DVRs

[Uncle Ruckus]

I have Direct but don’t want to rent and pay a monthly fee for a genie. I also bought a TiVo but realized that requires a monthly fee as well, even though you own it. I just want to record live shows and keep them without paying monthly fees. My parents have had a plain jane dvr for years that’s only records but I can’t seem to find what I’m looking for. So who can tell me what I’m looking for?

 

[irondawg007]

If you don’t wanna pay monthly fees, I’d buy a VCR or Beta unit. In all honesty, I don’t know if there is another DVR solution that isn’t with a fee associated. If so, I’m listening in as well.

 

[RocketDawg]

I don't think there's a legal way of doing what you want to do.

 

[BulldogBlitz]

That never stopped anyone on This board

 

[Philly Dawg]

Switch to PlayStation Vue.

 

[jethreauxdawg]

There are methods out there. A previous coworker built one, but his tech speak was way over my head. I'd try searching reddit.

 

[WrapItDog]

I just want to record live shows and keep them without paying monthly fees.

Record live shows from what source? Over the Air?

 

[aTotal360]

Slightly OT: Amazon Video is now on Apple TV. That made life a little easier.

 

[Uncle Ruckus]

Yes. My brother bought my parents a DVR a couple years ago and they record and watch every state game with it. Can’t find one anywhere now.

 

[Captain Ron]

Yes. My brother bought my parents a DVR a couple years ago and they record and watch every state game with it. Can’t find one anywhere now.

I have the "Channel Master" DVR for OTA broadcast. It is a couple of hundred bucks to start, but no monthly fees and a free program guide. It also has some of the streaming channels built it, but I still go to Roku for that.

https://www.channelmaster.com/Antenna_DVR_s/336.htm

 

[Indndawg]

Uncle I have a professional, Super VHS VCR lying in my closet. Yours for 20 bucks.

 

[Xenomorph]

Man I love how the Amazon Prime app functions. It's 100X beter than the Netlifx interface.

 

[dickiedawg]

Haven’t used the Prime App much but the Hulu interface is really good too. I have a hard time finding anything to watch on Netflix.

 

[Wizard of bulldogery]

Amazon should buy netflix.

 

[SyonaraStanz]

Man I love how the Amazon Prime app functions. It's 100X beter than the Netlifx interface.

Thread hijack - I have 6 mbps service. When I stream Netflix, it's usually a perfect picture for the entire show, but when I stream Prime or WatchESPN, the picture quality is usually poor. Why is Netflix so much better than the rest?

 

[aTotal360]

Better compression technology. Meaning a 3 mbps stream of theirs look as good as a 8 mbps stream from competitors.

I met an engineer of theirs that gets paid A LOT to improve compression a 1/10 of a percent.

 

[jeremyrbrown]

middle-out compression... weissman score of 5.9

 

[WilCoDawg]

You serious, Clark?

 

[Walter White.sixpack]

middle-out compression... weissman score of 5.9

Like this?

 

[RocketDawg]

Good point ....