Author: Chris Welch
Last week, Amazon introduced the Fire TV Recast, a box with two TV tuners and a hard drive. When plugged into an antenna, the Recast can stream (and record) live over-the-air channels — usually ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, and a slew of random stuff depending on your location — and lets you watch that content on your Fire TV, Echo Show, or your smartphone. It’s a nerdy, niche device squarely aimed at cord cutters, and I can’t wait to try it.
Dish has offered something somewhat similar to this (minus the built-in hard disk) for a while now. Two products, actually. The $119.99 AirTV is closest to the Recast; it’s a dual-tuner box that can record two shows at once and seamlessly integrate OTA channels with the Sling TV subscription service. They...
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Last week, Amazon introduced the Fire TV Recast, a box with two TV tuners and a hard drive. When plugged into an antenna, the Recast can stream (and record) live over-the-air channels — usually ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, and a slew of random stuff depending on your location — and lets you watch that content on your Fire TV, Echo Show, or your smartphone. It’s a nerdy, niche device squarely aimed at cord cutters, and I can’t wait to try it.
Dish has offered something somewhat similar to this (minus the built-in hard disk) for a while now. Two products, actually. The $119.99 AirTV is closest to the Recast; it’s a dual-tuner box that can record two shows at once and seamlessly integrate OTA channels with the Sling TV subscription service. They...
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