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no. the model with the voice remote is $35... link

At my house, we keep track of the savings. Half of it can be reinvested in our infrastructure and half goes to other stuff -- like a family vacation. We toasted Comcast who sponsored our trip to Disney a couple years ago. Comcast paid for our 60" 1080p plasma television and a lot of the beer that is consumed in front of it. On Sundays, we like to say that The Beer's On Comcast!

My oldest and I were discussing this on the ride home from the in-laws last night. He is a kid who does not go out on BF and has a good job with an office that closes for a two day holiday. Yet he does not think stores should open on Thanksgiving. I told him that a lot of the people who work that holiday are probably very happy to get double time or even eight hours of work on that day and that a lot of the people who camp out in front of a store are probably hoping to turn a good Christmas into a great Christmas for their families. Who are we to stop all of that? The fact is that stores will close on Thursday when sales and costs do not yield a profit. We should just let the market take care of the problem. It looks like the market may have heard me.

Worse I KNEW it was one stream -- I have complained about this a lot. Netflix and Prime are two streams. Just a brain fart and I am glad you posted the correction.

As the mayor, you can and should be involved. It's called keeping the peace and your policemen are known as peace keepers. Simply posting officers near the front of long lines will discourage cutting.

from Reuters via Yahoo... "We believe Thanksgiving shopping was a bust," analysts at Suntrust Robinson Humphrey said in a research note. "Members of our team who went to the malls first had no problem finding parking or navigating stores."In early trading, shares of Target Corp were down 0.2 percent, while Macy's, Best Buy and J.C. Penney all lost more than 1 percent. Wal-Mart was also lower, while Amazon.com Inc traded up slightly.Shoppers in the United States spent more than $1 billion online, 22-percent more than last year, between midnight and 5 pm ET on Thursday, according to the Adobe Digital Index, which tracked 100 million visits to 4,500 U.S. retail sites.Shoppers are expected to be cautious with their spending again this year. The National Retail Federation is expecting holiday sales to rise 3.7 percent, slower than last year's 4.1 percent growth rate, due to stagnant wages and sluggish job growth.from CNBC... Steve Barr, with PricewaterhouseCoopers, said early indications are that in-store sales will be flat, with the big winners being online stores and shoppers.Macy's estimates at least 15,000 people were waiting outside its flagship Herald Square store ahead of its 6 p.m. Thanksgiving opening, roughly in line with last year.According to data from NPD Group and CivicScience, 57 percent of consumers hadn't even started their holiday shopping as of Sunday.[Third-quarter] revenues have risen just 2.3 percent, according to Retail Metrics. "Forward guidance has been very cautious and predominantly negative"GameStop, Tiffany, Burlington,DollarTree, Fred's, Signet and Calares...all projected either their fourth-quarter or full-year earnings below consensus forecasts.Data from Adobe show that between Nov. 1 and 24, digital sales increased 8.5 percent compared with last year — shy of 11 percent increase that's anticipated for the whole season. That compares with 12 percent growth last November and December.As of Thursday evening, Adobe said more than $1 billion had already been spent online, representing growth of 22 percent from last year.

I once advised a woman to buy her own cable modem. She asked if she should get an extended warranty. I shrugged my shoulder. Her $100 modem was lost to a power surge ten minutes out of warranty. And, of course, you saw that I was wrong about concurrent Sling TV users, right? So, the warranty is one year and you credit card may have doubled that to two. That's plenty of time for problems to reveal themselves. There are no moving parts -- no fans, no disk in the box -- and the power supply is outside the box. I really do not expect these things to fail...ever. Visited my in-laws yesterday. They have one of the launch DVR+s (from December of 2013). It is not connected to anything and has never been updated. Other than scanning for new channels, cleaning up recordings off their 1t seagate disk, and cancelling some unwanted series recordings, everything was fine.

That is great news. My feeling was that traffic and discussion was less the last couple years. I enjoy the social aspect more that the information gathering. That said, when I want to see what is available at what price, GottaDeal's BF scans, lists, and discussion top any other resource. Need to figure out how to replicate posts from all venues on the others so everyone benefits from all discussion in their preferred app. For next year, you need to begin thinking about leveraging mobile communications -- my lists, find nearby, where I am kind of stuff. That would be a lot of fun. Heat maps of where DG'ers are shopping. Out-of-stock alerts.

What time did you have to get in line? Where is your Best Buy?

