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In a few months my Dish contract runs out and I'm done with Sat. TV for good. I'm wanting to get all my ducks in a row now so I'm informed and ready to switch. My plan is this;
1) Use a Roku/Apple TV device.
2) get a quality OTA antenna for my locals.
3) subscribe to netflix or hulu or something for movies and tv shows we missed or want to watch, but thats still up in the air. It's less then half of what were paying now so it's still a savings.
About a year ago we had a few months with nothing but OTA and a cheap antenna from walmart were able to get most of the majors except for KOLR 10 out of Springfield MO. It was just far enough away to be a pixled tease but never watchable. I'd like to see about getting most everything possible and get it well.
My wife is on board with this as it will save us money and we don't watch that much TV to begin with. Her only request is that we don't have a giant arrow of an antenna on our roof, so I've been looking at a smaller unidirectional type from waingard (sp?) Ill have to look up the model number but it was a round flat disk that would be more discrette, but who knows if thats a good option for us.
The only real place to mount this will be about 2' above the roof peak of our house on the side of the chimney. This will block out a clear shot of anything to the west, but based on the FOOL report, that shouldnt be an issue based on tower location. We are located almost at the top of a hill with a big valley and lake below us to the North. There are some trees to the North East of our house and quite a few hills between us and the towers, but most are close to our elevation so we're not having to aim up and over, but just slightly upward.
I will try and provide some pics of the mount location and a view from that spot as well as the wiring going into the house. If you've read this far, thank you.
My questions are as follows;
1) What antenna would you suggest based on the above and where would I best purchase it?
2) Will I be able to use the wiring from the Sat TV? It seems to be laid out well and has a ground of some sort but I'll need to investigate this further. I don't know if the cabling they used is the correct type. it comes down from the dish and into a small box on the side of our house. This just has some barell connections and then 2 wires exit that and enter the house in two locations, one to the master bedroom and one to the living room. At this time we will only be using the living room connection.
3) Would I benefit from any sort of signal booster inside the home or just plug the wire right into the back of the TV? My TV is just new enough to not require an external convertor box.
I know this post was long but I wanted to try and paint as detailed a pic as possible to obtain the best information possible. I will try and get some pics up when I can.
Thank you in advance for any help you are able to provide.
Happy New Year!