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If you don't mind a subscription based service, get the HDHomeRun Servio for storage plus a Scribe tuner.

If you're a DIYer, you could get a Raspberry Pi 4 plus a USB 3 external HDD, load it up with LibreElec, and keep your Connect Quatro. LibreElec comes with tvheadend baked in for scheduling and recording, plus Comskipfor post-recording commercial analysis (so you can skip commercials while watching). Bonus, with LibreElec you'll be able to pause live TV, schedule shows, and watch any other media you put onto the HDD.

I hate to say it but in the meantime have you considered getting just a USB stick tuner and using that in your plex server? I have the US ATSC version of this and it works great with PLEX. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01F8R616Q/

Also How much power does the Flex 4K USB port provide? Can it power a usually USB 3.1 M.2 NVMe enclosure, like this [ https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09T97Z7DM/ ], with an 8TB NVMe, like this [ https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08957PT2K/ ], for example? 🤔

>I definitely cannot recommend Plex, especially if you use Android TV (ie: Nvidia Shield, FireTV, etc). Their live TV/DVR features have been in a pitiful state for years and they'll leave showstopping bugs for several months (if not years) at a time without even acknowledging them.

I only have Android devices (2x Nvidia Shield TVs and 1x TiVo Stream 4K). No problems at all with the DVR and when I do watch live TV, I just use the Live Channels app that comes with most Android devices. I've never had a problem with Plex's Live TV but the Live Channels app changes channels about 2x faster than Plex and has a decent guide so it is worth it for just that reason.

Thanks for the reply.

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I have an android phone. The only HD Homerun app I am familiar with is the

'player' for android:

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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.silicondust.view

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Is there a way in this app to view signal strength?

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Thanks.

Yep, antenna + HDHR + DLNA capable player at a bare minimum. You could go one step further and build your own DVR, too. I made mine with a Raspberry Pi 4 + USB HDD running libreelec, using a Harmony Ultimate as a Bluetooth keyboard to send commands. Libreelec includes tvheadend which handles scheduling and streaming to Kodi. The setup is also itself a DLNA player, so you could watch TV/media in other rooms or on a mobile device.

That’s a thought. I just personally think that they Plex DVR service isn’t Plex’s top priority. Here are the sources you can bring into Channels DVR https://getchannels.com/how/ . Also here are the DVR server applications for the different OS’s. https://getchannels.com/dvr-server/ Not trying to shove this down you. But super impressed with Channels DVR. But hey you can try them both and see what you think. Reply back with results.

I'm not planning on ATSC3 yet as it doesn't seem to be fully utilized in my area.

I plan on using jellyfin following the guide. Thanks for the info about which ones have http and DLNA; I do think that's required for jellyfin to work and I'll have to look into it.

It's not clear to me if more people are having long term reliability issues with the extend version and it's transcoding compared to the plain old connect versions.

I'm not entirely sure, but I recently bought a HDHomerun Flex 4K (with 4 tuners) and even that one doesn't have wifi.

It kinda sucks, because there's another brand (Tablo) that are pretty good and theirs have wifi, but they don't support ATSC 3.0. Also, the Tablo tuners don't seem to be discoverable on the network (and thus aren't usable by Plex, etc.).

I recently bought a HDHomerun and was also a bit disappointed that it doesn't have wifi. But there are wifi ethernet adapters (such as this one) that connects to your wifi and you can plug a device into it via an ethernet cable. It just sucks that you have to spend the extra money on something like that..

That's a lot of antenna for being 4-5 miles from the towers! You might have to play with placement to get a better signal. With buildings, hills, etc. it's entirely possible signals are bouncing around in ways you don't expect. When I was using an indoor antenna I ended up putting it high up on a wall pointing 90 degrees from the towers; when I placed it facing the towers I barely got reception.

FWIW I swear by the Winegard Flatwave Air for indoor antennas. I've tried a bunch and none of them picked up signals like this one did.

The antenna I'm using is an Antennas Direct ClearStream 4V UHF/VHF antenna (I'm using it indoors since I live in an apartment). I'm about 4-5 miles from the towers. Right near me, there's the apartment buildings & complex, and there are some trees. There are some hills between me and the towers as well.

Overall, most of the TV channels come in fairly well. It's just the one VHF channel that has a problem coming in sometimes.

If you always want them to be in sync with each other then the most reliable option is to use a single source that's split to go to both (like what it sounds like you had with the 1.0 tuner).

You may need to purchase some equipment to make this work. For example, you could put LibreElec on a Raspberry Pi 4 and use an HDMI splitter to feed both TVs. Bonus - LibreElec has tvheadend built in so you could use it as a DVR, too, if you connect an external USB drive for storage.

Sick bro! Yeah I live in apartment and tried an small indoor antenna and it wasn’t strong enough on the inside of the home to get the major local network channels. I went to Walmart and bought this one https://store.antennasdirect.com/clearstream-max-v-uhf-vhf-indoor-outdoor-hdtv-antenna.html and also bought this nifty adapter https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07DWXQLSW/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_DS6GPSJS4S94ZQ3Y89F9?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1 to run the coax through my apartment window and mounted the antenna on my balcony fence. Apartments should allow you to put up antenna on the outside of the home because it is an emergency thing I remember. I live in Texas and did my research if they were going to say something about my antenna I mounted on the outside I would be able to prove to them.