[…]have to delete it from your app in order to restart the pairing process. Tuner Quality The AirTV’s tuner is excellent. My AirTV 2 picked up a whopping 169 channels in Los Angeles. More importantly, it was able to find VHF channel 13 and its sub-channels (where I watch Star Trek on Heroes and Icons), which my Tablo Dual Lite DVR wasn’t. So, that is a big win for AirTV! The tuner brings in more channels than the Tablo when connected to the exact same antenna in the exact same location! UPDATE: Some months after writing this article, I re-tested […]
[…]corner of the app. Next, click “Local Channels”. Click “Connected Devices”. Click “My AirTV”. Scroll to the bottom and click “Remove AirTV”. This is the key step of the whole process! I wasn’t able to get the unit to recognize the drive without doing this: Do a factory reset on your AirTV by pushing a paperclip in the RESET hole in the back of the unit (keeping the unit powered on). When the unit resets, go through the setup process again, then plug in the drive. You may need to wait a few minutes for the app to recognize your […]
[…]in the corner of my screen, while doing other work. The best DVR brands for doing this are Tablo, AirTV 2, and HDHomeRun. 7. Watching TV While Away From Home The AirTV is great for watching TV on your mobile device even when you’re AWAY from home (or more specifically, your home Wi-Fi network). This can be great if you want to catch a local sporting event while you’re traveling, for example. Tablo used to have this feature, but unfortunately, with the latest Gen 4 Tablo, you can’t watch your recordings or live TV through your device when away from […]
[…]software, with the DVR functionality requiring some research online to get working. 3. AirTV 2 / AirTV Anywhere The AirTV DVRs from Sling (which is owned by DISH) have good tuners, are completely wireless, and have no channel guide subscription fees. The AirTV 2 has two tuners to allow viewing or recording of two broadcast TV show at a time. It requires an external USB hard drive for recording. Note that it only uses the first 2TB of drive space, so don’t buy a bigger drive for it. The AirTV Anywhere has four tuners and 1TB internal hard drive. They […]
[…]in the Tablo app that shows all upcoming broadcast TV shows, movies, and sporting events! Unlike AirTV and TiVo, it’s not mixed with paid streaming content. On the HDHomeRun app, it’s in the Discover tab: I LOVE this feature! In the Tablo, it allowed me to discover so many great old movies that I would have missed otherwise. It makes broadcast TV feel like a paid streaming service! Mobile App: Can’t Watch Away from Home The iPhone app has the exact same interface as the Windows app, which is great. I was able to easily view live TV and recordings […]
[…]could be a huge bummer. I haven’t encountered this limitation on other DVRs I’ve tested like AirTV and Tablo. Watching TiVo in a Browser I had to Google around to find the website for viewing my Tivo recordings. It is online.tivo.com. Once I found that, I brought up the site in my Chrome browser only to be presented with this message: Apparently, there is some security issue preventing the app from working in Chrome (somehow other DVRs don’t have this limitation). Luckily, there’s an easy fix: just use Firefox. Once you get it working in a non-Chrome browser, it looks […]
[…]these drives are perfect to use with a Tablo, which is what I’m doing, or another DVR like the AirTV 2 that accepts USB hard drives! It works great in both of these DVRs, and I no longer need a separate power supply for my drive, making the whole thing less cluttered. The drive gets power right from the USB port and is really quiet! It’s kind of fitting that I’m using the hard drive from one DVR as the hard drive for another! I’m also going to hang onto the power supply and fan in case I can use […]
[…]and coax cable. Each unit picked up exactly 145 channels. Next, I did a channel scan on my AirTV 2, which previously was able to find more channels than my Tablo Dual Light, but this time the AirTV 2 was only able to lock onto 105 channels. Notably, it wasn’t able to find the local ABC station while both Tablos were. It’s hard to draw firm conclusions from these somewhat contradictory results other than to say “your results may vary” and that all of these units were able to pick up a ton of channels. Or perhaps Tablo has made […]
[…]not as flashy as the channel guides on some of the more refined DVRs out there like the Tablo or AirTV. Those are much easier to set up recordings on, or even record whole seasons (however they require Internet access to display the guide). The Homeworx unit only shows one channel’s shows at a time. And note, you can’t record one show while watching another since the unit only has one tuner. But, as I mentioned, at this low price, this box is worth it just for the converter functionality. I see the DVR as a bonus that you may […]
[…]of channels that my old Sony TV did, it did not get as many channels as my newer Samsung TV, my AirTV DVR, or my Tivo Edge for Antenna DVR were able to get. Specifically, it wasn’t able to pick up channel 13.4 KCOP Heroes and Icons, a Hi-VHF channel in my market (Los Angeles), while the other tuners had no problem with this channel. Now, it is possible that Tablo has improved its tuner, as I purchased mine in 2018. Customer Service After owning my first (previous-generation) Tablo for over a month, I powered it down to do some […]
