You pony up $35 and then an record through a service like Plex. Setup can be a little tricky if you have to have a locally-stored DVR - it's actually sort of a weird hybrid thing. (Admittedly, it's outside, though not far away, and running through a Fire TV dongle and not a larger, more powerful set-top box.) And even on my 802.1ac router I occasionally see hiccups on one of my TVs. Fire up an app on nearly any device, and it handles the setup for you with surprising ease.Īnd you get a free (though limited to a single day) electronic programming channel guide.
You just plug in your antenna, plug in the power, and plug it into your router via an Ethernet cable, and you're good to go. Once you connect everything, the software does the work and you can just relax and enjoy your TV.As far as connected devices go, HDHomerun itself is really simple to set up. There's some setup cost involved with the actual box (up to the $180), as well as that $35 yearly subscription to the DVR.īut it's still a lot cheaper than cable, and it's one of the simplest things you'll ever need to set up. While this isn't quite as elegant or simplistic as what Microsoft would have delivered, HDHomeRun is probably the next best option. HDHomeRun DVR set up and hands-on The bottom line on HDHomeRun DVR and Xbox
Check out the guide below for how to set up and use HDHomeRun DVR on any device, including Xbox. The great thing about HDHomeRun is that while it uses a web connection for things like metadata and artwork, the heavy lifting is all done over your local network. You'll get a new area where you'll be able to discover content to watch, schedule recordings and manage them, and play back previously-recorded shows over the network. With an active subscription, you open up a new area of the app on your Xbox One (and other devices), as well as a record button on the main screen. For HDHomeRun, DVR is a subscription-based service but it's also very reasonably priced at $35 per year. That's the part that differs from whatever Microsoft would have been offering. Setting up the HDHomeRun DVR takes seconds and nothing more than pointing the backend software at your desired storage drive and authenticating your account so it can tell there's an active subscription.
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