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Channels review: Pair it with a HDHomeRun for TV broadcasts on your Apple TV

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Over-the-air (OTA) programming remains robust in America and many other countries, despite the dominance of cable, satellite, streaming services, and digital downloads. The Apple TV doesn’t feature a tuner, which seems like a relic of a past generation, but the Channels app (http://getchannels.com/) can provide a nicely designed bridge for live programming—if you have the right additional hardware.</p><p>
Channels works with a fourth-generation Apple TV and requires a networked television tuner made by SiliconDust (http://www.silicondust.com)—any of its HDHomeRun series, which I previously reviewed (http://www.macworld.com/article/2920242/hdhomerun-connect-review-easily-stream-over-the-air-tv-to-any-device-on-your-network.html). The HDHomeRun (http://www.silicondust.com/hdhomerun/) comes in three U.S. models, two of which receive only OTA broadcasts; the third can also take a CableCard (where available) to tune a subset of cable programming and only on some systems. All feature two discrete OTA tuners and require just a single coaxial cable hookup for an antenna. They cost from about $90 to $120. (The HDHomeRun devices use Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) for network discovery, and the Channels app can find them on a network.)</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3031254/consumer-electronics/channels-review-pair-it-with-a-hdhomerun-for-tv-broadcasts-on-your-apple-tv.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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