<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 1:55 PM, Joseph Fry <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:joe@thefrys.com">joe@thefrys.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div class="gmail_quote"><div><div></div><div class="h5">On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 4:39 PM, James Orr <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:james.orr7@gmail.com" target="_blank">james.orr7@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 3:17 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mythtv@derdev.com" target="_blank">mythtv@derdev.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="padding-left: 1ex; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);"><br>Basically I'm wrestling with a decision to put up an HD antenna of my own<br>or not... if there's a decent chance that Comcast would keep feeding me the<br>
locals, I'd love to know. Of course, YMMV will be in everyone's response -<br>I understand.<br><br></blockquote>
<div><br>Slightly off-topic, but for me anyway multi-rec with the HDHR is very useful as comcast bundles different networks together, but with an antenna it would be pretty much useless. <br></div></div><br></blockquote>
</div></div><div>You might also keep in mind the fact that Comcast's ability to put more content in a single channel is due to their practice of degrading the quality of said content. I have seen the difference between OTA and Cable, and it is very noticeable.</div>
</div></blockquote><div><br>And for a year's worth of limited cable (~$12*12=$144), you can get another HDHR for 2 more tuners :-)<br> <br>It all comes down to whether you can get a good signal on all of the local channels; I was able to get most channels with rabbit ears in the living room, and all of them perfectly with an antenna in the attic.<br>
<br>Josh<br></div></div><br>