Correct! Thank you.

Tigger, I have found a guy who may have done this... http://forums.roku.com/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=91019(in case you want to follow along) Frankly, I would suggest that you buy the DVR and Roku locally and return them if you cannot record what you want.

That was the trick, wasn't it? LOL. I had alerts set up for xbox and my mailbox was full this morning. I really wanted the Master Chiefs Bundle, but I can add the game for what I saved at the MS store. The $60 gift code is like throwing in Battlefront -- which is why we are buying an Xbox One. Sunset Overdrive looks amazing. Gears of War is a great split screen shooter. Ori and the Blind forest is one of those games players like more than critics (who liked it a lot), and Rare Replay...well, Replay is a throw in. Still the $50 premium over the GoW Ultimate gets you the 1t disk, Ori, and Replay. My second choice was the Fallout 4 Bundle. It was close except that FO4 did not include Sunset Overdrive as a free game option. I would have been happy with either.

BTW, if you want more controllers or games, head over to amazon.com. Best four person games for the xbox one are Borderlands: The Handsome Collection (FPS), Minecraft (adventure), and Rayman Legends (Platformer). Controllers are $39 for the new version, Rayman Legends is $23.99, Minecraft is $16.37, and Borderlands: The Handsome Collection is $24.99. Happy Thanksgiving!

that's how it worked last year.

I ended up at the MS store too. A bundle for everyone, right? Xbox One 1TB Holiday Bundle Unit price: $399.00$60 Microsoft Store gift code Unit price: $60.00Sunset Overdrive for Xbox One: Unit price: $29.99Xbox One Limited Edition Halo 5: Guardians Wireless Controller: Unit price: $69.99 Discount: $169.99Subtotal: $388.99Sales tax: $0.00 Total: $388.99 Plus (hopefully) 5% cashback from Discover.

Yeah. Great choice. Great price. I may grab a couple myself. I was looking at the pile of disks next to the DVR in my bedroom. All are Western Digital Passports, but there are 1t, 2t, ultras, mac, pc...I think I mostly shopped on price. They all work. No need to worry about the software (mobile device backup) as the DVR will format the disk before use.

Thank you! I think the answer is no. The AVS forums say this DVR respects macrovision and Roku has implemented macrovision, so I suspect recording some, if not all, content will result in a very poor picture. Checkout PlayOn/PlayLater to see if it will work for your needs. It records in HD and the files are unprotected except for a screen at the front and back that says who (name, email, IP address) recorded the file. The files are 720p and you can stream from the server to a Roku.

Please post a page or a model or something

OK. Sometimes I don't connect the dots. I'm having a few TVFool conversations via PM. I gave you some pretty good answers ;-) You get some pretty nice sub-channels... Reading through our messages, I come across as consistent...that is a great relief. Here are some antenna reviews. Your situation is very good because your stations are clustered and all uhf at close range. http://www.consumersearch.com/tv-antennas/best-indoor-uhf-tv-antennas http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-indoor-hdtv-antenna/ http://lifehacker.com/five-best-indoor-over-the-air-hd-antennae-1513572532

You may need an amplified splitter. It doesn't matter if you use one television or four the power is still split. Your broadcasters put so much RF signal in the air. By the time it gets to your antenna it is diminished. Your antenna will collect a certain amount of the signal and some of that will be lost as it runs through the coax. Every splitter divides the remaining signal among its outputs. You can calculate these things, but trial and error works too. Also, too much signal can cause problems. Here's another link for you... https://freetvforme.wordpress.com/2014/09/24/broadcast-tv/#antennas It would help to have a link to your tvfool report. no, but you can convert the files to a format that will play on a PC and stream from a Plex server. Another link... http://www.avsforum.com/forum/42-hdtv-recorders/2039802-dvr-lister-channel-master-dvr.html Remember that the DVR+ is HDMI only. That 2006 set probably does not have HDMI. Have fun!

