My AirTV (coupled with Sling) tells me I cannot pause live TV when I try.
From: Mathew Howard
Sent: Monday, May 18, 2020 10:55 AM
To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT OTA receivers
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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