SiliconDust HDHomeRun Flex 4K Network TV Tuner

Great Addition To Our Household (and our Roku devices)

I'm very happy this gateway. We use to only have the living room TV hooked up to the antenna in the attic, but now I'm able to access OTA TV from any of the TV (or any other devices for that matter) in my house. This means I can watch the news on my tablet from my desk in the home office, I can watch Jeopardy in bed, and I can record shows that I use to miss due to scheduling! Not to mention, the tuner is more sensitive than my TVs, ABC use to be flakey, and now it comes in solid.

It was very easy to setup, just plug it in, navigate to the Web URL/the app, and chose a few settings and I was up and running.

All in all, this was very worth the price, and has changed how my family has consumed TV. We use to watch OTA TV occasionally if we got the timing right and wanted to sit in the living room, and now, both live and with the DVR we are watching it all the time. I've even considered canceling our streaming services, or at list significantly slimming down.

CRC111

August 3, 2026

ATSC 3.0 tuners are useless - cannot watch those channels. Buy the non-ATSC3 unit instead of this.

The tuner picked up a lot of channels/sub-channels. It also picked up six ATSC 3.0 channels. However, I cannot watch those ATSC 3.0 channels because "The broadcaster has applied usage restrictions....". What good is ATSC 3.0 capable device when ATSC 3.0 channels cannot be viewed due to restriction? Should I have purchased the non-ATSC 3.0 unit?

Easy setup, simple operation and excellent quality output!

Genuinely impressed with this device! Incredibly easy setup, device does need to be somewhat close to your router to connect vis ethernet, app is simple and not needing to login or go through a setup is also a bonus. Have had no issues using the app on a Roku TV, Firestick, Android phone and a Windows 11 PC. I have only used the basic Tuner functionality and non paid guide (which looks good) so cannot comment on recording shows or anything else. Definitely recommend to anyone who wants to share the OTA channels throughout your home!

Make It Better

After using a TiVo for the past 12 years, there are a lot of negative things about this device that make the TiVo a lot better. But I'm not sure how much longer my TiVo and guide service will work. And I like the simple setup I have with this, as there is only 1 cord to my TV (the power cord), and all viewing is done through apps on a Sony with Google TV (in apps only mode for less clutter and a more Roku look) and 1 remote. So, it looks like I'll keep it, but at the same time I won't like it, and may even change my rating to a 2 star. Why?

1) No page function in the Guide for channel /day/week, so you have to click through one by one

2) No pic n pic ability so you can keep watching while navigating the menus

3) The scroll on recordings and live TV doesn't show what you've watched if you rewind

4) No clip function so something still gets recorded even if another show went long

5) No channel info, run time or end time info, or conflicts info in the Task menu

6) No run time or end time info in the Recorded menu

7) From what I hear, no internet means no TV...even just live TV through the antenna

8) No ability to recover deleted recordings, even if you just deleted it

9) A glitch where you can open the app and it's frozen (possibly exiting the app when done eliminates this)

10) A glitch where a recording playback will suddenly skip to the end and you have to restart it and find where you left off

11) Navigating the menus is a little weird sometimes, with having to use the return button to go somewhere on the same page when you should be able to use the directional buttons instead

My TiVo Bolt has all of these issues covered.

If you buy one make sure you read through all of the install and use info on the website (I think the website needs a lot of improvement, but the customer service is good). It's actually a good product with good remote functions, but it needs improvements.

Edit: 12} A glitch where you get a "communication error" (see photo) while viewing live TV that should clear itself up right away but it doesn't. You have to exit to the guide then go back to live.

Maybe a 2.5 rating at this point.

Hdhomerun

Very nice picture quality is bit dificult to program once you manages that is worth every dóllar

0:12

1999 called and wants its web based directions back!