My first comment would be that you are not going to be able to easily record ESPN after cutting the cord. You can get ESPN via Sling TV, but you cannot record that. Note too that Sling TV is limited to two concurrent streams. Anything is possible, of course, but sometimes the outcome is not worth the effort. If you haven't already looked into this, here is a link to a good read... http://www.cutcabletoday.com/how-to-watch-sports-without-cable If you want to post the programs you record, we can talk specifics. That XTRA TV is going to be a problem. Chances are it has no HDMI inputs. Most devices are HDMI these days. It probably has analog tuners too, so you cannot simply plug in an antenna. I have one of these. It's a 36" Sony set we have a WII plugged in to. I have a DTVPal converting digital signals to component for the television. Those Pals are not readily available and too old to recommend, but there is a really inexpensive alternative... http://www.amazon.com/Mediasonic-HW180STB-HomeWorx-Converter-Recording/dp/B00IYETYX8 Read the description and reviews carefully. Look at the pictures too. The Mediasonic HW180STB HomeWorx is composite/HDMI out (component is listed in the description, but the pictures do not show component out), single tuner, and really bare bones, but really cheap and has a lot of fans. http://www.avsforum.com/forum/42-hdtv-recorders/1880337-homeworx-hw-180stb.html http://forum.mediasonic.ca/viewforum.php?f=78 Similar, more expensive models, include component... http://www.amazon.com/3500STBII-Multi-Function-Converter-Recording-Playback/dp/B00GOILYB6 http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00I2ZBD1U I have not used any of these. If the LOWER TV is a newer television with a digital tuner, you can run coax directly to that set. I have a DVR on every television. I think they are worth the cost for the electronic program guide and trick play (rewind/pause/etc.) never mind recording. I prefer set top boxes to 'whole house' DVRs for performance, price, and reliability. With the exception of a few months this summer and fall and certain special installation circumstances, I have preferred Channel Master's DVR+ over TiVo alternatives. I think you will too. (BTW, you can use the DVR+ with no external disk for the EPG and trick play plus streaming.) We can talk about the differences, if you like, but at $150/box when you buy two plus another $100 for a pair of 1t disks, price is the one you will like the most. At this time, all of the TiVo deals are out of stock, so you can expect to pay $200 for a TiVo plus a monthly fee ($14.99). I prefer smaller USB powered disks with the DVR+ since they are inexpensive and you can swap them in and out easily. Most of my recording is transient, but I have a couple disks of 'keepers' for movies, holiday specials, etc. Managing 4t of recordings on a DVR is a daunting task and you will cry when a disk fails -- they do fail. Storage is about 160 hours of HD video per one terabyte of disk. Channel Master recommends specific disks... If you are going to subscribe to Sling TV, they have some promotions for discounts on streamers... - $50 Fire TV: https://www.sling.com/devices/amazon - 50% off Roku 3 or Free Stick: https://www.sling.com/devices/roku - Free Chromecast: https://www.sling.com/devices/chromecast - 50% off a Nexus Player: https://www.sling.com/devices/nexus I prefer the Amazon streamers. We can talk details, if you like, but the FTV is the least expensive streamer and it streams just about everything. They also play 'android' games and support real game controllers (we use Xbox USB sticks). These will be $75 at Amazon, Best Buy, and Staples on BF. FTV sticks will be $25 at Best Buy, K-mart, and Staples. Some Rokus have composite out for that XTRA TV. The Roku SE will be $25 at Best Buy, Kohls, and directly from Roku on BF. So, get a pair of DVRs from Channel Master, get a couple 1t usb powered disks (I use WD, Seagate, and Toshiba), get a Roku SE for the XTRA TV, get Fire TVs for the LOWER and MAIN TVs (so the kids can play games when nothing is on), and a Fire TV stick for the bedroom. Notes: Rokus have adult programming via private channels. FTVs do via Kodi. Channel Master has demo'd Sling TV on the DVR+ and continues to hint that this is not far away. Use http://TVFool.comto select, position, and point your antenna. You may need to amplify your antenna signal to support all four televisions. Hope that helps.

Don't know how old your son is, but I prefer to hear what is being said during a game and who is saying it.

Maybe not for you, but Wife v1.0 does a great job. Recharges while I am at work, Waterproof (as far as I can tell). Tracks AND manages sleeping habits. Pretty expensive, though...

Hard to believe. If you have not yet gotten 7 pushed to your Roku, fasten your seat belt. Anyway, you can read the previous link then search the forum for mandatory update. I have had MANY Rokus for a LONG time -- more than three years, anyway. I have this blog: https://rokufordummies.wordpress.com. Good luck!

The Roku SE will be available directly from Roku in limited quantities for $25 starting Thursday. The downside to Roku is that updates are always a disaster and always mandatory. The latest update (7.0) is slowly being pushed out now and the problems far exceed the benefits -- as usual. http://forums.roku.com/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=90003