I am going to start building a house. I currently have fios and I like it. I am thinking of running cat5 throughout the house and to where all the tv’s will go. I don’t know much about streaming. I have done some research and I have to admit I am confused. I do like to have live TV but I do not like having a $300 cable bill. Does any have a steaming service? Do you get live tv? Do people get the basic fios package and streaming? Any input would be appreciated since I am not very tech savvy.
You can buy them together in the link below in multi cable spool.
Technology changes all the time, so having all available will be able to meet your needs if you like streaming, or decide to stop streaming.
One of the coaxe's is for cable, and the other is for an antenae to get local channels.
Make sure you run all your wires to one central location and run 1 coaxe all the way to the attic, so you can install an antenae for local channels.
Multi Cable - ( New Window )
Live TV (incl YES) plus all of the key stations we watched when we had Fios.
$49/mo (+ $10 for Showtime if you want it)
Both should be multi-wire and you can turn the CAT5 to HDMI. You could also do COAX to HDMI, but that's a little more expensive.
I had PS Vue and switched to DTV Now. I don't like DTV Now as much but I'm kind of stuck with it, as I can stream it data free in our mountain home where there are no other TV options (can't get hard wire anything nor can I get a satellite signal - but I can get decent wireless internet through AT&T, but only 20GB/month).
Planning on maybe cutting the cord in the fall. Isn't wi-fi and 5G the future anyway?
Amazon makes a dvr that works with your HDTV antenna and then coordinates with all your fire sticks. Thinking about trying that.
Planning on maybe cutting the cord in the fall. Isn't wi-fi and 5G the future anyway?
Amazon makes a dvr that works with your HDTV antenna and then coordinates with all your fire sticks. Thinking about trying that.
There's nothing wrong with wireless, and you could probably get by with it. But in a larger house, distributing that ISP access wirelessly is going to be a challenge, and you'll have better success if you could put multiple hardwired devices in place than you would with one access point hardwired and the rest repeating.
Even if you don't go the route of wiring up each room individually, if you put home runs from each floor or different parts of the house down to a central location that you designate as the landing point for the comms, then you'll be able to put a hardwired access point in multiple locations and get solid coverage for WiFi.
Personally, given how inexpensive CAT6 cable and access ports are, I'd go with the recommendation to wire up each room for both RG6 coax and CAT6 ethernet.
You Tube runs me $55/mo, 200MB broadband is $80/mo (Optimum). I'm hoping 5G will make true wifi an option so I can dump Optimum altogether.
Planning on maybe cutting the cord in the fall. Isn't wi-fi and 5G the future anyway?
Amazon makes a dvr that works with your HDTV antenna and then coordinates with all your fire sticks. Thinking about trying that.
Nothing wrong with wifi. It's just better to have hardwired anything when it comes down to it. In communication wiring, hard wire is always king, because it usually it is never going to give you issues. As stated you can even use the hard wired CAT5 to add wifi access points.
Wifi just isn't as reliable as a hard connection at all times, and you will constantly have to upgrade the wifi technology. Hardwired, you just upgrade the router in your designated comm space.
Planning on maybe cutting the cord in the fall. Isn't wi-fi and 5G the future anyway?
Amazon makes a dvr that works with your HDTV antenna and then coordinates with all your fire sticks. Thinking about trying that.
Wifi is much better then it used to be, but in general, if a device isn't portable and you have the opportunity to hardwire it, then you should. Since the house is being built it is far easier to run wires now. Wireless will always have a greater potential for saturation and/or interference.
As for the 4-5 ports, an 8 port gigabit switch can be found for < $20 and will add 6 ports to any setup.
I have my main TV hooked up to Apple TV through a Gig ethernet connection. I feel that it offers a more stable connection while taking some of the burden off the multiple devices my family uses over WiFi. I have three other bedroom Tvs that are over wi-fi with the same streaming services, although those are received through an Amazon Fire Stick. I get all my local channels through Vue, so I don't need an indoor antenna or coax cable.
So, if you like Sports (which I assume you do since you're here) Vue is probably the way to go. The only other streaming service that compares to Vue on sports coverage is probably FUBO, but you don't get ESPN through them, which was deal breaker for me. Sling sports coverage is pretty good as well, but by the time you get all the add-ons you be be paying comparable prices to VUE, which has much better streaming quality, and has never buffered since I subscribed. Sling buffered several times during my month long free trial. YouTube TV also has very good streaming quality, and local channels, but didn't offer Red Zone or NFL Network.You will also get quite a few channels over a few free streaming services like Pluto, Crackle, or Tubi.
Best parts? No hidden fees and monthly lease charges for renting their boxes to be wired everywhere in the house. Just get a smart TV like a TCL with Roku built in and use the WiFi. No extra wires, no always on box, just one remote control. No dealing with setting up an appointment for someone to "do an installation".
I pay $50 for PS Vue Core and $40 for FiOS internet only (100/100).
My problem is that we're two people in a 12 room house with 7 TV's. I like the laziness of cable where everything is there in one place with one click and one remote. If I have to search out Shawshank Redemption on HBO now and click on it to watch it from the beginning I'll never do it but if I'm flipping around and it comes on then BOOM I'm good. Tough to relearn old habits.