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Dbeasy

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  1. Fellas. You know better. The Pickens trade didn’t cost much and it wasn’t about winning. It’s about what Jerry wants, which is glitz and glam, as he told us all in the documentary. As for Dak and Cee Dee, that’s just a whole bunch more of glitz and glam, which costs a bunch more money. Jerry Jones’ sole criteria for success is billions in his pockets, not fielding a competitive football team.
  2. Look, what he got for Micah was insufficient. Another Dallas GM got fleeced. But…I have always had questions about Micah. He fades during the season often. He’s weird. He’s a tweener. And yes at times Micah made an incredible impact. For that type of money, I want someone who’s more consistent. And, the Cowboys are a mess overall. It’s not like they are headed to the playoffs. This is a very average team. This franchise is going nowhere.
  3. What the hell does “rotate it” mean? I’m so out of the loop.
  4. In my earlier post I didn’t mean to imply OSU wasn’t an elite program prior to Meyer. I was responding to a specific post about OSU the last several years. I’m well aware of OSU’s long term success. As I’ve mentioned on other threads, I was born in Columbus in OSU University hospital, my dad was on the OSU faculty, and his handball playing partner for several years was Woody Hayes. At an early age I was a massive OSU fan. Fortunately, I made it to Texas at a young age and successfully was re-programmed to root for the greatest college athletic programs in the country. An unfortunate byproduct of this was the development of a deep dislike for my former favorite team. I kept waiting for the OSU program to finally drop down to a lower level of success. I really thought post Meyer would be it.
  5. OSU has remained good for a long time due to a lot of fortunate events. They got Meyer who is not only an excellent coach, he’s a top tier cheater. That laid the foundation. Day has been riding that for a long time, combined with the weak schedules over the years that are top heavy. Michigan was down for a long time. Penn St was down and coached now by a guy who can’t beat a good coach. They’ve recruited well under NIL because they have strong financial support. The biggest surprise for me is that I thought Day was an above average coach, and yet he’s been able to pull out some big wins. Not sure how. Something just doesn’t add up.
  6. I also just pulled out two OTA antennas, both with pre-amps, and thrushes around the house with the antennas, and a Samsung tv, to see if I could get good enough reception anywhere in the house or walk in attics that I could use to feed the HDHR. What would I lose with no encryption for 4k OTA? Edit: I assume without jelkyfin I can’t get dvr functionality? I experimented with plex a few years ago and found no value for our needs with a lot of technical confusion. I don’t want to go down that path if I can avoid it.
  7. I really think this post needs to be split into even more paragraphs, especially with no capital letters at the beginning of each.
  8. Let’s hope that Thomas being on the team lights a competitive fire under Spieth to get his shit together next year, giving how close they are.
  9. Yes. Good picks. Burns can get on a roll. I’m good with this.
  10. So I've never heard of HDHR, but it looks like a direct competitor to Tablo? What is Jellyfish for?
  11. Do the poor reviews assume the connection between the Tablo and the router is wireless, or is it also slow for a wired ethernet connection? My house is already wired with Cat 5 in all the rooms, so I can just plug the Tablo into an ethernet port in an upstairs bedroom.
  12. Self quote. I found an article that indicates the Tablo can connect to your router network via either wifi or wired. This could be a game changer. That means anyone can stick an antenna wherever in the house the signal is the best, but then see local channels on any TV or device in the house via wifi. I assume the wifi connection doesn't hose up the 4k OTA signal? So, if the above works, then you just buy ESPN and Fox direct to consumer offerings and you have 90% of what live tv offers, minus the bs channels no one watches.
  13. I’m confused how Tablo works. I connect an antenna via coax to tablo. Does tablo connect to my router wired or wirelessly? If wired, can I just plug it into an Ethernet port that is in an upstairs bedroom? Then how do I watch that on an LG TV either directly or with Roku or fire stick? When I download the app to one of those three devices how does it find the stream on WiFi? The tablo just rebroadcasts on WiFi?
  14. Ha, tried to look at a DirectTV streaming subscription. The website is so confusing and misleading, you literally can't figure out what your bill will be in the future. It's a total bait and switch. Undeterred, I decide to call them. 20 minutes and three callbacks later, after clicking through a maze of voice menus that didn't work properly, I was UNABLE TO REACH SALES! I'll say that again. They are so fucked up they can't even take a call from someone who wants to buy their service. Fuck that. I've dealt with that bullshit from AT&T for years. I ain't doing it anymore. Then looked at Fubu. Pretty good channel coverage. Don't like the lack of two local channels. Maybe could live with it. The lack of Food Network for the wife is tough. Maybe. I thought about the DNS hiding approach with MLB, but I just don't want to deal with that hassle all the time. Maybe someday the Astros will pull their heads out of their asses and make their games available to more people, like the Rangers have done this year.
  15. Thanks. This is consistent with what I saw on the website. NBC and CBS are local affiliates and Fox and ABC are national feeds.
  16. Does Fubo have Austin local ABC channel, KVUE? In some places on their website it says yes, but others it just has a generic ABC channel.
  17. So we are about to drop U-Verse and unless I'm missing something, there is going to be no way to watch the Astros any more unless they appear on a normal broadcast channel. Space City Network isn't available except for DirectTV stream, which we probably don't want. Am I missing an option that isn't too expensive? I'm leaning to YTTV and guess I could pay for something else on top of that. The wife wants her Astros.
  18. I tried that already. Given where I'm located in Leander, every channel comes in fine except for CBS. So I need something higher and outside.
  19. Cross posting from the other thread regarding OTA antennas. Does anyone know someone in Austin that could install an outdoor antenna on the second story of the house and tie into an existing coax cable that runs into all the rooms of the house? Also, what is DirectTV stream looking like these days? I'm dropping U-Verse for most likely YTTV but would consider Directv streaming too I guess.
  20. Does anyone know a person in Austin that could install a TV antenna on the outdoor second story of our house? I have coax run to each room already but the person would I assume tie into the coax line in the attic. I could probably figure it out and do it myself, but I just don't want to mess with it.
  21. What’s the story with all these sketchy sites? Aren’t they just infecting your computer with malware so they can steal your banking login information? What is their business model, if not that? I’m once again doing my annual cord cutter analysis. As probably the last U-Verse customer in the Southwest United States, I have forfeited the right to make fun of my dead parents anymore for keeping their rotary dial phone well into the 1990’s. The prices on U-Verse have now reached a $85-100 per month premium vs other alternatives like Hulu+ and YTTV, with the only advantages now down to having Astros, Rangers, Stars, Mavs, Spurs, and all other networks on an easy clickable remote. Any other non-Uverse option loses Astros. The other teams could be purchased separately from a different service if necessary, or are already free, like Stars on Victory+. So until I read that YTTV could have Fox go dark, I was getting ready to turn off U-Verse this week. Now I’ll wait until next week.
  22. Where did he put the antenna? Hoa rules in our subdivision prohibit outdoor antennas, and our roof decking is metal backed, making attic placement impossible too.
  23. It’s not a horrible order and it’s a tough task. I’ve seen most of these players live many times over the years. The few things that pop out to me: Westbrook is too low on the list. One of the best cover corners and hitters at Texas. Deshon Elliott too high. Raymond Claiborne too low. Vaccaro too high.
  24. I can’t find the article. I do remember his analysis was on nationwide voting patterns, not just swing states. And the irregularity had to do with the uniformity of gains across all voting zones. Look this is tin foil hat stuff but it was an interesting article. I pay attention to math.
  25. Texas football and basketball game threads became a serious threat to my mental health. I finally learned to stay the hell out of there as much as possible.
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