After years of viewing-and paying it-“Peak TV” on the likes of Netflix, Apple TV+and Max, my eyebrows started to get married.
Certainly I love Crownand MindhunterAnd EquippersBut real gemstones tend to be few and far apart. (Yes, I know, I need to broadcast to cut. I will reach it!)
Often, it turned out to be glamorous with those dodging stars and the wonderful and shiny trailers to be amplified, and they all started feeling the same. Life is very short.
Worst of all, I was raising $ 20 or more per month on broadcasting services that I really did not enjoy. Can’t I put this money for better use?
It’s time to change
This is when the idea of switching into antenna began to leak. For approximately two months of Netflix, I can buy and install a TV antenna in the backyard (small) that would cross dozens of excessive channels in the air to the TV, for free.
Some free TV programs are now very attractive. The list is at the top of our house Abbot ElementaryThe fast and funny comic play that is proud of the high writing, the characters you care about, and the period of operation of 22 minutes, which means that there is no self -surrendered filling. Why paid a price Father On Holo when I can get it on the air for free?
Now I have more than 60 free TV channels to choose from.
Ben Patterson/Mabek
More than one recent review of Plex DVR was inspired by JARE NEWMAN. Besides being a flowing video service and a home media server, PLEX can also work as a self -host DVR if you are using a supported TV booth, giving you the benefits of free TV functions in the air.
As happened, I already had a PLEX media server working on Raspberry Pi 5, but I never disturbed me to prepare it as DVR, that is, because I) I was lacking in a TV booth, and B) I hadn’t had a TV antenna. It is time to correct these issues.
Collection
For the air, I faced some obstacles. For the better or worse, I do not have a house in suburbs with a friendly roof of the antenna; Instead, my family and I hired an apartment on the ground floor of Brooklyn Brownstone of bricks and shells, with a zero reception inside. Fortunately, we Do Get a small background, and I managed to install an external antenna from the GE 38 dollars facing the broadcast towers in Manhattan. (Check our recommendations to get the best TV antennas.)
After that, you need to choose a TV tuner. Because I wanted to associate my air with PLX, you need to buy a consensus of DVR PLEX functions. PLX supports TV rams from Avermedia, Hauppauge, Silicondust and VBOX, which are all solid options.
Ultimately, I went with Duohomerun Flex Duo with a value of $ 110 of Silicondust, especially on the strength of our review of Pricier Flex 4K. (The latter is a $ 200 four -dollar unit that supports the new ATSC 3.0 TV standard, which is still struggling to gain momentum.)
Communication
HDHOMERUN box to PLX was a linear. Once HDHOMERUN is connected to two networks via Eternet, the PLX discovered the device in only a few clicks, and the available channels soon were wiped. Once the examination was completed, I finished a group of 66 (!), Which I never knew.
PLEX offers full guide to electronic programming, and you can also search or browse a TV program, movie address, type or channel. Just click on an upcoming view to register, or start watching direct TV that you can stop or get back.
It should be noted that, like most self -hosted DVR providers, the PLX programming guide is not free; Instead, it is included in the PLX PASS additional function, which costs $ 5 per month, $ 40 annually, or $ 120 to subscribe to lifelong. The good news is that the age option is frequently deducted (sometimes up to 25 percent), so it monitors the opponent’s symbols.
Hello, free TV
Now, I cannot be happier. We have all the Four TV Network companies (no need to deliver $ 83 a month to YouTube TV to ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC), tons of local channels, and a few film channels that show old movies and classic films.
My growing collection of films across the air. Let the movie festival start!
Ben Patterson/Mabek
It is better than ever, our DVR waiting menu is filled with an edge with proverbs Abbot Elementaryand ELSBTHand Survivorsand Kitchen nightmaresAnd some choice is chosen from the last Steve McQueen Film Festival.
Not, there is no ESPN, but I fully enjoyed reaching NFL games on Sunday afternoon on CBS and Fox, along with the football match on Sunday night in NBC.
Finally, I can a TV over the air to the Apple, iPhone and iPad TV-TV-TV-TV-TV-TV-TV-TV-TV-“
So why didn’t I switch soon? A great question.