Your directions miss the key point of how to connect your device to the TV itself?? You could not even make the photo looks like yo device itself. Kind of a big miss guys! And why are you charging $200 for a device for a ‘smart TV’ that does not have an easy peasy set up?? Or at least app set up?? Why do I need to go to a website to configure update firmware!?!? 1999 called and wants its web based directions back! For $200 I can buy a computer that can do more than 25,000 tasks if I want it to… including update its own firmware! How do you justify $200 for this thing?? Make it make sense, I’ll wait!

Don’t work with Roku

Works well with my prime video devices, doesn’t work at all with my Roku devices.

A good, solid tuner, but definitely some investment if you also want DVR capability

This was a quick setup that was actually so easy it threw me for a loop. Support was dropped for that and mine finally just failed.

After reading reviews, I settled on the 4 tuner (4 x ATSC 1.0, with 2 x ATSC 3.0 capable). There are a couple of things to be aware of on this model and I'm going to go with them under the pros and cons, but suffice it to say, so far, I'm satisfied with it. I wasn't satisfied with my Recast unit from almost day 1, but read on.

Pros

1. Handles through ATSC 3.0 so it'll do NextGen channels if you have them in your area and your gear is capable of getting them.

2. Has four tuners so you can record or watch programming on four different tuners, though only two can handle ATSC 3.0.

3. The apps to facilitate getting programming from the HD Homerun appear to work well so far on both the Fire TV, Windows 11, and Android. Scratch that - they work. The Windows 11 app almost locked my system up solid while doing this review.

4. The picture is not only good, on HD broadcasts, it's OUTSTANDING on both the Fire TV and via the Windows app, and it looks fine on the phone, but why bother with a phone when you've got a larger screen?

Cons

1. This doesn't come with a guide - if you want the guide and DVR capability you have to do the following:

a. Shell out $35.00 for a year of DVR / Guide capability

b. Shell out for an external hard drive - yeah, you heard that right - this comes with no hard drive

c. While I have nothing good to say about my previous Recast unit, at least that came with a guide, DVR capability and a TB of storage for $179. This was $199 with no no disk or guide.

3.

4. While you may see that I did a scan and found 99 channels (I have 2 x HD OTA antennas) probably 10 to 12 of those cannot be viewed because they're DRM protected

So, with those cons, why did I buy this one?

From what I could find online, the top models appeared to be the Silicon Dust HD Homerun models, the Tablos, and the ZapperBox. They each had their pros and cons and the ZapperBox also has a similar setup to the HD Homerun for recording and a guide. The Tablo would have been the more economical model in initial cost, that it came with storage, and has no charge for it's guide. Unfortunately, it's only equipped for ATSC 1.0 (I'd like to be ready for 3.0) and if you look at some of the reviews, no thanks, they're not very good. I already had enough of that with my Recast unit.

So that's why I went with the HD Homerun 4-tuner model.

My photos include out of the box (the first 2), via the Fire TV app, and on my Windows 11 Desktop which uses an HDMI input into the same Fire TV as it's monitor. These photographs do not do the HD broadcast pictures any justice. You have to see them in person.

Yes, I'd recommend this just out of taking everything into account including technology, customer service (I read ZapperBox now has customers IM or email them?), cost, and the aggravation I was hoping to avoid. It's my hope that in the future, some company will come out with something that's a bit more reasonably priced overall, like the Recast was, if only it had worked right out of the gate.

Didn't get more TV stations

We bought this based on reviews on YouTube about how you would get many more TV stations as the stations had changed to using a frequency that this server picks up. We did get a couple of TV stations that we hadn't pick up for a while. But still didn't get as much or as good of a picture as we used to get. It is also very slow to load, which may be our wifi service. Not the fix we hoped for. We do not want cable TV.

The best OTA/DVR solution if you have a Plex Server

I was looking for something to pause and record what's now called 'Over The Air' broadcasts. I just know it as regular tv. I tried a couple of the cheaper smaller devices in the $30 range but they didn't work as well as I expected- most had some latency issues. But at a $30 price point it's hard to argue quality and functionality. I was reading another review for this device and they mentioned how this works with a Plex Server. I currently run one at home for when I converted all my media discs to digital. To say it works with Plex server is an understatement. IT WORKS BEAUTIFULLY with plex server. It's been less than 24hrs and I couldn't be more pleased. It is ALMOST plug and play with Plex. And once you begin to DVR shows Plex automatically takes those recordings and places them in the 'recently added TV shows'... it also automatically files and creates the directories wherever your current TV shows reside. I've added some images of how it appears in Plex.

