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If this is a major concern for you, I think you'll be happy to hear that tuners are ridiculously cheap, with built in recording capabilities for under $30. I su
by cheschire 4y ago
If this is a major concern for you, I think you'll be happy to hear that tuners are ridiculously cheap, with built in recording capabilities for under $30. I suspect if you're in the market for one of these pricier TVs and willing to pay the premium then the extra cost for an external tuner unit will be not be a major factor. For cleanliness you can attach it to the rear of the TV and use short cables.
- tyingq 4y agoI'm very happy with the Tablo tuner + dvr device. You can place it near the antenna, since it has WiFi. Then, you use it from a Roku/FireTV/etc app. It's more than $30, but they do sell refurb models. And you connect your own storage device, so no markup on space.
- tzs 4y agoTablo looks interesting. I don't see any power consumption figures on their site, though. I'll have to contact them and see if they can tell me. My house sufficiently blocks TV signals that with an indoor antenna I only get a couple channels well, and a couple more intermittently. With an outdoor antenna I can get all those well plus several others. However the good places for an outdoor antenna from a reception point of view are terrible from a grounding point of view. So what I was thinking of doing is putting in an outdoor antenna but not having it electrically connected to the house. There would be either no ground or ground to a grounding rod at the antenna site that is not tied to the house ground, and the coax from the antenna would go to a weatherproof box near the antenna. The weatherproof box would contain something like a Tablo or Amazon Recast, and a battery powered power supply.
- tyingq 4y agoThe wall wart is 12V 2A, which would at least tell you the max draw.