But the page above says you have to have the Clearstream TV app, and doesn't it already need a smartphone to run on?
Step 4 of the instructions, WiFi Setup, has 6 steps and it seems every one of them expects the user to use a smartphone. Weren't you stymied when you got to step 4?
If you don't have one, maybe you could get someone to come over and use his, just to see if it all works when you have a smartphone.
If you need to buy such a phone, there are phones under $50 on ebay, second hand. The curreent version of the app only Requires Android 4.4 and up, and they're up to version 11, iirc, so I wouldn't get version 4 or 5, but at least 6 or 7, or even 9 will be cheap. Although you might want to use it as a phone someday, so it's worth paying $5 extra for an unlocked phone.
So, how did you get past step 4 without a smartphone?
BTW, afaik there's no real difference between an HD antenna and any other antenna and even a plain piece of wire will act as an antenna. If you live near a city, you can use, or at least test with, a simple piece of single strand wire, or stranded wire and just put one strand in the hole in the F-connector which is at the end of the ClearStream TV Wireless Tuner Adapter. I used to use pieces 2 or 3 feet long, and iirc when they went to digital, they use higher???? frequencies, so that's plenty long enough. (maybe there's an optimal length, but if everything works with a wire, maybe you can ge a weaker or more distant station with a something called a TV antenna. But tv signals only go about 50 miles at most so noothing you can do short of erecting a tower will get you farther than that.
Not me. Is converter always the right word? That's what this brand calls it but maybe there is some word that's more specific. It's a tv tuner with a wifi transmittter. B Buck Fiden to Jul 1Details On 6/30/21 11:53 PM, WGUV wrote: BUTT... Before buying one, does anyone know a different convertor that connects to a std router?
SiliconDust HDHomeRun Flex 4K NextGen TV: 4 x ATSC Tuners, 2 Support ATSC 3.0 - HDFX-4K
and has a USB port if you want to add storage for the built-in DVR function
WGUV to Jul 1Details Sounds good but $200 too high and more features than i need. Just need to convert broadcast signal to input of router.
WGUV to Jul 1Details Hiw about a router with in internal converter? J Jim Joyce to Jul 1Details Explore the rest of the Silicon Dust product line. You won't be disappointed with their products, even if you don't choose their top of the line 4K tuner. You might be able to cut that $200 price tag in half, or even better if you stumble across a sale.
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Thanks Jim. Im checking now. Im seeing now that learning the terminology is the first step. Will get there...
Ebay also seems to be better than google or amazon for learning the basics whats really out there.
Still hoping clearstream works out. Im a big supporter of local radio and tv over cable and big data.
Even miss the phone books. Still the easiest and quickest way for me to find local businesses. Yelp was ok but has turned into mass confusion.
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1 minute agoDetails Gave up trying to watch broadcast tv router. If local tv NAB doent want local viewers enough to provide reception to home why did they push to get govt to require digital? They just killed local broadcast audience.