But the osd/guide is free and generally out two weeks?
From: Bill Prince
Sent: Monday, May 18, 2020 11:42 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT OTA receivers
The Channel Master works a lot like Tivo w/o a subscription. You can record a
program based on name, and have it repeat whenever it sees that name. It's not
as smart as Tivo, as when the right program appears on a different channel, it
won't record it. It does distinguish between "new" and "rerun", but that is
somewhat hit and miss. The program guide is very good, except when the stations
/networks don't cooperate. For example, occasionally our local ABC, Channel 7
will go from a 2-week schedule to a 12 hour schedule. As the thing looks for a
matching program name a couple of times a day, it will miss prime time for that
day.
bp
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On 5/18/2020 10:10 AM, Mathew Howard wrote:
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 <[email protected]> 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
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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 <[email protected]> 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: [email protected]
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
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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 <[email protected]>
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, [email protected] 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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