I had a Tablo for a while. At least I think that is what it was. I need to look. Very intermittent requiring lots of reboots, decent channel guide.
This is what I bought from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01J6A6H74/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 10:01 AM Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com> wrote: > Lewis, your "Amazon OTA DVR", is that the FireTV you're talking about? > > Has anyone looked at the Tablo? It looks like it has 4 tuners, and is > described as a "whole house DVR". It has no HDMI; presumably you need a > smart TV or some other thing to stream things over the local LAN. It does > require an external drive, but does not require a subscription (unless you > want to stream from off-site). It also says it has "automatic commercial > skip". > > > bp > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > > On 5/18/2020 5:24 AM, Lewis Bergman wrote: > > I have several Channel Masters with the external drive. Probably what > Walmart sells rebranded or something. Send me your address and I'll ship > you one. It has a smart TV app. In the end I think it was that it was a per > display thing we replaced them for. I have 4 of these I don't use. I want > to say they were maybe $95 each, then add the external SSD of whatever size > added another $85 or so. > > We use Aamazon Alexa to a great extent and have liked the Amazon OTA DVR. > Having said that, it seems to require rebooting about every 6 weeks when > the streaming locks up. I should get a simple timer device to reboot it at > 4AM. Other than that, I like the whole thing and its integration to Amazon > Prime is handy if you already use that. It is simple enough for the wife to > use, which counts for a lot. > > On Sun, May 17, 2020 at 11:59 PM Trey Scarborough <t...@3dsc.co> wrote: > >> I have used HDhomerun for years now you can run the recording software on >> a PC or it integrates with most DVR platforms MythTV, Plex, Kodi, etc. >> >> >> >> On 5/17/2020 7:39 PM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote: >> >> I had the tivo for quite some time until it quit working and I didn’t >> want to spend the money for another one. >> I switched to airTV and then converted it to Sling. It is buggy. Does >> not always record what you tell it to, it will not allow fast forward on >> local channels and the audio level is much higher than all my other hdmi >> inputs like Roku. >> >> So looking again for an ATA receiver. Walmart has a really low cost unit >> that can record if you connect an external drive. It allows time shift >> etc. >> Does not stream over you network, you will have to have it connected to >> your display. And you will have to feed it an RF TV signal. But the whole >> streaming over the network by Tivo and Sling/AirTV has not exactly been >> flawless. >> >> Anyone using anything else they really like? One of my larger spots in >> the house to watch TV has a large monitor with no F connector. So I need >> something there. I would like something with a channel guide so that is >> one thing Sling does for me. >> >> -- >> >> Trey Scarborough >> VP Engineering >> 3DS Communications LLC >> p:9729741539 >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > > > -- > Lewis Bergman > 325-439-0533 Cell > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- Lewis Bergman 325-439-0533 Cell
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