On it's own this device requires a subscription to DVR any shows/recording. I don't even use the HD app at all... just the Plex interface and now I have OTA content on all my at home TVs and devices with 1 antenna.

NO customer service

Product would not work on any device but could see it on the url. Updated firmware, no problem. Will not pull up on any device. Emails sent to customer service had lagged response and were not helpful in any way. Kept pointing to their website, as if I didn't already do hours of research before asking for help. After the second response with no solutions offered, I gave up. Unfortunately the box was tossed so I can't return it. I REALLY wanted this to work as I already canceled cable.

Raleigh Littles

September 1, 2024

Perfect for Plex

My favorite "modern" TV tuner. The fact that it uses Ethernet means you can access it from multiple places, my old TV tuner card was HDMI only so I had to put my Plex server near the window (where the antenna was).

It also has a Windows application that lets you view it as well, so you don't strictly _have_ to use it with Plex.

Doesn't support nextgen tv that uses drm

None of the HDHomeRun devices will decode nextgen drm encrypted channels. Verified with SiliconDust.

👎 No DRM promised solution.

1. There are several important recordings had significant interruptions on the play-back upsetting the family as we had to play those from Youtube instead.

2. Management still has not able to decode all ATSC 3.0 local channels. In the same time the company was not able to provide convincing arguments why the broadcasters will selectively provide the decoding key to other providers but not to SD thus reducing the benefit of this device vs std ATSC 1.0 devices.

Not happy with the purchase.

They refused.

H Perry Stephens

April 15, 2024

HDHomerun works great

The system works great for my area. I have had issues when accessing channels above 65 with 3rd party apps.

It does well with ATSC 3.0

Of the seven stations broadcasting in ATSC 3.0 from Houston, only one (KHOU) has locked down its signal. The other six can be read by this receiver.

Awesome little device!

This thing is awesome! I have an antenna in my attic and am picking up 109 channels! All of the TVs in my house are on the Roku platform, and using the HDHomeRun app, it works flawlessly! I've run all 4 tuners at once and did have a couple hiccups, but that could have wifi related. The picture and audio quality seem to be on par with my TV that is directly connected to the antenna. Broadcasts that come through with Dolby Digital+ sound great in full 5.1. My area does not have ATSC3.0 broadcasting yet, so I can't comment on that functionality, but overall this thing is a winner!

ATSC 3.0 is going to be used to block your signal

I would avoid this model, as the ATSC 3.0 is going to be the end of TV as you know it -- i.e. you can view and record it on a DVR to play back later.

In Seattle, there are several ATSC 3.0 stations. This evening, my 2nd day of using this device, two are blocked. This is the new corporate america, they want to drive you to cable or force you to watch live. Who the heck does that any more?

Enjoy ATSC 1.0 while it lasts. Big corporations are trying to stomp that out to force you to buy new decocers and/or TVs and become a part of their new business model (i.e. pay through the nose so their executive compensation can keep striding towards a billion dollars a year).

These ATSC channels are redundant UHF channels and don't appear to offer anything unique, like 4K or HDR, at least yet. But when they do, this device is not going to be able to receive them anyway. See the screenshot I attached, that is what you'll see.

Not as convenient nor smart at my TiVo which I used for 15 years, but it finally died and there is no practical replacement, probably because they know the death knell has been sounded for free TV.

Between now and then, get the cheaper model of HD Home Run. App works great on my GPU accelerated PC on my network and with my Roku Player app (which is lousy) and with my OLED LG TV from a couple years back (HDHR app works better there -- e.g. you can position where in the playback you want to be with a slider).

