It also has a DVR functionality that runs on Mac/Linux/Windows and even Synology/QNAP NAS units. There’s three PVR servers I’m aware of – Plex, Tvheadend and Channels.Ĭhannels is an Apple TV app that acts as a front end for the HD Homerun network tuner. Shit, could even get a quad tuner and dual tuner and they can watch/record all 6 FTA channels at once. Quad tuner capability. Yeah there’s quad tuner PVRs out there, but they haven’t got one and to get a quad tuner with a decent sized HDD for each TV would be exxy (like $600 each), so having the single quad tuner is fine.

With most PVRs, stiff shit, the content is stuck there, but with Plex PVR, you can view the entire library on any Plex client.

Could even take it a step further, get a cheap ARM NAS box and rsync backups to it if they’re really keen to make sure nothing is lost.Įasy sharing of recordings. Let’s say something is recorded on the living room PVR, but you wanna watch it in the bedroom. With a Plex box, I can install a few HDDs, chuck em in a RAID so at least, if a drive dies again, the recorded shows are safe. Redundancy and backups. My mum was shattered when her PVR died and all the stuff she had on it was gone. By using a central TV server, there’s some nice advantages over a PVR on each TV: A box that records everything the entire household wants so they don’t have to keep on buying HDDs to plug into their PVR and wonder which HDD has which show. I thought I’d be a good son and set up a TV server for them. Probably because 1 – they don’t know how to download pirated gear off the net, 2 – are afraid of malware if they did and 3 – their internet connection is ratshit anyways. I dunno why, but they are constantly recording stuff on thier PVRs and filling up the internal drives.

My family absolutely loves free to air TV.

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