But even HDHomeRun’s own apps for watching Live TV were pretty unreliable and of questionable quality in my experience (at least they were back then) and they didn’t have pause capability (because there was no DVR). So this becomes a truly marketable/viable solution when they get Live TV and DVR in one app and allow setting of records and all from the apps directly. So before Tablo, I had to connect to Windows Media Center for Live TV, which meant switching inputs and a direct connection to the TV (or the use of a media center extender). The only LiveTV option through Plex was its Tablo channel. ATSC 3.0 HDHomeRun FLEX 4K (HDFX-4K) SiliconDust SHOP ATSC 3.0 HDHomeRun FLEX 4K (HDFX-4K) 199.99 HDHomeRun FLEX 4K Receive Free to air TV via an antenna allowing you to send glorious high definition content to anywhere in your home over WiFi, or a wired Ethernet connection from your own existing home router. What Plex could never do was the Live TV aspect. I used to use Plex with HDHomeRun and Windows Media Server and MCEBuddy to turn Plex into a viewer for my recorded content way before I even cut the cord, so a Plex app to play recorded content alone is not that revolutionary.

HDHomeRun has been working on their DVR for over a year now and still hasn’t come to market with that product, so it seems like this Plex solution may be an interim solution for them. I suspect the live TV is a bit harder to get functional in a streaming environment. I think it is good that Plex is getting a DVR option, but without live TV, it is a limited option - especially if you are a sports fan. SiliconDust, the company behind the HDHomeRun line of networked TV tuners, has solved one of live TV streaming services’ biggest problems with its new Premium TV offering. I have Plex and a Plex Pass and used to have HDHomeRun tuners as well.

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