Akuyena wonke umntu onomboniso wekhebula okanye i-satellite. Abantu abaninzi basebenzisa i-antenna ukuze bafumane i-o-air (i-OTA) kwinkqubo evela kumalungu asekuhlaleni. Ingaba kungenxa yokuba uyintambo yomkhonto okanye awuhlali kwindawo apho ikhebula likhona khona, unokhetho xa lufika kwi-DVRs. Unokuhlala uhamba kwindlela yeHTPC kwaye usebenzise i-ATSC yesitoreji ukufumana iimpawu zedijithali ze-OTA. Abantu abaninzi endibaziyo abahlala kude ngaphandle kokusebenzisa ikhebula ngokusetyenziswa kabini okanye nakwii-tuners ezininzi ze-ATSC ukuqinisekisa ukuba banokubukela abadibanisa nabo basekuhlaleni.
Ukuba ungaziva ukuba i-HTPC ilungile okanye awuyi kuthanda ukubeka umsebenzi wokwakha enye, unayo enye inketho ye- DVR kunye nempawu ze-OTA. Izixhobo ezininzi ze- TiVo ziqulethe i-ATSC tuners eziza kukuvumela ukuba ubukele kwaye ubhale ii-OTA zendawo ezibandakanyekayo njengabasebenzisi ababhalisile. Masihambe kwezinye zezinto oza kuzifumana xa usebenzisa i-TiVo yokubukela i-OTA. (Qaphela: Isixhobo se- TiVo Premiere Elite asikwazi ukufumana okanye ukurekhoda i-OTA signer. Ngoko ke kufuneka ufumane i-TiVo Premiere okanye ifowuni edala ukuze ukhangele ezi ziteshi.)
Ukusetha i-TiVo ne-Antenna
Ukufumana i-TiVo ukusebenza kunye nempawu ze-OTA akunzima. Ukuba unayo iNkulumbuso okanye i-HD TiVo, nonke nisetyenziswe. Isixhobo siyahambelana nokuthunyelwa kwedijithali kwaye akukho zixhobo ezongezelelweyo eziyimfuneko. Ukuba unomxholo we-Series 2 TiVo, i-converter yedijithali iyadingeka ukuze uguqule izibonakaliso zedijithali kwiimpawu ze-analog zokuthi i-Series 2 ingayisebenzisa. Kungakhathaliseki ukuba yiyiphi i-TiVo enayo, kunjalo, ifowuni inokukuhamba kuzo zonke iimfuneko ezifunekayo ukwenzela ukuba izinto zisebenzele zona. Ngokunjalo, iTiVo inikeza iphepha lokuxhasa elichaphazelekayo kwisixhobo ngasinye esingaphendula nayiphi na imibuzo ongayisebenzisa ngexesha lokusetha.
Iimpawu zeTiVo kunye ne-Antenna
Nangona ungafumani nayiphi na impawu ekhethekileyo ngokusebenzisa i-TiVo ne-OTA isignali, umendo omkhulu ngexesha langoku yintambo yokusika. Esi sisenzo sekhebula okanye abathengi be-satelthi banquma ukuba abafuni ukuhlawula i-100 yeziteshi kwaye endaweni yokufumana iTV yabo kwimithombo yokusakaza ezifana newebhsayithi, iNetflix, iHulu okanye enye imithombo. Ngelixa abaninzi abantu banokufumana uninzi lomxholo wabo ngale ndlela, iinkonzo zokusasaza zihlala zigcina kuphela inani elincinci leempawu zeesiboniso kunye nomxholo omtsha unomxholo osasazwayo wewindow. Yintoni eyenzekayo xa unemizuzu embalwa emva kwaye inethiwekhi ithatha inketho yokusakaza?
Yilapho ukufumana i-DVR kunceda. Ukukwazi ukurekhoda inkqubo yoxhumo lwenethiwekhi xa unqwenela ukuwujonga ukuba kusekho ukhetho lokuba nalo, nangona zonke iinkonzo zokusakaza zikhoyo namhlanje. Njengaye ikhebula, iTiVo ikuvumela ukuba ubukele kwaye ubhalise kwizithuba ezimbini ngeyanye ukuze ukwazi ukugcina inkqubo yakho yentandokazi yenethiwekhi njengokuba uthanda. (Okanye nje ngokuba unesithuba esaneleyo sokuqhuba idata ukuyigcina.)
Ukusebenzisa i-TiVo kunye ne-OTA signals kuthetha ukuba ufumana okulungileyo kokubini njengoko unomnxeba we-broadband. Uyakwazi ukubukela nokurekhoda abaxhamli bakho basekuhlaleni (TiVo uthi 88% yeempawu ezirekhodiweyo zifumaneke ngaphezu kwe-air ) kodwa ngecebo le-TiVo Premiere, ungasasaza ukusuka kubanikezeli abaninzi kuquka iNetflix, i-Amazon VoD ne-Hulu Plus. Konke oku ngaphandle kokuhlawula umrhumo wesikhala. (Ngaphandle kwenkxaso yoxhumo lwakho lwebhanki.)
Akukho Elite
Ukunikezelwa kwezinto ezikuvumela ukuba ufikeleleke usebenzisa i-intanethi ye-broadband kunye ne-air-way-air local channels, ihlazo lenkampani ayizange ifake i-ATSC kwisitoreli sayo sangoku. I-2TBs yokugcina kunye nee-tuners ezine ziza kuba zilungele ukubonelela nge-Dish Network Hopper-like functionality kunye nokurekhoda zonke iishedyuli zokuqala zokunxibelelana ezine-intanethi ngexesha elifanayo.
Oku kuthethi, ukuba ufuna ukusika ikhefu okanye i-bill ye-satellite kwaye ufuna i-DVR kula manxibelelwano asekuhlaleni, akunakwenzeka ukuba ungamthandi iTiVo. Akukho zikhetho ezisebenzayo kwiimarike ze-OTA DVRs ngeli xesha ngaphandle kokuba ufuna ukuya kwi-HTPC okanye i-DVD Recorder indlela.