Just works (with Plex and Jellyfin)

Couldn't be simpler, yet more powerful. Plug into network, plug in antenna, plug into wall. Once you get to the interface and scan for channels, there's really nothing left to do there. Plex and Jellyfin detected on the network immediately and actually are able to share the device between them thanks to the 4 tuners. I do wish the device let you set a static IP but honestly appreciate the stripped-down interface complexity.

Merideth Baker

September 16, 2023

Great OTA tuner & DVR... with caveats

Update: I've been so frustrated with the constant freezing. I basically never watch antenna TV anymore because of it and customer support's usual answer along the lines of "it could be worse." In fact, I forgtt all about even having it until I saw the auto payment for another year of the dvr service. I saw it to late to cancel, but I don't renew next year, for certain.

I don't even use it anymore until Sundays when I'm trying to watch football on my local station. I miss so many plays because of the freezing and having to restart (and missing every play that happened during that process), but that's not the only problem with live tv. Pausing hardly ever works, and more often than not, when I unpause, it skips right to live and I'm unable to rewind.

When I watch something I've recorded, maybe the whole episode will be there... but maybe it crashes. In any case, if i try to pause, it restarts at the beginning.

I absolutely cannot recommend this product, which makes me sad bc it had a lot of promise, and I paid good money for it.

Original review: The only reason I need a tuner/dvr at all is so I can record NFL games—I don't want to miss one while I'm watching another that's being broadcast at the same time, and I want to be able to skip commercials (and sometimes the announcers' chatter). I've tried several OTA receivers/DVRs but finally settled on the SiliconDust HDHomeRun Flex 4K.

The SiliconDust HDHomeRun Flex 4K is dead simple to set up: plug in coax cable from the antenna, plug included ethernet cable into the HDHomeRun and your router, plug included power supply in. The HDHomeRun isn't connected to your television, only to your router (and antenna and power)—it streams your OTA channels to your TVs and other devices via app.

Viewing OTA (antenna) TV: My two main TVs are Roku Tvs (and a rarely-used 3rd TV uses a Roku device), so I just added the HDHomeRun app. I didn't need to do anything else to view all my OTA channels, not even run a channel scan. I spent a total of about 2 minutes from opening the box to watching TV (and probably 60 seconds of that was bc my arthritic hands had trouble tightening the coax cable). I wasn't missing any of the 77 channels my TV found when the antenna cable was connected directly to the TV. (Incidentally, HDHomerun was not my first choice: I bought a Tablo Dual Lite first, but it could not find as many channels, and not the local networks that broadcast NFL games at all, so I returned it asap.) The picture through the HDHomeRun is clearer than watching when watching from my Dish, which surprised me.

Note: Some Samsung TVs cannot get audio when using the HDHomeRun. The site's FAQ says "To hear audio, you need a TV, AV receiver, or soundbar that can decode Dolby Digital or AC3 audio over HDMI. Most modern TVs can do this, though we’ve noticed a few Samsung TVs cannot."

DVR: If you want DVR functionality, you'll pay $35/year, and plug in an external hard drive to your HDHomeRun via usb. I tested the DVR functions via the HDHomeRun app on my laptop and on my phone. I started recording a program already in progress. I scheduled recording for a program that would start about a half hour in the future. I used the search bar to schedule recordings of all NFL games, on any channel, at any time. Super easy. The quality of the recording is great.

Here's where things get a little less than ideal. I could not for the life of me figure out how to use the DVR functions from the Roku app. I submitted a support ticket to Silicone Dust, and they told me how to find my recordings (just hit the "back" arrow button on the Roku remote), but I can't schedule recordings from the Roku app... yet. I'll paste Silicone Dust's email below:

The Roku version of the HDHomeRun app is getting some long overdue updates to help bring it in-line with the HDHomeRun app for other platforms. We'll be adding the ability to schedule recordings, search guide data, and more, in the coming months.

When you open the Roku app, it will start playing the last played channel right away.

Pressing left/right arrows will bring up the live channel switcher. Icons and guide data might take a moment to load, and we are working to improve those loading times.

