500GB Amazon Fire TV Recast DVR Digital Media Player Expired

This is an all time low price. I bought mine for $129 a couple of years ago and haven't seen it any lower.

Sadly, I do not recommend the device. To me it seems Amazon has abandoned it. The software is super buggy and stale, meaning no new features or updates have been added in years.

It's a real shame because the device had extraordinary promise for cord-cutters. It just has too many issues to overlook. It's very difficult to manage your recordings. Mobile streaming is a coin-flip whether it will work.

I hope Amazon decides to provide more support for recast but after waiting for a while I'm not holding my breath.

What everyone should be seeing over the next 24 months is manufacturers discounting their ATSC 1.0 devices as the standard shifts ever so slowly to ATSC 3.0 (commonly referred to as NextGen TV). The link below is the deployment schedule for the US.

https://www.atsc.org/nextgen-tv/deployments/

The original 2018 schedule was to shutdown all ATSC 1.0 transmissions by the end of 2029 but that has now moved to open status due to shortages of equipment.

My guess is that these recast devices will drop to $50 next year as Amazon moves to the new tuners if they release a v2 box.

Another good video on this subject is as follows:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oy43OuwEJSM

I am just putting this out there so you can be aware and educated a bit on the changes coming before investing in new AV toys.

Thanks,,,,,

I have this unit. Works great for me. I get 28 stations from over 40 miles away with 1500ft mountain between. I have it hooked to a $150 (70 mile Antenna I got at Best Buy Clearstream 4 Max on close out for $90, added the Channel Master adjustable booster) A booster was necessary. Must get the adjustable one. If you over boost you can lose it all. Get the Channel Master. The 500G can be added to very easy with a usb Hard Drive. I have a 2T seagate ($50). Hard to fill after 2 yrs I have it 1/2 full. I could probably erase most of the junk I record.
I never had a software issue. But it comes in handy with my echo shows.
I can watch local news or anything on my show. Many times I have the news on in the morning on my 10" kitchen show.
Setup I thought was easy.
I research antennas and get a good one.
The Antenna Guy on YouTube is very good.
I got mine from Amazon on Black Friday 2019 for $129.
Just say "Alexa, tune channel 18.1"
Bingo, TV on my show in the kitchen or any room. Same with the TV. Just have a fire stick. Say "tune channel 12.1" bingo, channel 12.1
It's like a small TV. Even my old Show 7 works.
Hint: get a power Ethernet adapter and you can put the Recast anywhere there is a power plug. Mine is in an upstairs bedroom to keep the antenna cable short. Streams great with my old Netgear 1900 Nighthawk that's pretty old now. It's the original nighthawk. I use net gear power Ethernet adapters too. Cheap if you buy refurbished
Dropped DirectTV. Saved $150/month x 2 yrs and counting. I don't miss it. There is enough to stream with the OTA channels added.