[TriLUG] cut the TV cable

[Tim Jowers via TriLUG]

Good discussion. -1 for Chromecast. Barely works from behind my TV. guess
too much metal in the way. Don't want to re-wire my house to get it to
work. Also, doesn't work on TV's without a usb.

+1 for over the air. There's a company in town which makes the antennas.
You can get something like 30 channels. I wonder if anyone is recording
those?  I searched linuxtv.org and bought a device listed there but it did
not work. Well, it barely works with windows. In fact, the only thing which
will play its recordings is xbmc. I also messed with MythTV briefly but
didn't see what it could do for me.?

I guess I should try the plex/roku.  Have Apple TV and chrome cast but seem
only useful for netflix.

Cheers,
Tim


On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 10:37 PM, Roger Broseus via TriLUG <
trilug at trilug.org> wrote:

> I second the vote for a Chrome cast dongle: it works well for me.
>
> I tried an Amazon Fire box and sent it back. Too hard to use and tied too
> tightly to Amazon. Some functions just didn't work. Chrome cast works
> better and is much cheaper. If you can view in your Android, you can
> "fling" the program to your TV. While I've not tried it, you should also be
> able to do the same from a Linux box on your WiFi network using the chrome
> browser.
>
> My minor difficulty was needing a third HDMI connection on my TV, but it
> only has two. Problem solved with a splitter/switch to choose which stream
> to feed to the TV. It's even got it's own remote! I also added an HDMI
> extension to bring the stuff to the front, i.e., the sensor for the remote
> switch. Had to make sure the cable had the correct "gender," double male
> (plugs) add I recall.
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