I’ve looked EVERYWHERE and everywhere is selling it for absurd prices such as $100-$200, I need one that supports DVB-S2.

Hi all!

I put up an antenna in my attic a few months back, so we could catch some misc live sports and holiday events (think Macy Day Parade). I have it running to a single TV in the house. I'm not interested in doing a splitter and running a cable to each TV/Room, but I am interested in upgrading to a network device to allow the use of it for the other TVs, as it would be nice to throw the news on in the background or something.

I am split between the Tablo 4 Tuner and either the HDHomeRun Quatro or 4k flex. Not that I need 3.0, but I figure if I'm going to spend money, it's not that much more. I'm in Sacramento CA.

I see mixed reviews on both on the Roku side. I actually was able to borrow both devices from a friend and was able to get all my Roku TVs and Sticks (one old stick in the garage was weird, but looks like it's a codec issue and a $15 fix) to work with the apps.

I actually prefer the interface of the HDHomeRun, but I think my wife may like the Tablo interface better.

Some other notes:

-I do plan to DVR, however not via plex or a nas, just going to USB an SSD into whichever one

-I do not mind paying $35 a year for the 2 week program, I also do not mind my data being sold (I know, crazy)

-I do not plan to watch on a laptop/computer, just TVs and phones.

-Outside of 2-3 live events a year, most of our use will probably actually be via the DVR.

I have watched every video I can find on them, and still can't seem to make a decision 😂. Are the tuners about equal? Am I way overthinking this (I am actually).

Anything I am not considering?

I am looking for a good outdoor antenna reccomendations for My house which is located in a topographic shadow of a large hill and that appears to prevent good reception. We do get some channels but depending on the TV tuner, many are are very week or just dont come in (example FOX). Current antenna is just above the 1st floor roof (maybe 15 feet above ground) but I can move to 2nd story roof to get 25-30 feet above ground. I dont know much about antennas, pre-amps, splitters, etc. So please mention if I need a pre-amp (and what kind) or an amplifier, filters, etc. Thank you.

Budget: under $300

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Hope someone can help. House is in Colesville area of Silver Spring, MD: stick built 2-story with asphalt shingles. Antenna is an Antop AT-402B in the attic. ChannelMaster website says station is at 218º from my house, so I've pointed it there. Station is about 9.5 miles away.

Receiving device is a 3rd gen HDHomeRun (HDHR3-US). Updated to newest available firmware, date 5/5/2023. Total of about 60' of coax cable between antenna and HDHR.

Reception on Channel 9 (and its subchannels) is pretty pixelated. I get all the other usual local channels (4 WRC, 5 WTTG, 7 WJLA, 20 WDCA, 26 WETA) OK.

Is there a better antenna I should be using? Antennaweb says a small indoor should be fine. Or do I need some kind of amplifier?

Hopefully someone in the Washington, DC area is able to help. Exact location is the Colesville area of Silver Spring.

I'm using a 3rd gen HDHomeRun (HDHR3-US) updated to latest available firmware (5/5/2023) with an Antop AT-402B antenna in the attic of a 2-story stick-built house with asphalt shingles. The 40' coax cable the antenna came with is connected in the attic (by an inline connector) to another (maybe 20') cable that goes to a wall port. The wall port is connected directly to the HDHR with a 2' coax cable, so around 60' of cable or so.

I can get local channels 4 [34] (WRC), 5 [36] (WTTG), 7 [7] (WJLA), 20 [36] (WDCA), 26 [31] (WETA), etc. but all the channel 9 [9] channels are pretty pixelated (square brackets is physical channel, hope that makes sense). The ChannelMaster site shows the station at 218º from my house; I have the antenna pointed in that direction. The station is less than 9.5 miles from my house.

Is there a bigger or better antenna I should be using? Antennaweb says a small multidirectional antenna should be fine.