Reddit reviews HDHomeRun
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Live TV (cable TV and over-the-air) viewing on your phone, tablet, or Android TV boxSupports HD channelsDoes NOT require an always on computerCable TV and OTA. DRM flagged channels NOT supported.No external player needed to download, fast Channel changesIntuitive UI and OSD to control volume, brightness and zoom with a single tapWhat’s on now and what’s on next guide dataProgram images, show cards, channel logos, and progress barConsolidated list of channels (for user with both Cable and ATSC tuners).
I use both Firetv box and Roku Premiere streaming devices. I think we use our FireTV boxes the most. The FireTV boxes are around $90.
I have an HDHomerun Extend connected to my antenna. I have viewed it through Plex, Kodi, and straight through an app (HDHomerun) on my FireTV box. By far, the most user friendly and best picture for me has been viewing it directly through the HDHomerun app (free to download). I don't DVR anything, so I can't comment about DVR functions. As far as I know, this app is not available on Roku. I could not get this app to work on the FireTV stick, only the box.
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One cool feature of the HDHomerun app is there is an available "what's on" on each channel that is available to see by just pushing the selector circle to the right while you are watching TV. It will tell you the station and the programing, and you can select the channel you want to view from there.
Do you have the FireTV stick or 'box'? Looking at the app on the amazon app store it states:Write to external storage I was hoping that meant I could record/save to it.
I use custom software I wrote but HDHomeRun works with HDHomeRun DVR (from Silicondust), Channels DVR (only on Apple TV 4), Plex DVR, and I believe Emby.
I haven't used it with a Fire TV but others on here have. There is an official HDHomeRun app available for it.
You could stream from them on anything that will play MPEG-2 including VLC on your computer, Android phone, iOS phone, all streaming boxes except Roku and Chromecast, your network-connected TV over DLNA, Kodi, a Raspberry Pi. It's a very flexible device.