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Roku is out for delivery
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Roku is out for delivery


Jan 2, 2014, 12:47 PM

What should I do with it?

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Step One: Cut a hole in that box


Jan 2, 2014, 12:52 PM

then you open it, plug it in, ???, PROFIT!!!

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Gotta get somebody to go up on my roof


Jan 2, 2014, 12:54 PM

and install my OTA antenna.



#cantstandheights
#tallroof

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You don't need anybody to go on the roof. just get an amp.


Jan 2, 2014, 1:02 PM

Take this:

http://www.amazon.com/On-Q-Legrand-Enhanced-Video-Module/dp/B0002M5NLM/ref=sr_1_34?ie=UTF8&qid=1388685399&sr=8-34&keywords=onq+amplifier

and put it in your structured wiring cabinet.

Connect all the Cable outlets to the amplifier.

Connect this:
http://www.amazon.com/HomeWorx-HDTV-Digital-Antenna-HW110AN/dp/B008KVUAGU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1388685458&sr=8-1&keywords=flat+antenna

to the amp input port.

Boom. You now have amplified OTA TV signal.

I did this, and now get ~65 channels at home via the OTA Digital channels.

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Well, I have something like like 1 there.


Jan 2, 2014, 1:04 PM

I just live around lots o trees and such. Figured mounting the antenna on the old Directv post would be the best thing.

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this is what I hope/plan/aspire to do


Jan 2, 2014, 1:09 PM

and use the existing wiring already in place...

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Yep, just need someone with at 30 foot ladder that


Jan 2, 2014, 1:18 PM

wants to install it for me.

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where do you live???


Jan 2, 2014, 1:19 PM

because I'll need to borrow that ladder

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Also the person that installs the antenna must have ladder***


Jan 2, 2014, 2:10 PM



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The amplifier will be better.


Jan 2, 2014, 1:18 PM [ in reply to Well, I have something like like 1 there. ]

You'll get the gains and won't have to worry about attenuation as a result of splitting it multiple times throughout the house.

Ultimately, what you're doing with the amplifier and antenna is making a miniature cable TV headend in your structured wiring cabinet, collecting and distributing the major signals to endpoints in your house.

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Reply part 2:


Jan 2, 2014, 1:20 PM

That thing is over $300. I am poor

Good day, sir

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i stopped reading at


Jan 2, 2014, 1:22 PM

"structured wiring cabinet"

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Here is a cheaper one


Jan 2, 2014, 1:23 PM [ in reply to Reply part 2: ]

http://www.amazon.com/Bi-Directional-Amplifier-Splitter-Booster-Passive/dp/B001BMKNZI/ref=sr_1_8?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1388686787&sr=1-8&keywords=signal+amplifier

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I read there's a root for it now.


Jan 2, 2014, 12:56 PM

Don't know what it allows you to do. Hth

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I read something about it but no idea either.***


Jan 2, 2014, 12:57 PM



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send it back and get chromecast?***


Jan 2, 2014, 12:56 PM



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Got one. Only have one tv with HDMI


Jan 2, 2014, 12:57 PM

Gonna use the roku for the bedroom and Wii for basement.

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That #### thing is going to cost me some sleep.***


Jan 2, 2014, 12:57 PM [ in reply to send it back and get chromecast?*** ]



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Im already paying the price for it in the mornings


Jan 2, 2014, 12:59 PM

Dont even have to get out of bed, nor put my phone down, in order to control it

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Please forgive me, @IneligibleUser


its like having a tv with a remote??


Jan 2, 2014, 1:04 PM

yeah.


got mine, then get my parents & sis/BiL one for Xmas....Sis/BiL had already gotten one from BiL's Brother, and were gonna return one

i said "don't you have another tv?"

they were like "ooooohhhh....yeah."

and I was all like 'cool story bro on tigernet yo'

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Except I always had to get out of bed


Jan 2, 2014, 1:05 PM

To control netflix on my computer when it was the only thing connected to my tv to play netflix.

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Please forgive me, @IneligibleUser


I WATCH MODERN MARVELS ON YOUTUBE ON MINE***


Jan 2, 2014, 1:06 PM



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That will fix a lot of sleep problems.***


Jan 2, 2014, 1:08 PM



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I have a just in time wake up strategy so there is no


Jan 2, 2014, 1:04 PM [ in reply to Im already paying the price for it in the mornings ]

time for that in the morning, but the no hassle Netflix at night could get bad.

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No no no. Im on the same page as you


Jan 2, 2014, 1:06 PM

Netflix at night has proven costly the next morning

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Please forgive me, @IneligibleUser


Luckily, I tend to run on not too much


Jan 2, 2014, 1:11 PM

real sleep anyway. My problem in the morning is a total lack of give a #### about getting where I'm going.

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You guys should have some kids, then you will not get sleep


Jan 2, 2014, 1:12 PM

anyway, but they will be annoying the #### out of you so you can't watch Netflix.

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and spilling Fing cough syrup, then walking thru it


Jan 2, 2014, 1:13 PM

and leaving cough syrupy footprints all over the rest of the carpet




looks like we're getting hardwood floors a little sooner than planned.

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Warm water and a white towel


Jan 2, 2014, 1:16 PM

blot away

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Pro Tip:


Jan 2, 2014, 1:17 PM [ in reply to and spilling Fing cough syrup, then walking thru it ]

Bruce 3/4" Oak Flooring at Home Depot in the color Marsh used to run around $2.99 / SF prefinished. We did probably 1100 SF of that stuff over time.

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When you're done, can we have a pic of


Jan 2, 2014, 1:17 PM [ in reply to and spilling Fing cough syrup, then walking thru it ]

SHEGUARCELLO's hardwood floor?

tia

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^^^^^^Underrated post^^^^^^***


Jan 2, 2014, 2:09 PM



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Why, mine are doing a good job of annoying you.***


Jan 2, 2014, 1:14 PM [ in reply to You guys should have some kids, then you will not get sleep ]



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I watched the first half of Skyfall yesterday morning before


Jan 2, 2014, 1:16 PM [ in reply to You guys should have some kids, then you will not get sleep ]

everybody got up on my newly-stolen Netflix account login. Then everybody got up. I still have no idea how Skyfall ends.

Those feels.

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I need a newly stolen watch espn login***


Jan 2, 2014, 1:17 PM



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Yes, and Disney Jr.***


Jan 2, 2014, 1:21 PM



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see below***


Jan 2, 2014, 1:21 PM



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I THOUGHT Compoorium would have login credentials, but I


Jan 2, 2014, 1:22 PM

was wrong.

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it's the #####


Jan 2, 2014, 1:21 PM [ in reply to I need a newly stolen watch espn login*** ]

THANKS MOM & DAD

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