That would not surprise me one bit.....$25/mo for Sling + $99/mo for Dish with a 5 yr unbreakable contract buried way in the fine print....... I'd fall for that.....
It's the AirTV player + the RCA indoor antenna. The air player will be in place of a 3rd ROKU stick for guest bedroom and hopefully the RCA brand indoor antenna will perform a little better than the similar type I got from Amazon. If not, a better antenna is next on list so I can get roughly same as you do - although I haven't really felt like anything was "missing" with the 14 OTA stations I get today....
I need to replace our upstairs TV soon too. ugh....it's really old (50" Dell Plasma) so that gives an idea to age since Dell got out of TVs as quickly as they got into them in early - mid-2000's. Up to a 55" will fit. At least they're much, much cheaper now!!! I think even with a smart tv it might make sense to stick with the Roku stick just since that little remote is so simple - I really like it!
What I'm afraid of is how it will look. Most TVs I've seen at people's houses that are about 2yrs old or newer, the picture looks really "off" to me. Hard to describe & people say I'm an idiot for the gripe, but only way I can describe it is "it looks too real". Or movement like someone walking across a room doesn't look natural/smooth or like what it would look like on a somewhat older TV (say from 5-10 yrs ago). Everything looks glossy. I sure don't want to "upgrade" to that!
But the plasma is on it's last legs. Sides are burned in which isn't noticeable unless a pretty bright scene, but it's there & has been for years. Now solid blacks, like the sling menu, there are all kinds of purple flecks showing up. Again, not normally noticeable, but in an overall dark scene it is since it's almost like little purple snowflakes all over the blacks. Guess I'll hav eto go to Best Buy or something & just compare what different ones look like so I don't end up with that "too real" picture I dislike.....