Pressing "Back" from live TV will bring you to a new "Live/Recorded/Discover/Tasks" screen.

Selecting "Live" will bring you back to the live view on whatever channel was being watched before

Selecting "Recorded" will show recordings if you are using the HDHomeRun DVR service

Selecting "Discover" will give you our guide discover view.

Selecting a TV program from "Discover" will show a summery for that program, and will show the current and future episodes (if the program is a TV show and not a movie). If a program is available on more than one channel, you will also see those options listed here. In the future you will be able to use this view to also schedule recordings if you are subscribed to the HDHomeRun DVR service.

Easy Setup, Great Picture Quality Was Pleasantly Surprised by this network OTA option

After watching our Hulu Live price tick up all year, we decided to try a networked OTA. Had been following HDHR for several years, but an early attempt to provide networked OTA to the house resulted in choppy pics that never seemed to network right.

HDHR's solution here really was plug and play. I attached an old antenna (from 2008 rebate era), plugged it into a network switch, powered it on, opened the app, and voila, tv was broadcasting.

It also cut our live tv bill down to $35 annually (we added a HDHR Servio DVR, cheaper and easier than fiddling with a NAS)

Would 100 percent recommend this as an option if you're trying to cut down on your streaming services bill.

It actually works!

I ordered this product back in 2021 and it took a while for me to get around to installing with my antennae. The software update worked as well as the Roku and Windows App install, the first time! Great product for broadcasting your over the air TV to various Smart TV's and computers on your home network.

One WiFi Connected Device for All ATSC 3.0 Channels.

Such in ingenious idea. The tuner is connected to your WiFi network. This enables all your smart devices (TVs, phones, tablets) the access to free over-the-air, including ATSC 3.0, channels. My current flat screen TVs still work. Instead of being forced to upgrade (buy) new TVs with ATSC 3.0 tuner built in for every room you want to have a TV, this device solved all of that. Now, I can continue to use all the TVs I currently have. Since you access the channels to their HDHomerun app, the bonus is I can access those channels through my smart phones and tablets as well. Awesome!

Delbert Matlock

February 19, 2023

The essential cord cutter tool (but not for ATSC 3 at this time)

I’ve been a Silicon Dust HDHomeRun fan for quite a few years. I bought a HDHomrRun PRIME nine years ago to try leveraging my home network for TV distribution. Shortly after that I sent my cable box packing and relied only on the HDHomeRun along with Plex to pickup DVR duties. I did try out the HDHomeRun DVR when it first came out, even using the Kickstarter to get early access to it. However, in the end, I preferred the ease of use of Plex.

Over the next few years, I found that I was watching less and less TV, for a number of reasons. I scaled back my service to the point that I was eventually just getting the local channels. All I was using it for was the local news and an occasional show like American Ninja Warrior. It was becoming harder and harder to justify the cost. It was about $30/month plus another $6/month for the cable card as part of a TV and Internet bundle.

Fast forward to early 2023. While doing some tech upgrades in the house I found that I had an easy way to get a coax connection from my basement, where my entertainment center and most cable endpoints are, up to the attic. I decided to take the plunge, install an antenna in the attic, and then swap my HDHomeRun PRIME for a HDHomeRun FLEX 4K. Best decision ever!

The antenna I put in the attic is an Antennas Direct ClearStream 4V. This is a big antenna designed to pull in stations from a long way away. As it is, I’m only about five miles from the Washington DC stations, so this antenna was overkill. I didn’t want to take any chances being that the antenna would be in an attic and the house across the street from me, in the direction of the transmission towers, is about twice as tall as my home. The antenna more than handled the situation and even picked up some stations I was not expecting, from Baltimore, that were not even in the beam width for how I had the antenna aimed.

Now, we get to the HDHomeRun. When I hooked it up, is spotted 90 channels! A few of them seem to be ghosts as they report a signal with no content. Of the 90, I could tune in 82 of the channels. Plex had a few more issues and only knew about 67 of the channels, but it got the ones I cared about along with dozens I really didn’t care about.

