fordmantpw
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Exactly what I did when we built our house. Works perfectly. Of course, we just cancelled our satellite subscription, but the antenna in the attic reaches every TV via that coax.
Adding a TV wirelessly
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Exactly what I did when we built our house. Works perfectly. Of course, we just cancelled our satellite subscription, but the antenna in the attic reaches every TV via that coax.
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We dumped sat TV last year. I took down the dish, but we've always had a TV antenna on the same coax by using a diplexer to combine the antenna and dish on one of the coax's, then split the antenna out again at the sat receiver. So when I dumped sat, I just removed the dish and the diplexers because they weren't in use any more. Now we have just the antenna and a ROKU box with Netflix paid subscription and a bunch of free stuff. We may pony up for Hulu. Still thinking about that.
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Surprisingly, they work pretty well over short distances. I had something similar from X10 and used it to send directv to my garage. Only about 50'. But I put it in a place where people wouldn't be walking through the signal all the time.
fordmantpw
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We've had the trial of Netflix, and I did like it, we just don't watch much TV any more. Problem is, the only TV I really watch is StL Cardinals baseball. Since I'm in market, the only way to see the games is with a subscription of some sort. MLB.TV blocks out everything in your home market. It's looking like Sling.TV may get my monthly subscription come April. The good thing is, I can cancel at the end of October and not pay for TV service we don't watch from Nov-March. Services like that make 'wireless' TVs so much easier!
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I wouldn't like TV either if I had to watch the Cardinals! Haha Go Dodgers!
Google HDMI splitter and Wireless HDMI. This is a solvable problem. Enjoy the Super Bowl!
Google HDMI splitter and Wireless HDMI. This is a solvable problem. Enjoy the Super Bowl!
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I have a friend that's a Mets fan. He lives in Indiana, his mom lives out east where the games are broadcast over the air. So he bought sat service with local channels under her name and address and installed it at his house here. Did that for many years. Was very happy (despite being a Mets fan).
Otto Syracuse
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Wouldn't a few of these work? I used them for my Super Bowl party at my old house, had 5 TV's running the game all over the house, even in the bathroom. Only problem was the main cable box TV was 3 or 4 seconds ahead of everyone else and the people in that room would cheer or yell ahead of what everyone else in the house would see.
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Coax splitters would work fine, but don't meet the wireless requirement of the OP. Its probably the cheapest way to get the job done.
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Yeah, partying people and coax cables laying on the floor = disaster in the 4th quarter!
Otto Syracuse
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Yep, missed that little detail! But splitters are cheap and easy for a one time per year event. A roll of duct tape will help keep things a little safer.