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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    Yes, Channels for HDHomeRun! is completely free and it doesn't have any in-app purchases or subscriptions.

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User Rating

4.12 out of 5

121 ratings in United Kingdom

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Channels for HDHomeRun! Reviews

Choppy audio fixed by ‘Experimental’

Odylih on

United Kingdom

Hi there. Recently found that Channels on iOS was misbehaving quite a bit. I thought it was the HomeRunHD box needing an update, but still getting very crusty audio coming though. The strange thing is that the Apple TV version works flawlessly. Update: In the app’s advanced settings, changed the audio driver to ‘Experimental’ - seems to have fixed the issue.

Excellent

Baldbeardie on

United Kingdom

I struggled for years watching my HDHomeRun device using the HDHomeRun app, and then I discovered Channels. This is everything that the HDHomeRun app isn’t - simple, easy to use, consistent logical UI, etc etc. In short it’s the app I’ve been looking for to go with my HDHomeRun device. Just one problem, but it's a corker! This app just doesn't work properly with my AirPods Pro - after a minute or so of watching, the sound either disappears completely (my iPhone) or becomes so distorted out of all recognition (my iPad). The only way I've found to get the sound back is to quit the app -and then we start all over again! And what makes this really annoying is that the problem only appears when using my AirPods Pro - other headphones work fine!

Stuttering

Person1234! on

United Kingdom

Has stability issues, every channel stutters constantly.

Won’t Connect To HD Home Run Quattro

Andyjstew on

United Kingdom

Won’t connect to hd home run Quattro, refuses to find it in the network even though I can connect to hd using browser, hd home run app and the hd home run works on plex. App poor

Excellent

Baldbeardie on

United Kingdom

I struggled for years watching my HDHomeRun device using the HDHomeRun app, and then I discovered Channels. This is everything that the HDHomeRun app isn’t - simple, easy to use, consistent logical UI, etc etc. In short it’s the app I’ve been looking for to go with my HDHomeRun device.

Stability issues recently. Usually excellent.

zzzgsbcvbfsfghesfg on

United Kingdom

I’ve had this app for years, but I’ve docked a star since it’s recently become pretty crashy. Also getting ‘tuner unavailable’ messages being superimposed over otherwise fine channels. Please fix the stability issues to make this a 5 star app again.

Sound dropping on latest version

Nepomucene on

United Kingdom

Please fix the 2 current issues - sound dropping regularly on latest version and requires to go back to guide and re-select a channel - sound keeps playing for up to 10s when you exit the app on an Apple TV setup to output sound on HomePods…

Great app

OBF833 on

United Kingdom

Really simple to use, good interface, and the developers keep releasing new improvements and tweaks. There is great support on the forum from developers and other users.

PiP seems to have gone since IOS15

Reviewer1969 on

United Kingdom

Picture in Picture no longer working since IOS15

Crashes in iOS 15

Squuiiddy on

United Kingdom

Where was the beta testing?!? App instantly crashes in iOS 15. Unusable.

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