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To investigate our entertainment options, we installed an over-the-air (OTA) antenna to pull in fifteen broadcast stations within an 80-mile range. Cost was about $350 (professionally installed). This solution works great when all else fails.
Cutting the Cord with Plex Media Server
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An OTA antenna is better than nothing, but it’s limited to local stations, and it’s often affected by bad weather. After lots of research, we concluded that a personal media server is an optimum solution. Although it takes some work and lots of hard disk space, the results are well worth the effort.