For my usage, I could have got away with a HDHomeRun DUO, two tuners being one more than I typically need on a given day. However, I’m trying to future proof and wanted to be ready for ATSC 3.0 (aka, NextGen TV). The DC area is fortunate to have ATSC 3.0 signals for all the major networks. The FLEX had no trouble receiving these signals.

I’ve been able to fire up all four tuners at once using a combination of a computer, a phone, a tablet, and a Chromecast with Google TV. The HDHomeRun app runs on all of them. The app isn’t perfect, but it works. The only thing I would ask for in the app is the ability to get technical details on the stream. The only way I’ve found to get that is to go to the web interface for the HDHomeRun and look at the tuner status.

Only two of the tuners support ATSC 3.0. That is good enough for a first generation product, especially since the ATSC 3.0 stations are only simulcasting the regular broadcast at this point. The FLEX 4K is smart enough to give preference to the non ATSC 3.0 tuners when tuning in an ATSC 1.0 signal, to keep the 3.0 tuners available if you need them.

As for handling the signals it receives, the FLEX does a great job. For the local stations, the image is rock solid all the time. The interface shows 100% across the board, so I would expect no less. The Baltimore stations were the biggest surprise. The ones I receive, come in about 56% power but the symbol quality still shows as 100% and the image has been stable for them as well. Oddly, there are some stations that are on the same towers as the ones I get that don’t come in at all. WBAL, the NBC affiliate, is one of those. It is as if it isn’t even there. I don’t really care about the Baltimore stations, but this did leave my scratching my head.

No product is perfect, and there are a few things I think could be done a little bit better. The biggest one would be to send the signal from a single tuner to multiple destinations. If two users tune in the same station, it still takes up two of the four tuners. With four tuners available, this won’t likely be an issue but it would be more efficient.

The only other thing I don’t like about the FLEX 4K is the total lack of indicator lights. It is truly a black box and the only way to check the status on it is through the web interface. For contrast, my PRIME has a power light, cable connectivity light, and a separate light for each of the three tuners that come on when in use. You know what is going on with that box with a single glance.

To wrap it up, my HDHomeRun PRIME will be looking for a new home. My cable provider has lost a video customer, although I did up my Internet speed with some of the savings. I’m receiving more stations than I did via cable and can watch them anywhere in the house via either the HDHomeRun app or Plex’s Live TV feature. Hopefully the HDHomeRun FLEX 4K will get to flex its muscle on some 4K content once the local broadcasters start providing it. Even while waiting for the next generation of TV, add me to the cord cutters club.

June 2025 Update:

Over two years later, I'm still happy with my HDHomeRun, for what I'm using it for. I don't watch very much broadcast television but I do stream it to a TV in my kitchen for the evening news and record some shows using Plex's DVR for watching later.

Unfortunately, the ATSC 3 (NextGen TV) support has become a major issue. Most ATSC 3 channels are now encrypted and the industry body responsible for the standard, A3SA, has refused to certify any network attached tuner. As long as you want to watch ATSC 1 (standard HDTV) channels, you are fine. If you want to ever have support for the ATSC 3 channels, make your voice heard to the FCC about how the A3SA is doing everything it can to stop Silicon Dust and other vendors from coming up with whole home solutions for watching broadcast TV.

NEXT-LEVEL, Works Like A Charm

This is the [NEXT-LEVEL] HDFX-4K HDHomeRun Flex {OTA} Over-The-Air Tuner device, that I'm using on my home giant screen streaming TV network.

THIS {NEXT-LEVEL} HDFX-4K DEVICE, [HDHomeRun 4K Flex] {OTA} Over-The-Air HDFX-4K /HD H.265. IT JUST BLOWS YOUTUBE TV 4K & FOX SPORTS & Fubo TV & Disney+ & Hula APPS OUT THE WATER, HANDS DOWN ..!

