If I remember correctly, Tablo has a subscription fee... last I looked the
Amazon thing looked the most promising for a multi-tv system.
I have an AirTV and an AirTV player (although I'm not sure if they still
make that or not). The airtv obviously has some problems... the AirTV
Player has the same interface, but it's not a networked tuner (it's
basically just an AndroidTV box with a USB tuner) and it seems a lot more
reliable, and it can pause live TV.
On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 11:43 AM <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote:
> I will wait for someone else to try Tablo and report to us.
>
> *From:* Bill Prince
> *Sent:* Monday, May 18, 2020 9:01 AM
> *To:* af@af.afmug.com
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT OTA receivers
>
>
> 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.
>>
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