Yeah, but the DVR+ appears to be discontinued.
On Sat, Jan 19, 2019 at 6:38 PM Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote:
> Similar to the DVR+. It has 2 tuners, which works great for us. If you're
> watching live TV, you can pause/rewind/fast forward. You can record two
> programs while watching a pre-recorded show. It also has several "streaming
> channels", but we almost never watch them through the DVR+. If we want to
> stream something, we go through the Roku. Roku connects us to pretty much
> anything we're interested in; Netflix, Prime, Hulu, Vudu. There must be 30
> or 40 different streaming thingies.
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> On Sat, Jan 19, 2019 at 3:22 PM Mathew Howard <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> So, the AirTV does have an ethernet port on it, and it works fine to just
>> plug it into the lan instead of using wifi. After it's setup, the over the
>> air channels show up in the Sling app, just like the Sling streaming
>> channels. They do give you the option of signing up for a free account if
>> you don't want to subscribe to Sling.
>>
>> The biggest problem I see with it, is that you can't pause and rewind
>> live tv... you can start recording something and then go watch the recorded
>> program to be able to pause and rewind, but that's a bit of a pain.
>>
>> They do have another box, the AirTV Player (which is basically an Android
>> TV box with a USB tuner that plugs into it), that does let you pause and
>> rewind live TV, but it only works for one TV, and you need to have an
>> antenna connected to it.
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 9:04 PM Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> When you get it, please let me know how I can get the content off of it
>>> without using wifi, if possible.
>>>
>>> *From:* Mathew Howard
>>> *Sent:* Monday, January 14, 2019 7:45 PM
>>> *To:* AFMUG
>>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT cynical
>>>
>>> You don't need a sling subscription (or at least not a paid one), and it
>>> does have an ethernet port.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jan 14, 2019, 8:39 PM Chuck McCown <[email protected] wrote:
>>>
>>>> Two downsides I see:
>>>> 1) It wants you to subscribe to SlingTV. While I do subscribe I
>>>> don’t want to have to subscribe. That makes me not want to buy it.
>>>>
>>>> 2) It delivers content via wifi. It probably would not talk from my
>>>> basement to my upstairs. If it has the ability to deliver via lan then it
>>>> is much more useful to me.
>>>>
>>>> *From:* Mathew Howard
>>>> *Sent:* Monday, January 14, 2019 7:33 PM
>>>> *To:* AFMUG
>>>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT cynical
>>>>
>>>> I just ordered one of these:
>>>> https://www.airtv.net/products/airtv/
>>>>
>>>> The only downside I see compared to the Amazon thing is that it's only
>>>> got two tuners instead of four, but it's a lot cheaper and it works with a
>>>> roku. You do need a USB hard drive for dvr functions, since it doesn't have
>>>> one built in. Sling has a deal going right now for a free one if you prepay
>>>> for 3 months of service (which is only $75).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Jan 14, 2019, 7:58 PM Chuck McCown <[email protected] wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Yeahbut, I need OTA DVR. I use Roku for almost everything else.
>>>>>
>>>>> *From:* Jason McKemie
>>>>> *Sent:* Monday, January 14, 2019 6:53 PM
>>>>> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
>>>>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT cynical
>>>>>
>>>>> I've really been liking Roku for a streaming device.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 7:32 PM Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Tivo send me an ad trying to get me to upgrade to their latest box.
>>>>>> I have a Roamio. I own it. I don’t pay them anything monthly. After
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> upgrade deal went away, my Roamio bricked...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Arrgh.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Might go with Amazon Firebox...
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>>>> On Jan 14, 2019 7:58 PM, "Chuck McCown" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Yeahbut, I need OTA DVR. I use Roku for almost everything else.
>>>>
>>>> *From:* Jason McKemie
>>>> *Sent:* Monday, January 14, 2019 6:53 PM
>>>> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
>>>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT cynical
>>>>
>>>> I've really been liking Roku for a streaming device.
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 7:32 PM Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Tivo send me an ad trying to get me to upgrade to their latest box. I
>>>>> have a Roamio. I own it. I don’t pay them anything monthly. After the
>>>>> upgrade deal went away, my Roamio bricked...
>>>>>
>>>>> Arrgh.
>>>>>
>>>>> Might go with Amazon Firebox...
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