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Includes:- Fire TV Recast
- 50W Power Supply
- Quick Start Guide
Features:- Record HD antenna programming with this over-the-air (OTA) DVR.
- Store up to 75 hours of HD programming
- Built-in 802.11ac Wi-Fi connects to the Internet through your wireless home network
- Setup requirements - Fire TV mobile app (available on Amazon Appstore, Google Play Store, or iOS Appstore) on a Fire tablet (5th Gen or newer), an iOS device running iOS10 or higher, or an Android device running Android 5.0 or higher
- Required for playback - Any one of the following: Fire TV streaming media player, Fire TV Edition television, Echo Show, Fire tablet (5th Gen or newer), an iOS device running iOS10 or higher, an Android device running Android 5.0 or higher
- Ports
- 1x Type A USB 3.0 (storage supported on compatible external hard drives only)
- 1x TV Antenna Input
- 1x Gigabit Ethernet
- 1x Power
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1. You are paying for cable. If you said you were using any other SD product (like the two tuner I own) I might agree. The point of the Amazon box is to NOT pay cable fees.
2. I've been a SD owner for almost 8 years, and I have a Plex Pass, along with it running on a docker based NAS. Works great but until Amazon allows integration with 3d party devices in their Live Guide, the SD is a 3 piece solution.
3. Even if I wasn't a Fire TV user, this solution would STILL cost more than 110 bucks.
Really it seems like you were trying to Poo Poo, but it was more of a shart in your britches: p
It's a mixed bag, but definitely would buy it again. It's not a work of engineering excellence, it is good enough though for my use case... and CHEAP.
PROS:
- One time purchase. No monthly fees for guide data.
- Quiet and relatively cool.
- 4 tuners (I think the 512GB version only has 2?)
- Can add extra storage via USB (encrypted, cannot use outside the recast)
- Can record entire series easily
- Can mark recordings to protect against deletion
- Can pad recordings (e.g. for sports overtime)
CONS:
- This is for over-the-air (OTA) ONLY. No cable recordings, no internet recordings
- Must use FireTV device or mobile device app to view content
- Mobile device app experience is complete garbage
- If you are buying for mobile use case, do NOT buy a Recast
- Cannot schedule recordings from mobile app
- Fast forward in mobile app is borderline unusable. Be prepared to be disappointed
- Cannot view content on desktop PC
- Every now and then, image quality goes to crap. Solution is to rewind and it usually snaps back to decent
- FireTV interface is clogged with ads
- It's frozen up a couple of times, hard enough to require a hard reset. Not sure how or why. The latest firmware seems solid, haven't had a freeze-up in several months
Pros:
Reasonably priced, no subscription
Works out of the box, not complicated to set up
Works over Wi-Fi, you can tuck it away with an antenna anywhere. Doesn't need to be plugged into TV.
Integrates directly with Fire TV devices
Can be watched in the app while away from home
Pause, rewind, record. It's a DVR.
Cons:
Only works with Fire TV devices and the app
Soft 720p picture. Mediocre picture quality
Recording is a bit unreliable for sports programming
It's not perfect but it has its place.
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1. You are paying for cable. If you said you were using any other SD product (like the two tuner I own) I might agree. The point of the Amazon box is to NOT pay cable fees.
2. I've been a SD owner for almost 8 years, and I have a Plex Pass, along with it running on a docker based NAS. Works great but until Amazon allows integration with 3d party devices in their Live Guide, the SD is a 3 piece solution.
3. Even if I wasn't a Fire TV user, this solution would STILL cost more than 110 bucks.
Really it seems like you were trying to Poo Poo, but it was more of a shart in your britches: p
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I bought one when it was released. I used to watch a lot of NFL and loved "taping" the games on this. Now I don't use it very much.
The firestick updates seem to keep making harder to find recordings and feels like they are phasing it out. I would be surprised if they came out with a newer version,
I dont' have cable and I use a Tablo OTA DVR to watch some football games.
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The firestick updates seem to keep making harder to find recordings and feels like they are phasing it out. I would be surprised if they came out with a newer version,
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