I think Tablo is somewhat crippled beyond just a 1-day program guide
without the subscription... like it didn't let you schedule recordings at
all, or something like that.
On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 12:00 PM Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Tablo has a 1-day program guide without subscription. The Channel Master
> has a 2 week program guide (and a search function), but is not a network
> recorder. I think the capability to be a network recorder is in the Channel
> Master, but they've never exploited it.
>
> bp
> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>
>
> On 5/18/2020 9:55 AM, Mathew Howard wrote:
>
> 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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