Officially gave satellite the boot, and running subscriptions of Hulu+, Netflix, and Amazon Prime to cover the majority of our TV needs...now I'm trying to figure out how to connect the OTA Antenna line into my setup so that I can still run the Co-Star + LiveTV at the same time. I've tried every configuration I can think of, but I always circle back to the same issue...no way to convert the Coax signal into an HDMI output...is there a trick I'm missing?
You can get help here http://www.googletvforum.org/forum/vizio-co-star/6021-cable-cord-cutting-help.html ....
I've looked through that thread, and the solution there is a Tivo box...which is not really the route I wanted to go. I suppose if I get frustrated enough, I may go down that road...
The following thread mentions that a device called: "KWorld External ATSC/Qam TV Box HDMI Edition (model# Sa295-Q DE) works with GTV: Using Coax, OTA HD With Revue. - Logitech Forums
oh, that's brilliant! I'm not sure how I missed that in all my googling the last week, or so...I guess I was limiting my results by including co-star, maybe. Now I've got a decision to make - since this thing is almost $100, do I just splurge for the Tivo and gain DVR capability? I guess I'll read up some more on the whole Tivo solution. Thanks!
I'm not sure if this would work, or if the equipment even exists, but is there such a thing as a Blu Ray player with a tuner that has a coaxial input? Or how about an upscaling DVD player with a tuner and coaxial input. I think that would work as well as a Tivo, and be less expensive, since they both have HDMI outputs.
Not sure if they have hdmi a output, but what about those digital ota boxes that came out when the ota signal switched from analog to digital? Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk 2
I have been watching this thread, huh, you guys got me thinking about getting a Tivo Premiere box to and integrated it with the Co-Star .... This sounds good to me, a Comcast killer, just what I looking for too ....(lol)
Google TV with TiVo is central to my cord cutting solution. I don't know I would call it a Comcast killer, Comcast Xfinity service was very good here the three years we had it but the Google TV/TiVo combination provides a lot of viewing options and is good enough that I don't miss cable much. We had both DirecTV and Comcast for a couple of years since I had a DirecTV commitment and we had an adult child living with us that wanted Comcast. My contract was fulfilled, we lived with Comcast for a period, the child moved out, we dropped Comcast in the fall of 2009 and my cord cutting solution evolved into what it is now. I haven't seen a DVR for OTA than is anything more than a joke compared to TiVo, Windows Media Center is a distant second and the others don't even come close to WMC. Still a good digital cable package or satellite TV package with a DVR is simpler and better in my opinion if you aren't adverse to the cost.
I had to abandon the Boxee TV ideal because it gets to hot, my friend sent his Boxee TV back ... All I need is the majors networks, plus Google TV via the Co-Star, that will be my Comcast killer package ... Plus my Slingbox will also work with the Tivo Premiere ...!(lol)
I don't like the idea of having to buy Co-Star and Tuner/DVR for every television. Just wait until the LAN Network models come out, where one setup will serve the entire house.
PS: Silicondust's HDHomerun broadcasts OTA (Air TV) + Cable/Satellite TV across your entire Lan network; where all computers and SmartTVs can tune-in to it. From there, PNP (picture in a picture) would be just a simple android app (may already exist).
