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Randy, keep it as simple as possible.  Spend some time in the coach while you learn how you want/need things to work.  We have a smaller LED TV and Blueray in the BR.  The TV is connected to OTA and Cable.  It gets watched once or twice a year.  Up front the big TV is connected to OTA and Cable.  Get as many HDMI inputs as you can on your TV.  HDMI splitters are usually smart, switch themselves..  Our Genie, Blueray and coach PC are connected to the TV using HDMI.  Sat dish coax goes to the Genie.  If we needed one, a mini wireless Genie would connect to other TV. 

Streaming from ATT with unlimited data via our Homebase and Directv now is quickly becoming an equal source and may become a more primary source.  Not as many channels as Sat but all that we normally watch.  Amazon Prime hsa quite a bit of 4K material and movies too.  Nice when you can get it.  An Amazon fire stick gets us all the streaming stuff we use, Amazon Prime, Directv now, CBs all access, PBS.  We have a Roku box as well.

OTA and Cable splitter/signal amp.
Amazon.com: Winegard RFL-332 SensarPro Black TV Signal Strength Meter:...


This and the HDMI switch are the only switching we do outside of the TV itself.

We run a Directv Tivo to the front HDTV. The other 2 tv's are coax. The Tivo is connected to the a DTV AM-21:

Amazon.com: DIRECTV AM21N TV Tuner: Home Audio & Theater

BTW You can find them used on Ebay for $40.00-$75.00

These works awesome. What they do, is take the off air antenna signal, and integrate them into the  DTV receiver via the USB port. Once the local off air channels are scanned into the box, they show up on the DTV guide just like a satellite channel. You can record, pause,FF, whatever. If the OTR channel is HD, it will show in HD. All the guide listing are there.

The channels are also stored in the memory, so no need to re-scan when you return to the same location.All you have to do is, add or remove them from the guide.There are lots of good OTA channels like ME TV that are not on satellite. Most area's have all the locals, (LA area have over 150 locals) so no need to switch back and forth on the TV. We actually record and watch lots of those channels, then FF the commercials.

In our home, we have 2 DTV Tivo's, along with a Blue Ray, hooked to 2 TV's. We use this:

Amazon.com: 3 in/2 out HDMI Matrix Splitter/Selector with Remote Control and...

These work awesome. Both TIVO's are connected to separate DTV AM-21's

I previously used these before we had the switcher. They also work great.:

Amazon.com: Dinger HDMI Switch, HDMI Bi-directional Switch 2 x 1, 2 Port...

BTW, DTV tivo's have UHF remote capability (remote doesn't need to be pointed at receiver). So we can switch channels from the bedroom or outside.

I could easily run a HDMI cable to the bedroom. I already ran a new coax there in the overhead channel. So with that, the basement TV and bedroom tv are on separate coax's. Personally, my wife and I rarely watch different shows, and not having HD below or in the bedroom doesn't bother us. We too have a bedroom HD tv with a DVD built in.If I choose to run an HDMI cable to the basement, that really isn't that hard.

Old thread but thought I'd post an update.  I've been probing the A/V wiring in the new-to-me '01 U320 in an effort to find the open connection on the wet bay cable hook up (AUX) and the cable hook up in the basement bay, and prep for an updated satellite antenna system.  Using a signal injector, have discovered that the Audiovox selector panel above the Bose unit is inert for the most part...most likely the victim of a voltage spike somewhere in it's past, a botched repair, or just old age.  It won't connect the AUX port (wet bay connector) or any other input to any output...just ANTENNA signal on or off.  I opened it up and it looks like it was built by cavemen (or 12 year old Chinese kids), with 1/8" solder blobs and 14 gauge wires criss crossed all over the board!!!  It's trash, so I ordered an updated Magnadyne selector panel off Amazon and will continue the probing to find out where the basement cable connector (routed up into the coach under the kitchen sink) runs until it gets here.  The panel I ordered connects 5 different cable inputs to 3 different cable outputs, and has DVD in/out RCA connections.  Here's the unit and will update once I get it all hooked up.  Amazon.com: 5 input, 3 Output Video Switching Center Accept 5 inputs: TV...  Stay warm and dry, ya'all.  Woody.