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Thread: Cord Cutters
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05-09-2020, 11:00 AM #37Legendary RSR Poster
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05-09-2020, 11:01 AM #38Legendary RSR Poster
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05-09-2020, 11:02 AM #39Legendary RSR Poster
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05-11-2020, 09:10 AM #41Hall Of Fame Poster
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Re: Cord Cutters
Based on more research, if you do go with a dedicated plex box you get the best quality video. I have been exploring ways to obtain a cheap little desktop running some flavor of Windows. I have a mame cabinet in the basement running a mame cabinet but that thing is too primitive. I was thinking an Ebay or Dell refurbished small CPU and throw another hard drive in it.
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05-11-2020, 02:12 PM #45Hall Of Fame Poster
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Re: Cord Cutters
I live in a split level. Attic access to the upper roof is a piece of cake. On the lower level I'd have to put an access panel in the kitchen, dining room, living room or main entrance hall. There is no elegant place to put them on first floor for that space thus the hall closet access. One of my neighbors has a little access door in his garage to that space. I could probably do something like that but that's more involved than framing attic stairs.
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05-12-2020, 10:14 AM #46Hall Of Fame Poster
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Re: Cord Cutters
I think I'm going to buy a cheap CPU with built in graphics capabilities i.e. intel QuickSync and go with Plex and HD Homerun. Apparently the picture quality is superior with that solution.
So I think I've settled on that solution with a media server to to the transcoding and DVR recording with the HDHomerun quad tuner and Plex software holding it all together.
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05-12-2020, 11:13 PM #47Legendary RSR Poster
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