Tivo with Rabbit Ears vs. Mediacom with DVR

**CloneBack** · 01-29-2008, 08:59 PM

So my wife and I are so sick of paying $126 dollars a month for digital cable and internet that we are considering scrapping mediacom and just going rabbit ears with Tivo. Thoughts anyone?

**brianhos** · 01-29-2008, 09:01 PM

Get a Series 3 tivo so you can at least do HD. Then, honestly, you will be fine.

**isuno1fan** · 01-29-2008, 09:09 PM

A guy I work with has only rabbit ears and TIVO. I told him he must do alot of reading....LOL.

**justincl** · 01-29-2008, 09:19 PM

Does the series 3 record the HD off the rabbit ears OK? I have the original Tivo off cable, but have comtemplated going to OTA HD and wondered if the series 3 could schedule and record OTA.

**isuno1fan** · 01-29-2008, 09:24 PM

Yes...it will look just as good at the OTA HD live.

**brianhos** · 01-29-2008, 09:28 PM

Originally Posted by isuno1fan

A guy I work with has only rabbit ears and TIVO. I told him he must do alot of reading....LOL.

I dunno, I have noticed that 90% of the TV I watch is OTA HD. Of course now that there is no new TV on, I am watching a lot less.

**isuno1fan** · 01-29-2008, 09:29 PM

Not enough sports on OTA HD...plus I watch alot of Discovery, TLC, Food Network, etc.

**justincl** · 01-29-2008, 09:30 PM

Originally Posted by isuno1fan

Yes...it will look just as good at the OTA HD live.

Awesome, I love my Tivo and to be able to get HD is even better. My Tivo gets me

**d4cy** · 01-29-2008, 09:31 PM

I've got a set of bunny ears, no cable, no dish. Its a good set of bunny ears though, and the digital picture on my new flatscreen is actually quite impressive. i catch wireless internet from a neighbor, so its awesome and cheap.

**isuno1fan** · 01-29-2008, 09:33 PM

Originally Posted by d4cy

I've got a set of bunny ears, no cable, no dish. Its a good set of bunny ears though, and the digital picture on my new flatscreen is actually quite impressive. i catch wireless internet from a neighbor, so its awesome and cheap.

LOL....hope you are doing that so you can save money for season FB tickets!

**jumbopackage** · 01-29-2008, 10:01 PM

I'd say it depends on your viewing habits. Outside of sports, I probably watch less than 30 minutes of major network programming a month, so rabbit ears don't really do me much good.

If, like BrianHos, you watch mostly network stuff, rabbit ears and a tivo will suit you just fine. Just remember, you're still going to be paying for internet somehow or another. I think Mediacom cable without cable service is ~65 bucks/month.

**Ames** · 01-29-2008, 10:10 PM

Originally Posted by justincl

Does the series 3 record the HD off the rabbit ears OK? I have the original Tivo off cable, but have comtemplated going to OTA HD and wondered if the series 3 could schedule and record OTA.

Yeah it does well with the OTA HD. A while back when KDSM was holding out HD on Mediacom I ran my S3 mixed. Every HD channel was cable HD except Fox, it ran OTA HD. It worked perfectly.

You could also drop to a basic cable and run the local channels HD OTA. That way you still get some ESPN even if it's a bad picture and still get some HD goodness.