Amazon’s Fire TV companion DVR, the Fire TV Recast, is available today to the public, after previously having been only offered for pre-order. The new device offers a way for Fire TV owners to easily ...

TV and home video editor Ty Pendlebury joined CNET Australia in 2006, and moved to New York City to be a part of CNET in 2011. He tests, reviews and writes about the latest TVs and audio equipment.

In last week’s column, I wrote about how ATSC 3.0 threatens over-the-air DVR as we know it. By allowing for encryption and DRM on local broadcasts, the new standard could lead to new restrictions on ...

TV and home video editor Ty Pendlebury joined CNET Australia in 2006, and moved to New York City to be a part of CNET in 2011. He tests, reviews and writes about the latest TVs and audio equipment.

Channel Master’s over-the-air DVR is straightforward, but short on features. The Channel Master DVR+ is among the least-sophisticated ways to record broadcast TV from an antenna. The interface is ...

On the heels of launching its next-gen DVR for cord cutters who want to record TV over-the-air from a digital antenna, the maker of the Tablo DVR is today releasing a new app for Android TV owners, ...

The DVR has always been a tool to record TV shows and play them back, to watch on the television. Amazon changes that. Its Fire TV Recast DVR, out Nov. 14, will re-imagine how you think of a DVR. Yes, ...

You want to cut cable, but can’t imagine giving up recording your favorite programs to watch later? That was me a few years ago, and a Tablo TV tuner was just what I was looking for. This digital ...

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For the past four days, I’ve completely cut the TV cord. I get crystal clear, over-the-air, hi-def TV for free -- after hooking up an antenna. That’s not any kind of news, though, as millions of ...