Latest update is buggy
Programme descriptions now go straight off the side of the screen on Apple TV instead of wrapping. They were arbitrarily truncated before but this is much worse. List scrolling doesn’t work sometimes, seems to depend on the content of the EPG.
Additionally long standing bugs like it’s impossible to select channels if there’s nothing in the EPG - which does happen from time to time. And if you press the controls too fast sometimes it switches channel without prompting you if you’re behind the schedule, losing your time-shift recording, which is a very annoying one!
Additionally long standing bugs like it’s impossible to select channels if there’s nothing in the EPG - which does happen from time to time. And if you press the controls too fast sometimes it switches channel without prompting you if you’re behind the schedule, losing your time-shift recording, which is a very annoying one!
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A must if you have OTA TV
If you are in the OTA tv space, this app is the missing piece of your setup. Works seamlessly and the developers are constantly updating it.
Poor development
Nice interface but it can’t maintain a consistent stream for more than an hour before the image stutters and falls out of sync. Developers choose to blame Apple for a problem they are the only one having.
Great App
Really solid simple app. All i can recommend is adding a dark mode theme for the phone and apple tv app would be so cool especially when watching at night. Anyways thanks for the great app!
Amazing app!
This app is so clean and well designed. I absolutely love the hidden channel surfing feature! It’s fast and really a reminder of how channel surfing old school tv. Also love the 2 hour recording/rewind. This app paired with an HDHomeRun is an absolute must for your Apple TV box!
Do you like your videos to look like garbage? Channels is for you!
Video replay via Channels is full of jitter, audio/ video out of sync and yet they still take your money? I’d reconsider.
Volume Slider for iPhone
With a recent iPhone upgrade & update, my iPhone volume slider that used to appear on the screen has disappeared! It’s quite an inconvenience to adjust the volume using the phone controls on the side of the iPhone vs the screen itself; I have to turn the phone sideways to adjust the volume.
I can still adjust the volume on my iPad screen by using the slider.
Please fix this feature with your next update.
I can still adjust the volume on my iPad screen by using the slider.
Please fix this feature with your next update.
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Great DVR
In today’s age when you never know if a streaming service will delete or remove a movie and live TV rarely broadcast anything worth watching Channels fixes both problems. It’s reliable and even works when you’re not at home as long as the settings have been enabled. One improvement would be the enhanced library having the ability to browser based on director or movements such as French new wave or noir
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Multiview Option Missing
Multiview is missing on all my Apple TV and iPad
Unusable since last update
Used to be a great app. Since the new update, all my streams buffer and get pixelated on iOS. This happens despite my TV app doing just fine. Terrible.
Works Flawlessly
Installed on iPhone 16 and Apple TV 4K devices. Clean, easy to use interface.
Designed for use with HDHomeRun products from Silicondust. This version of the app allows you to watch broadcast TV anywhere you have a WiFi signal in your home.
There’s another Channels app (DVR) that allows you to record shows and view TV anywhere, not just your home. But it requires additional hardware (computer server).
I have the Flex 4K tuner, which is capable of receiving the newest generation ATSC 3.0 broadcasts. But most of the local TV stations are encrypting their signals with DRM, except for the local PBS station.
Not sure WHO needs to do WHAT to start watching the shows on the DRM encrypted ATSC 3.0 channels.
Not currently an issue for me. The SD and HD channels look great. And I’ve read no TV stations in the Boston area are actually transmitting shows in 4K quality on the ATSC channels. They are sending SD or HD quality programs. Which makes sense, as there aren’t many shows that were created at 4K quality.
Designed for use with HDHomeRun products from Silicondust. This version of the app allows you to watch broadcast TV anywhere you have a WiFi signal in your home.
There’s another Channels app (DVR) that allows you to record shows and view TV anywhere, not just your home. But it requires additional hardware (computer server).
I have the Flex 4K tuner, which is capable of receiving the newest generation ATSC 3.0 broadcasts. But most of the local TV stations are encrypting their signals with DRM, except for the local PBS station.
Not sure WHO needs to do WHAT to start watching the shows on the DRM encrypted ATSC 3.0 channels.
Not currently an issue for me. The SD and HD channels look great. And I’ve read no TV stations in the Boston area are actually transmitting shows in 4K quality on the ATSC channels. They are sending SD or HD quality programs. Which makes sense, as there aren’t many shows that were created at 4K quality.
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What a great app
Nice and stable great experience on an iPhone
Yes Jayashree.
Like it very very much ,
Much better UI than the default HDHomeRun app
Best UI and guide out there currently for watching live TV via HDHomeRun
Amazing front end for HDHomerun
Tremendous app, utilizes the HDHomerun more efficiently by allowing multiple users to watch the same channel while only using 1 tuner. Better video quality than the regular HDhomerun app, and the amazing PNP that allows for background audio while locked, a feature so good I bought another HDHomerun for my workplace.
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Doesn’t Work
I wasted my money paying for the Apple TV app. The latest update (September 2024) made it useless. It will play a channel but it would just stop after a couple of minutes and goes back to the guide. I even tried resetting the Apple TV to restore free storage space but didn’t fix it. I want a refund.
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Won’t launch
v6 won’t even launch on my iPhone or iPad.
Was worth 5 starts but….
This app was worth 5 stars, but for some reason all my channels stopped working because of - well, I don’t know. Channels were lost and it too major programming to get it started and I did not have the time nor patience. I feel after I pay, I should be able to watch. The help forums have a lot of information but getting this to work requires major programming. Too much for me, so I cancelled my membership.
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Away from home home not reliable
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.
False advertising
This app is only for iPad and iPhone. The Apple TV app is another separate purchase
