Channels for HDHomeRun!

Live TV, anywhere in your home

Published by: Fancy Bits
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Watch live TV, right next to your apps. Channels lets you play, pause, and rewind local or cable TV directly on your Apple TV with your HDHomeRun TV tuner.
If you are a Channels Plus subscriber with DVR Service, search for the free app: Channels: Whole Home DVR.
Channels requires an HDHomeRun networked TV tuner to watch live TV on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch. Learn more about how this works below.
• Pause, rewind, and fast forward live TV
• Guide Data
• Full grid guide
• Full HD streaming (bandwidth permitting)
• 5.1 Surround Sound
• Closed captioning
• Full support for VoiceOver
• Channel favoriting
• Jump back to last channel
• Auto Discovery
• Browse what's on other channels while watching TV
• Manage your HDHomeRun devices from Channels

"If you’re a cord cutter, then Channels coupled with an HDHomeRun and antenna is one of the best purchases you can make." — 9to5mac
"If live television has been a missing or irritating-to-use piece for your viewing pleasure, Channels plus a networked tuner pulls it neatly into your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad." — Macworld

Channels requires modern iOS devices and 802.11AC wireless for HD streaming. But as usual, your milage may vary.
Supported devices: All iOS devices with an A7 chip and up.
Note: Channels does not support Picture in Picture mode on the iPad or AirPlay on any device due to the video format provided by the HDHomeRun tuners. This is an iOS limitation.

-- Why Use Channels? --
Channels is the missing piece of your puzzle. If you already watch everything through streaming apps, Channels lets you finally watch sports, award shows, local news, and other live events on your same device.
• Watch live primetime TV, local news, and sports on your Apple TV.
• Netflix, Hulu, Movies, Games, AirPlay, and now live TV on the same device.
• Already using antenna for live TV? Channels lets you use one antenna to watch TV on all the devices in your home.
• Want sports on your porch? News in the kitchen? Channels lets you watch these anywhere in the home. Let your TV watching follow you around the house.
-- How Does It Work? --
An HDHomeRun is a simple TV tuner that can broadcast television over your home network. Channels streams that video directly to your device.
1. Plug an HD antenna or your cable into your HDHomeRun.
2. Plug your HDHomeRun into your router.
3. Watch live TV via the Channels app.
-- How Do You Use It? --
Here's some protips on how to get the most out of Channels.
• Pick your favorite channels by selecting your HDHomeRun device in the Settings tab and tapping on a channel.
• See quickly what’s currently on your favorite channels with the On Now tab.
• Tap on a channel to view more info about it (or just 3D Touch it).
• Live TV buffer works for ~90 mins or less depending on how much storage is available on your device.
• Skip ahead 30s by swiping right. Skip back 7s by swiping left.
• Double-tap with 2 fingers to switch to the previous channel.
• Swipe up/down on the Quick Guide to see what else is on your favorite channels. Tap it to change to that channel.
-- HDHomeRun Device Support --
All HDHomeRun devices are supported by Channels.
• HDHomeRun PRIME
• HDHomeRun EXTEND
• HDHomeRun EXPAND
• HDHomeRun CONNECT
• HDHomeRun CONNECT DUO
• HDHomeRun CONNECT QUATRO
• HDHomeRun DUAL
• HDHomeRun ORIGINAL (blue and white tuners)
Learn more about HDHomeRun tuners on silicondust.com. Simply plug a compatible tuner into your home network router and start watching Live TV with Channels today!
• DRM protected streams are *not* currently supported.
• Channels does *not* work outside of your home. It only works when connected to the same network as your HDHomeRun Device
For questions, concerns, bug reports, and feature requests, contact us on twitter @getchannels or via email [email protected]. You can talk about everything Channels on our community site at: https://community.getchannels.com.
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Channels for HDHomeRun! Reviews

Away from home home not reliable

dnelson763 on

United States

I’ve tried connecting the traditional way and I’ve tried Tailscale. It connects to the server and shows the tv guide and recordings but eventually I get “tuner unreachable” errors. Not sure it’s worth the $80 annual cost because of this. It defeats the benefit of using an expensive server.

Best DVR

sbuchart on

United States

Great live tv and DVR. Easy to use. Excellent for pulling many video sources together in one, easy too use package. Also like that videos can be downloaded to your device for travel, all inside one app.

Don’t upgrade to v5.8.0 - has a severe bug

mal_77 on

United States

After upgrading to v5.8.0 all channels receive connection lost and won’t play any live tv on the hdhomerun. I wish the developers would extensively tested new software before releasing it especially after I paid for the software

Exactly what a Live TV and DVR should be.

Jarbain on

United States

Have been using Channels DVR for a couple of years and the app functions exactly the way a Live TV and DVR app should be. It is extremely reliable and the developers are always quick to respond.

Tremendous front end for HDHomerun

terpene710 on

United States

I love this app so much, from the picture-in-picture mode, to the general quality of it as opposed to the native app, and also the ability to check the statistics of the channel I’m viewing. Truly the best experience for HDHomerun, I’ve also purchase the android version to use on my Shield Pro TV that also is my preferred method of viewing. Only recommendation doesn’t even concern this app, and would be to make an Xbox version but I’m completely understand if the user base isn’t there. Can’t say enough good things about this app, as well as the HDHomerun itself.

Audio on iOS 17

chinanderm on

United States

Ever since iOS 17 was released, 99% of the time, audio is unlistenable because it clips and cuts in/out. How has this not been fixed?

Top notch

Ned Scott on

United States

First class HDHomeRun client.

Problems with IPhone 15 Pro Max & iOS 17.0.2

OWC Jamie on

United States

Have been a very happy user of Channels for many years, and unfortunately, there is a problem that has popped up with my new phone and the latest OS. There is significant audio clipping occurring when playing either locally on the phone, or when streamed to Bluetooth device. Hopefully this is easily remedied with an update to the app. :-)

Recent issue.

Vlaslow on

United States

Channels for HDHomerun no longer works on my iPhone XR with most current iPhone update. I’m not allowing updates to the program on any of my other Apple devices as they work fine.

Much better UI than the default HDHomeRun app

tjohnson93 on

United States

Best UI and guide out there currently for watching live TV via HDHomeRun

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