Moving and won't have locals by antenna

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@ebal99

Hook up a TV or an HDHR to the Spectrum cable that you have feeding the cable modem and run a channel scan and see what you get. You might find that the channels are there and available unencrypted already. If they are there you would not need to have a CableCard to get the channels. There would be an expectation that you call Spectrum and order basic cable.

On another note, are you trying to watch prime time shows, news, or other? If it is just prime time shows then you can get most of those via streaming but may be delayed by a day to a week. With Channels you can leverage the relationship between Channels and PlayOn Cloud to record the shows and automatically download to your DVR and present as a standard show. This will cost you a little bit per show, about $0.10 each, but if you compare that to having to pay for basic cable it is probably cheaper. Also most prime time shows are available via streaming between Paramount+ for CBS, Hulu for ABC and NBC, Peacock for NBC and others. Most shows again are delayed a day or longer.

This is great advice. I have some things to try out now when I get a moment to set the Channels server back up. We are still in the process of getting moved in. Its roughly half the size of our last house (but directly on the ocean!), so I need to find a place that I could set up my Channels setup that would be acceptable to my wife.

In the mean time we are finding the likes and dislikes on Hulu Live.

[scarng]

I get three local NBC, CBS, and FOX. Used to get ABC. NO PBS. FOX is blacked out during the day and only available when it is national broadcast. My CBS is alway lagging i.e. video and audio not synched. I have attic antenna and that works well, but like you my wife would rather have a simple path to watch tv and is adverse to change. Even though I'm saving us $200 a month is entertainment cost. Oh well. Channel DVR w/ TVE is awesome.