A $795M analogy: Locast, broadcast copyright, and the fall of big antenna

Re:A $795M analogy: Locast, broadcast copyright, and the fal... by tyingq on Friday September 17, 2021 @05:45PM (#28571257)

For anyone that was using it personally, and was sad to see it go:

I had a decent experience switching to using the Tablo Dual Lite. It's a local TV tuner and DVR. Mine has 2 tuners, but they also a 4 tuner device.

It does, unlike Locast, require fiddling around with an antenna, but I guess the upside is that nobody can sue it into oblivion.

It does require a subscription for the guide ($5/month) and for the built-in commercial skip (another $5/month), which isn't terrific. But, the UI and the DVR seem more polished than what I was getting using Locast with Stremium (cloud DVR) before. It does take a few seconds to tune into a channel also, which can be annoying.

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Re:A $795M analogy: Locast, broadcast copyright, and the fal... by jessaustin on Friday September 17, 2021 @11:57PM (#28573552)

Is Tablo done? I've been considering it...

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Re:A $795M analogy: Locast, broadcast copyright, and the fal... by tyingq on Friday September 17, 2021 @11:59PM (#28573564)

No, sorry...I was saying that's what I did when Locast folded, I switched to Tablo.

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Re:A $795M analogy: Locast, broadcast copyright, and the fal... by jessaustin on Saturday September 18, 2021 @12:01AM (#28573578)

Thanks for the clarification... my comprehension was lacking!

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