OTA Recorder

[Yespage]

My MIL is looking to drop Dish and was needing OTA DVR capabilities. I did a bunch of searching online. It seems there are three main players, Tablo, AirTV, and HDHomerun.

Tablo seems to have rave reviews for their older stuff, but not new stuff.
AirTV appears to stream well to devices, though doesn't seem to work with Apple (?), and with it connected to SlingTV, I'm a little nervous about this maybe disappearing in a couple years as Dish and Directv merge. Also, reviews seem a little mixed
HDHomerun seems to be the only device that is still quality. Need to provide an EHD, but that already exists with her recv'r. Seems more costly, and you need to pay for the guide, but it is 2024 and $100 doesn't buy what it used to.

Am I in the ball park here?

 

[navychop]

I hate to say it, but- TiVo?

 

[Mr Tony]

Get a good 4 tuner TiVo from EBay that has guide subscription already.
TiVo Roamio runs forever. I have 2 of them

 

[moonwink]

If you can find a Dish PAL, it's an OTA receiver with a built in HD. I'm sure there's still a few around.

 

[dishdude]

If you can find a Dish PAL, it's an OTA receiver with a built in HD. I'm sure there's still a few around.

omg no! Most died a long time ago from the poor quality capacitors, even if you can find one still working they are extremely buggy and woefully outdated.