Larro Darro
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Thanks. About all the upstairs receivers ever get used for is playing SXM channels, so the RCA's are a must. Except during March Madness, then I use all the receivers.
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Thanks. About all the upstairs receivers ever get used for is playing SXM channels, so the RCA's are a must. Except during March Madness, then I use all the receivers.
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After two weeks AT&T sent out a line technician and he fixed my line. Strange if they didn't test the line when they hooked up the new service. They have the equipment to test the line quality and if there is a problem there is equipment to tell how far down the line the problem is.
Now I am up to 5.5Mbps down load speed and Netflix picture quality is up to 1080HD. At 2-3Mbps Netflix was limited to 720HD.
It is $45/month for AT&T U-verse 6Mb DSL service.
Now I am up to 5.5Mbps down load speed and Netflix picture quality is up to 1080HD. At 2-3Mbps Netflix was limited to 720HD.
It is $45/month for AT&T U-verse 6Mb DSL service.
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We have Time Warner at present for Cable TV (basic+ tier), RoadRunner internet, and digital home phone.
Having purchased a Roku, a new cable modem, on-the-roof TV antenna (deep fringe directional Yagi type), and digital converter boxes for the 3 TV's that get regular use at our house, we are in the process of deleting the cable TV (more than adquate programming from internet and OTA sources), and the telephone (looking for a cell signal booster for home and possible car use because our cells get spotty service at home).
The reason we started to move this way was the recent changes in cable, mostly charges that they either tried to hide, or didn't make sense.
e.g., They began charging $3.49/mo for use of their cable modem, but if you want to have a phone, you have to use their modem, but there is no charge once you buy and add your own modem for internet, or, if you have phone but no internet, there is no modem rental charge.
They are going to an all digital signal, meaning that on TV's older than 2007, you need a digital to analog converter, if you can find one that works at cable freqs or rent their's.
The FTC quietly made it OK last year for cable providers to encrypt basic cable, so soon you will need to rent a cable box (? in addition to the digital converter? ) for all the TV's in your house that right now can just be hooked up to a splitter.
Just my. 02
Thomas
PS: www.solidsignal.com, amd MCM.com have excellent antennas for reasonable sale prices, and Solid Signal has a lot of useful reference about all kinds of CTV, Satellite TV, and OTA TV.
Having purchased a Roku, a new cable modem, on-the-roof TV antenna (deep fringe directional Yagi type), and digital converter boxes for the 3 TV's that get regular use at our house, we are in the process of deleting the cable TV (more than adquate programming from internet and OTA sources), and the telephone (looking for a cell signal booster for home and possible car use because our cells get spotty service at home).
The reason we started to move this way was the recent changes in cable, mostly charges that they either tried to hide, or didn't make sense.
e.g., They began charging $3.49/mo for use of their cable modem, but if you want to have a phone, you have to use their modem, but there is no charge once you buy and add your own modem for internet, or, if you have phone but no internet, there is no modem rental charge.
They are going to an all digital signal, meaning that on TV's older than 2007, you need a digital to analog converter, if you can find one that works at cable freqs or rent their's.
The FTC quietly made it OK last year for cable providers to encrypt basic cable, so soon you will need to rent a cable box (? in addition to the digital converter? ) for all the TV's in your house that right now can just be hooked up to a splitter.
Just my. 02
Thomas
PS: www.solidsignal.com, amd MCM.com have excellent antennas for reasonable sale prices, and Solid Signal has a lot of useful reference about all kinds of CTV, Satellite TV, and OTA TV.