Thank you. I will experiment with powering off the FireTV box entirely and then repeat my streaming-over-WiFi test and I'll report back my results.

Separately, I would very much like to be instructed on how, exactly, I would "modify broadcast to unicast" in this situation/setup. I really have no ...

Thank you for your response and for your willingness to help. Really appreciated!

Bottom line: NEVERMIND!!!

I did some more experiments/testing and I've learned that, in actual fact, there's not a darn thing wrong with my HDHR3-US as far as reception goes (with one small but important caveat, see ...

My situation:

I live in a north-facing apartment in Roseville, California. I can't put up an outdoor antenna (due to apartment complex rules) and even if I could, I'm on the Wrong Side of the building. I'm about 37.5 miles from the local metro area broadcast towers (in Walnut Grove, CA) that ...