I basically just use my TV for YoutubeTV about 99% of the time. I do have an attic mounted antenna for local channels (prior to subscribing to YTTV) but don't use much these days.
I'm looking to replace my Xbox One as it's pretty clunky and not very user friendly and my harmony remote is breaking. Off button doesn't work 50% off the time, etc. Currently researching boxes like Roku, FireTV, ShieldTV (supports same antenna adapter from XBOX) etc. Being able to boot straight to YTTV would be great but not required.
My biggest question is will one of the boxes and it's remotes be suffice for my system? My receiver has HDMI In and Out. Should I just plug my streaming device via HDMI to the receiver, then an HDMI out to the TV? At that point, will CEC handle the commands from the remote for power to receiver/TV? What about volume in this case?
Current devices:
* TV - Samsung Smart TV. Maybe 3 years old? I'll get the model number when I get home.
* Audio Receiver - Sony STRDH550
* Streaming Device - Xbox One (able to connect my antenna here)
* Remote - Harmony 650, starting to really fail on me as it's about 5 years old
Current Setup
* Xbox connected to TV via HDMI
* TV audio out to receiver via optical
I'm looking to replace my Xbox One as it's pretty clunky and not very user friendly and my harmony remote is breaking. Off button doesn't work 50% off the time, etc. Currently researching boxes like Roku, FireTV, ShieldTV (supports same antenna adapter from XBOX) etc. Being able to boot straight to YTTV would be great but not required.
My biggest question is will one of the boxes and it's remotes be suffice for my system? My receiver has HDMI In and Out. Should I just plug my streaming device via HDMI to the receiver, then an HDMI out to the TV? At that point, will CEC handle the commands from the remote for power to receiver/TV? What about volume in this case?
Current devices:
* TV - Samsung Smart TV. Maybe 3 years old? I'll get the model number when I get home.
* Audio Receiver - Sony STRDH550
* Streaming Device - Xbox One (able to connect my antenna here)
* Remote - Harmony 650, starting to really fail on me as it's about 5 years old
Current Setup
* Xbox connected to TV via HDMI
* TV audio out to receiver via optical