Tablo Droid has newly announced competition from HDHomeRun and Google

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Tablo Droid hasn’t been released yet, but HDHomeRun and Google have teamed up to provide a quite similar solution with Android TV (Both Nexus Player and Nvidia Shield) creating a DVR using the Live Channels app.
And it’s available now…

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The HDHomeRun Android TV DVR also works with Xiaomi Mi Box (in addition to the Nexus Player and Nvidia Shield). Nice to see a solution come to these low cost (Mi and Nexus Player) devices. I’d be interested to see how well they perform.

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Livechannel also supports usb tv tuner

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Which ones?

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Requires Android N, which currently is Nexus Player and maybe the Shield. I know it currently does not include the Mi box.

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Yes, but the HDHomeRun solution is using Live Channels and your storage device to create a full fledged DVR…very similar to the upcoming Tablo Droid product (which actually requires a USB tuner)…

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Yes, the Shield is on latest version of Nougat…
And the Mi Box is on the list to get the Nougat upgrade, but no word on when (and Nougat will be a requirement for the DVR/HDHomeRun product).

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Here’s a good review by LON.TV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gRi9zDQzno

Look forward to seeing Tablo’s Droid implementation. This is a neat development for Android TV fans.

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Will those of us that aid $150 lifetime be able to get it free or reduced cost? If not, what if we as lready have usb tuner? That is a possibility for 5.1 Tablo.

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No definite response on this - they said it will be taken in to account for those of us with lifetime subscriptions. So maybe a discount?

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Yes…Tablo has confirmed that Tablo Droid will support 5.1

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