 10 channels of your choice for 21.99/month...

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Where is Spectrum located? Is that a cable company? We gave up cable two weeks ago for YouTube TV and we have been more than satisfied with the move. Very easy transition for my family (even though my wife wishes we still had HGTV). Very impressed with the quality of YouTube TV.
 
cyfanatic said:
Where is Spectrum located? Is that a cable company? We gave up cable two weeks ago for YouTube TV and we have been more than satisfied with the move. Very easy transition for my family (even though my wife wishes we still had HGTV). Very impressed with the quality of YouTube TV.
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Spectrum is the result of the Time Warner Cable / Charter merger (i.e. my local cable provider).

The fun starts now...will Spectrum throttle back the other streaming providers in favor of their own product?
 
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jbhtexas said:
Spectrum is the result of the Time Warner Cable / Charter merger (i.e. my local cable provider).

The fun starts now...will Spectrum throttle back the other streaming providers in favor of their own product?
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So is this only available in their areas of cable coverage, or to anyone?
 
Gorm said:
Pick your channels...thats a game changer for me.
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Agree...but I read that this company only lets you stream over your home internet network. Nice for home but with all the other streaming services that let you stream thru any network it seems like this new offer is pretty limiting. But it is better than the traditional cable packages for sure!
 
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Honestly, most of the time I'm streaming is from my own house. Although there are some times, like March Madness, I stream from work. LOL
 
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I'm seriously considering cutting the cord this summer. I am a full 50+ miles away from the broadcast towers serving the Cedar Rapids/Waterloo market and almost equally as far, if not slightly further, to the Quad Cities stations.

I see a couple of antenna advertisers market their product as omni-directional - so that would be idea to catch signals from both markets. They also market them as receiving signals 'up to 100 or 125 miles' distant. I'm pretty skeptical when the words 'up to' are thrown in there.

I'd like to hear from anyone with real world SUCCESS experience with receiving RELIABLY television signals over 50 miles away with an omni-directional antenna. I don't want something that will be good 70% of the time, pixelate like mad 20% of the time and not get the signal at all 10% of the time. I want reliable.
 
MeanDean said:
I'm seriously considering cutting the cord this summer. I am a full 50+ miles away from the broadcast towers serving the Cedar Rapids/Waterloo market and almost equally as far, if not slightly further, to the Quad Cities stations.

I see a couple of antenna advertisers market their product as omni-directional - so that would be idea to catch signals from both markets. They also market them as receiving signals 'up to 100 or 125 miles' distant. I'm pretty skeptical when the words 'up to' are thrown in there.

I'd like to hear from anyone with real world SUCCESS experience with receiving RELIABLY television signals over 50 miles away with an omni-directional antenna. I don't want something that will be good 70% of the time, pixelate like mad 20% of the time and not get the signal at all 10% of the time. I want reliable.
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At my last house here in Marshalltown I had a powered antenna and was pulling channels from Des Moines and Cedar Rapids (plus some other odd stations). The signal was very good. Unfortunately I didn't take the antenna when I moved and don't recall what brand it was.
 
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1100011CS said:
At my last house here in Marshalltown I had a powered antenna and was pulling channels from Des Moines and Cedar Rapids (plus some other odd stations). The signal was very good. Unfortunately I didn't take the antenna when I moved and don't recall what brand it was.
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Lava and ChannelMaster seem to be the ones I'm finding that are omni-directional. I will probably look at Winegard since they're an Iowa company. I think, still, anyway.
 
Gorm said:
Honestly, most of the time I'm streaming is from my own house. Although there are some times, like March Madness, I stream from work. LOL
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YouTube TV offers a free week to test it out...if I didn't have it already, I would definitely sign up for the trial week the day the first round of March Madness begins! I am looking forward to seeing if the channels have any lag in them during the tournament...the first thing I watched on YouTube TV was the Super Bowl and that picture was crystal clear! I will definitely be putting my YouTube TV account to use at work at the end of next week!
 
MeanDean said:
Lava and ChannelMaster seem to be the ones I'm finding that are omni-directional. I will probably look at Winegard since they're an Iowa company. I think, still, anyway.
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Also, if you happen to have Mediacom for your ISP you can just split the cable and run one to your TV. You will get local channels. I've done this at both houses.
 
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