You don't need a sling subscription (or at least not a paid one), and it does have an ethernet port.
On Mon, Jan 14, 2019, 8:39 PM Chuck McCown <[email protected] wrote: > Two downsides I see: > 1) It wants you to subscribe to SlingTV. While I do subscribe I don’t > want to have to subscribe. That makes me not want to buy it. > > 2) It delivers content via wifi. It probably would not talk from my > basement to my upstairs. If it has the ability to deliver via lan then it > is much more useful to me. > > *From:* Mathew Howard > *Sent:* Monday, January 14, 2019 7:33 PM > *To:* AFMUG > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT cynical > > I just ordered one of these: > https://www.airtv.net/products/airtv/ > > The only downside I see compared to the Amazon thing is that it's only got > two tuners instead of four, but it's a lot cheaper and it works with a > roku. You do need a USB hard drive for dvr functions, since it doesn't have > one built in. Sling has a deal going right now for a free one if you prepay > for 3 months of service (which is only $75). > > > On Mon, Jan 14, 2019, 7:58 PM Chuck McCown <[email protected] wrote: > >> Yeahbut, I need OTA DVR. I use Roku for almost everything else. >> >> *From:* Jason McKemie >> *Sent:* Monday, January 14, 2019 6:53 PM >> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT cynical >> >> I've really been liking Roku for a streaming device. >> >> On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 7:32 PM Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Tivo send me an ad trying to get me to upgrade to their latest box. I >>> have a Roamio. I own it. I don’t pay them anything monthly. After the >>> upgrade deal went away, my Roamio bricked... >>> >>> Arrgh. >>> >>> Might go with Amazon Firebox... >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >> ------------------------------ >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > > On Jan 14, 2019 7:58 PM, "Chuck McCown" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yeahbut, I need OTA DVR. I use Roku for almost everything else. > > *From:* Jason McKemie > *Sent:* Monday, January 14, 2019 6:53 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT cynical > > I've really been liking Roku for a streaming device. > > On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 7:32 PM Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Tivo send me an ad trying to get me to upgrade to their latest box. I >> have a Roamio. I own it. I don’t pay them anything monthly. After the >> upgrade deal went away, my Roamio bricked... >> >> Arrgh. >> >> Might go with Amazon Firebox... >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > ------------------------------ > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > > ------------------------------ > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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