I'm sick and tired of paying ridiculous amounts of money for cable and internet.
Here's my problem - we have three TV's in the house - none of which have Smart TV technology and only one has HDMI. Said TV w/HDMI also runs the home theater speakers, which are run by an older Yamaha receiver - also without HDMI.
This means we've had to rely on some sort of cable or satellite box for either component video/audio on the older TVs or optical audio for the older plasma.
I'm starting to feel like the only option is to drop cash to update the TV's.
WTF are my options?
Sincerely,
Someone that doesn't have ridiculous tech skills. [Reply]
Roku solution would work. Picture quality would suck over composite though. 480 resolution limit. Not sure how important that is to you, but it would drive me mad. Best option would be to bite the bullet and replace the old TVs. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Deberg_1990:
Buy an HD antenna for local HD channels. There are usually quite a few local channels out there if you live near a major city.
Locals are included with YouTube TV, correct? [Reply]
Originally Posted by DaFace:
Yep. I use my Xbox One for a media center. Works great (though I do somewhat prefer an actual remote over the controller, but whatever).
Just note that the Roku Express won't put out an HD signal over composite, so depending on how old we're talking on the older TVs, that could be a drawback.
If you do go the Express Plus route, it's cheaper at Walmart.
Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath15:
Someone correct me if I'm wrong...I could use YouTube TV for content (along with current Netflix sub) put a Roku Express on the two older TV's, and use the XBox1 on the plasma.
I think the only channel I'd really be missing out on is NFLN.
Most of NFLN stuff you’d want to see (outside of actual games) is actually on YouTube a day later. [Reply]
As long as you don't want to go with 65 plus on a tv even the 4k ones are coming down pretty significantly in price.
Samsung and LG are working on their new Q and O tech so their regular tech is dropping to a degree, best buy had a LG 70 inch 4k on sale the other day for 750 which is an outstanding deal.
Depending on what matters size/picture quality/price all that you can find something that works. Stores like Costco pretty routinely have 4k 55 inch tvs for less than 500 bucks that are the high end brands.
But if size matters more than true picture quality I'd go vizio you get a bigger picture for the price. [Reply]
Does your older receiver and TV have component connections? If it does its capable of HD.
If it doesnt have hdmi use the optical or coaxial connection for 5 to 1 audio. If you only have composite I would upgrade. [Reply]
Originally Posted by srvy:
The earlier Amazon fire tv had ethernet and component connections. I dont know if they still have that option though.
The newer boxes just have ethernet, even the cube has it but you have to use an adapter that they give you, my oldest box is like 4 years old and it has no component cables on it. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Mecca:
It blows my mind when I still see tube tvs.
I have it as back up tv when there are multiple games on I want to see or for the old XBox. Damn thing still works great, no need to get rid of it. [Reply]
