Ngokufika kokufinyelela okusheshayo kwe-intanethi ne-broadband, abantu abaningi banquma ukubeka phambili ikhebuli noma ukubhaliselwa nge-satellite ngokuthanda i-antenna namadivayisi wokusakaza njengoRoku. Le ndlela ikuvumela ukuba ubuke amanethiwekhi wakho wendawo njenge-ABC, i-CBS ne-NBC ngenkathi iphinde ikwazi ukuthola izinketho ezihlukahlukene zokuhlela ezitholakalayo kwi-intanethi. Nakuba le ndlela yokubuka okuqukethwe kwethelevishini ngeke ihambisane nokuphila komuntu wonke, abantu abaningi bayajabula ngokunciphisa kokuqukethwe nokugcinwa kwesabelomali sabo.
Ingabe kufanele unqume ukuthi ikhebula ne-satellite ayisekho kuwe, yiziphi izinketho zakho zokurekhoda izinhlelo ezingaphezulu kwe-antenna? Ukukwazi ukwenza i-DVR inethiwekhi yakho oyithandayo akumele kube nzima nakuba kungefani nokubhaliselwa kwekhebula, kuzodingeka ukwenze uphuthumise. Ngeke ukwazi ukubiza inkampani ukulungiswa futhi kuzodingeka unikeze i-DVR yakho. Lokho kusho ukuthi unezinketho ezizokuvumela ukurekhoda lokhu okuqukethwe kwenethiwekhi.
I-Windows Media Center
Kungenzeka ukuthi indlela eningi kakhulu yokusebenza eqondile neyindleko yokurekhoda ngaphezulu kwe-air (i-OTA) i- ATSC ithelevishini yayizobambisana ne-PC ekhaya lakho nge- tuner ye-ATSC . Inzuzo ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi usethe i-PC ukurekhoda wonke amanethiwekhi amane ngesikhathi esisodwa. Izinkampani eziningana zikhiqiza imigudu ye-ATSC futhi ngokuzenzakalelayo, i-Media Center izokuvumela ukuba ube khona ezine nganoma isiphi isikhathi. Ukusebenzisa i-Xbox 360s njengezandiselelo, ungenza lokhu okuqukethwe kutholakale kuze kufike amanye amahlanu ama-TV ekhaya. Uma ubhanqa namadivayisi we-Roku, unokufinyelela ukuhlala ku-TV, ukurekhoda nokuqukethwe kwe-intanethi ngenkathi usebenzisa amadivaysi amabili kuphela. Ngenkathi ungasebenzisa ama-360s ukuthola okuqukethwe kwe-intanethi, kubalulekile ukukhumbula ukuthi uzodinga i-akhawunti ye-Xbox Live Gold ngalunye. Lokhu kungabiza uma kuqhathaniswa nokusebenzisa idivayisi efana noRoku.
I-OTA DVRs
Ngenkathi zingekho eziningi ze-OTA DVRs ezitholakalayo, imakethe eqala ukuvula ngenxa yenkinga " yokusika intambo ". I-Channel Master inikeza imodeli emibili ye-ATSC yokuqopha ezorekhoda imibukiso emibili ngesikhathi esisodwa. Kuzodingeka ukhokhe imali encane yanyangazonke yedatha yokuqondisa uma ufuna okungaphezulu kwezinsuku ezimbalwa zokufakwa ohlwini kodwa intengo iphansi ngaphansi kwalokho ongakhokhela ikhebula noma i-satellite njalo ngenyanga. Ngokufanayo, i-Simple.TV izokhipha ngokushesha idivayisi yabo ye-ATSC eyodwa kuphela, uma uxhuma i-hard drive yakho, izokuvumela ukuthi usakaze ama- TV abukhoma futhi aqoshiwe kumadivayisi we-Roku kanye namafoni weselula namathebulethi. Njengazinye izixazululo, izindleko zakho eziseqophelweni eliphezulu zizobe ziphakeme ngalezi zixazululo kodwa ziqhubeke phambili, izinkokhelo zenyanga zonke ozokhokha kuzoba ngaphansi kokubhaliselwa kwekhebula.
TiVo
Ngenkathi amadivaysi amasha kaTiVo ewehlile isitoreji se-ATSC, i-Older Premiere line TiVos izokuvumela ukuba urekhode okuqukethwe okuphezulu. Uzobe usudinga ukubhalisa kwe-TiVo ukuze uthole idatha yakho yomhlahlandlela futhi uhlele ukurekhoda kochungechunge kodwa uzothola ukufinyelela kokuqukethwe okuningi okusakazwa kudivayisi eyodwa. Enye iphuzu ukuthi ama-TiVo amaningi amadala angeke ahambelane ne-IP elandelayo ye-set set-top ezokwenza njengento ecacile yokuthi uzodinga i-TiVo ehlukile ye-TV ngayinye ekhaya lakho.
Amarekhodi e-DVD
Nakuba kungavamile, kusekhona ama- recorder e-DVD atholakale ku-ATSC tuners . Kungenzeka ukuthi uzothola kuphela i-tuner kodwa imibukiso yakho izoshiswa ngqo kwi-DVD futhi ingathathwa kwabanye abadlali ekhaya lakho ukudlala. Lokhu kuyindlela encane yokwabelana ngokuqukethwe lokhu okuzungeze ikhaya lakho kodwa kuyasebenza uma ubheka ukulondoloza ukurekhoda kwakho isikhathi eside.
Isiphetho
Iphuzu lapha ukuthi ngenxa yokuthi awusayifuni ukubhalisela ikhebula noma i-satellite, akudingeki uphonsa i-DVR yakho. Ngayinye yalezi zixazululo kudinga ukuba ubeke imali phambili ngaphandle kokukhokha imali yenyanga kodwa uma ungahlala ngaphandle kokuba neziteshi ezingu-250 + zethelevishini, uzothola imali yakho ngemuva kwesikhathi.