Ditched DirecTV in Jan'08. Hooked up rabbit ears and a Windows Media Center PC to my HDTV and haven't looked back. I had an initial investment to upgrade my network to gigabit and the additional PC (which is now directly hooked up to the tv instead of streaming over the home network), but I think i've about broken even now (factoring in paid downloaded content).
Its a little more work to watch tv that I want to watch than to just flop on the couch with a remote. Because I have to surf netflix/hulu/amazon/itunes for content in addition to the OTA content pulled down to the PC. But that's the way I like it, it keeps my tv watching sessions limited. I use the logitech PS3 bluetooth keyboard for the PC its a great media center pc.
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Akin @ Jun 11th 2009 5:12PM
Ditched DirecTV in Jan'08. Hooked up rabbit ears and a Windows Media Center PC to my HDTV and haven't looked back. I had an initial investment to upgrade my network to gigabit and the additional PC (which is now directly hooked up to the tv instead of streaming over the home network), but I think i've about broken even now (factoring in paid downloaded content).
Its a little more work to watch tv that I want to watch than to just flop on the couch with a remote. Because I have to surf netflix/hulu/amazon/itunes for content in addition to the OTA content pulled down to the PC. But that's the way I like it, it keeps my tv watching sessions limited. I use the logitech PS3 bluetooth keyboard for the PC its a great media center pc.
Akin @ Jun 11th 2009 5:15PM
oops actually the antenna is hooked up to a single HD TV tuner in the PC.
maybe eventually get an HD Home Run if i see the need for dual HD tuner.