What You Are Seeing In The Enhanced Video Photos, It's TV Of The Future, 4K/HD [H.265] OTA Over-The-Air TV ..! {Coming Soon To Your Hood}

FOX 131.1 KDVR HD BROADCASTING SUPER BOWL PREGAME, VIA MY 4K HDHOMERUN DEVICE [OTA] OVER THE AIR

So far the best 4K or a higher HD (H.265} video resolution quality is found on the metro Denver, Colorado area channel Fox 131.1 KDVR HD, via a 4K HDHomeRun device Flex ..!

Click On The Highly Enhanced Video Photos To The Fullest Expansion. Notice The Eye Popping Red The Singer is Wearing ..!

Powerful nextgen ota tuner

I live about 45 miles from my local broadcast towers. Setup was a simple 5 minute proposition and the channel scan picked up 41 channels- 14 more than the recast. Picture quality is excellent and the nexgen channels can broadcast in 4k and 5.1 surround. The channel guides and software while not perfect were better than expected. This unit sends the signal via wifi so you can use mobile devices to watch programming as well. If you currently have a tuner/dvr and get all your locals, I don't think it's worth the upgrade for a a few nextgen channels. If you are in the market for one, however or feel that your current setup isn't pulling in the fringe stations its hard to imagine a better option than the hdhomerun flex.

DEFECTIVE TUNER SOFTWARE - VERY FRUSTRATING!

I live about half way between two major television market areas, so I get an abundance of channels, most of which are redundant from the two markets. When I scan this device for channels, I might get four or five channels or I might get fifteen or twenty channels. It distributes them through my household network's WiFi just as described. I can re-scan the device for channels, and will lose the channels currently configured in it, but will pick up a different array of channels, and again will distribute them via WiFi throughout my network. If I want to watch channel four, for example, I might have to re-scan this thing a half dozen times before channel four is picked up and then if I decide I want to watch something on channel nine, I will have to re-scan it until channel nine gets picked up. It might be one re-scan and it might be a half dozen. It will eventually pick it up and work with it, but it's frustrating. It can't just store all the channels at once like my TV does. The hardware works fine and does what it's supposed to, but the software embedded in it is defective and undependable!

The company told me I needed additional hardware to make it work correctly. I bought a filter/trap supposedly to eliminate cell phone 5G signals from interfering with it. It had no effect. Now they're telling me it's because my antenna has a signal amplifier on it. I live between 50 and 75 miles from the TV stations. I can't just hook a pair of rabbit ears up and get them. The company is telling me that this apparatus will not work with amplified antennas or antennas with built in amplifiers in them. SO IF YOU CAN'T GET THE CHANNELS WITHOUT AN AMPLIFIER OR SIGNAL BOOSTER, THIS DEVICE WILL NOT WORK.

Really easy to setup.

Excuse the horrible cable management. I velcro my stuff to the wall for the install and I velcroed the black plastic side to allow air to the metal side for cooling, should it need it. Plugged it into my attic antenna amp, and Ethernet to an 8 port switch that makes it back to my router across the house and in about 30 seconds my Nvidia Shield found it and loaded the channels, phone found it on their app, plex server found it; however plex does not work with the 4k channels. Will plex fix that in time?? They have had two years.....

It should have been sold as 'Open Box'

travis b

February 6, 2022

Solid performance & easy setup

Very simple to connect and configure. I dropped it one star because the HDHomeRun app on AppleTV has had a slight AV sync issue since I installed this - it could be fixed by the time you're reading this, and it's not a hardware issue, the sync is fine on the same AppleTV when I view through the PLEX LiveTV & DVR.

9:02

It may receive ATSC 3.0 signals, but good luck watching it on TV!

PROS:

It does receive both standard and ATSC 3.0 channels.

They have improved the config wizard since the previous version.

CONS:

I don't get audio on the ATSC 3.0 channels on any of my Roku TV's or on my Android phone. The only device that functioned properly with it was the HDHomerun App on my PC. Even that would occasionally lock up and crash.

Their support is slow and not helpful. Slow like weeks to respond with no solutions.

I am returning it.

I used to think this was a great company.