07-02-2011, 01:09 AM
My DirecTV boxes stopped receiving signal overnight. My troubleshooting so far points to a failure on the dish/LNB (I seem to get 2-3 years from equipment exposed to the elements before the combination of heat/rain gets them, and we've had a good amount of rain over the last couple days).
I've temporarily hooked up an antenna in the attic and an OTA digital converter box to supply basic signal to my TVs. I'm kind of taking this as a "sign" that it's time to try something different, so I'm reaching out to those who have gotten their programming from different sources...what would be a reasonable selection of services to offset most of what you get with cable/satellite?
I'm thinking OTA for the local stations plus maybe a combo of Hulu+ and Netflix? Since it'll likely cost $100 for a service trip to get the LNB changed out, I wouldn't feel awful about picking up an AppleTV, putting the DirecTV account on hold for a month, and trying a couple of streaming services to see if they fit the bill.
Thoughts?
I've temporarily hooked up an antenna in the attic and an OTA digital converter box to supply basic signal to my TVs. I'm kind of taking this as a "sign" that it's time to try something different, so I'm reaching out to those who have gotten their programming from different sources...what would be a reasonable selection of services to offset most of what you get with cable/satellite?
I'm thinking OTA for the local stations plus maybe a combo of Hulu+ and Netflix? Since it'll likely cost $100 for a service trip to get the LNB changed out, I wouldn't feel awful about picking up an AppleTV, putting the DirecTV account on hold for a month, and trying a couple of streaming services to see if they fit the bill.
Thoughts?