It help me to get better signals for my TV channels at my house and DVR function when I needed. Cut your cable cost and cheaper than installation outdoor TV antenna! But you gotta have fire tv stick installed already in order to works and good internet speed connection.

I purchased my Recast (on sale at $129.00 plus tax) about 6 weeks ago, and it has not disappointed. Setting it up was very easy...just connected my antenna, and used the Fire TV app on my phone, which was rather painless. The Recast can be connected wirelessly, or direct to a router with an adapter. Once setup, which took about 10 minutes, I scanned for channels, and was able to get 140 in my area (Simi Valley, CA). This was 50+ more channels than I had with my tv, and smaller convertor box. We regularly watch about 30 of the 140 channels, and unwanted channels can be removed with the favorites setting. The Recast has a 2 week channel guide (at no charge, unlike other OTA DVR's), and you can record 2 shows at the same time. Recordings can be set from the guide, and you have the option to record a one-time show, or make a series recording. We use Philo and Pluto TV as well. The great thing about this is that the Recast allows you to integrate Philo and Pluto channels into the guide, so you do not have to open each app separately to see what is airing. The Recast also allows the pausing, rewinding and fast-forwarding of any live tv channel (that comes from your antenna only). Since Philo has a built in DVR, you can do the same with those channels. Pluto currently does not have any DVR function, so we are limited to watching those channels live only. The Recast also allows you to stream the OTA channels to any other Fire device that is connected to the same network. This eliminates the need to run cables to each of you tv's, which can be a pain. Although I do not consider it a con, others may since it does not work with any other streaming device (ROKU, Apple TV, etc). My only gripe about the Recast occurs when you are using the guide. Once you are on a channel, but decide to bring up the guide to see what else is playing, the guide will appear and the current channel that you are watching will be reduced to a small screen. This is nice as it allows you to continue watching your program while channel surfing. The downside is if after scrolling through numerous channels you want to go full screen with the show you were watching (you didn't find anything else to watch), there is no option for this. You need to go back up (or down) the guide until you get to that channel and hit enter. If you hit the back button on the Fire remote, it will take you out of the program and back to the main menu where you started. This is annoying but not a deal breaker for me. Lastly, with the FireTV app on my phone, I am able to watch any OTA channels outside of my home, as well as any recordings I have. The one shortcoming is that the phone app does not have the channel guide and you are limited to recording only what you are currently watching.

I bought this while looking for a convenient way to get local over-the-air HD channels to my TVs and my phone, and I'm very happy with my choice. Using the Recast, I was able to put a small HD antenna in my attic, where signal strength was strongest, without having to run more wiring to my sets. It's a great solution, with just a couple things to consider. First, setup is fairly straightforward, but it requires using the Fire TV app on your smartphone or tablet. The app allows you to connect the Recast to your wifi, scan for channels, and connect your Fire TV devices (also required if you want to watch live TV on your sets). You can also watch shows directly in the Fire TV app. Second, the app lacks any kind of signal strength indicator, so getting my maximum number of channels was a process of trial and error: scan for channels, see how many showed up, move the antenna a bit, scan again, repeat until I had as many channels as I could seem to receive. It's a bit tiresome, but once you're done, you shouldn't ever have to do it again. Once everything is configured, live channels show up as a menu item on your Fire TV interface, complete with a channel guide and the ability to record shows either while you're watching or on a schedule. You get all the normal pause, rewind, fast-forward DVR options as well. You can get cheaper boxes for connecting OTA HD to your TVs, but for me, the extra cost was worth the convenience and additional features.

One of the down sides to cord cutting is missing out on local channels and sports. With this device and a reasonable antenna, you can keep those channels (for free) to supplement paid services like Netflix or use this to alongside Kodi. Great Amazon integration and interface! One of the reasons I went with Amazon is that they will work on supporting and improving their products. You can count on updates. This is a smooth transition for anyone familiar with or currently owning a Fire Stick or Fire TV product. It's just another "tab" or app. I was willing to pay more up front on this because it comes with storage so you don't have to buy additional devices AND unlike most OTA DVRs, you don't have to pay for the channel guides! You can also watch your recording when you travel, as it will stream from your DVR at home. Catch it on sale for $170 or $180. Honestly if you are using it as a cord cutting transition, just consider it an up front cost to get rid of your outrageous cable bill! My inlaws saved $150 a month and my wife and I saved $175 a month! You'll want decent internet and a good router. The antenna plug into the Recast and then it is streamed to Fire TV devices or devices with apps.

The recast unlike several over the air dvr's does not require a monthly fee for its use or for its program guide. That comes with it for the device purchase price so to you don't incur a monthly fee to use it. Tuner works well. I live in a fringe antenna reception area and its signal does about the same as my large antenna does on my lg tv. The only drawbacks I have with it are 1. since I live in a fringe area where my signal on vhf channels is weak enough that multi-path or atmospheric conditions can sometimes interfere with it I often get an annoying message on the vhf channels from the recast saying weak signal try adjusting the antenna. I really wish there was a way to turn of that annoying message because it even happens while the signal is still strong enough to not pixelate or lose any of the picture except for that message covering the bottom center of the picture. 2. I've been noticing a lot of bandwidth being used by the firetv ecosystem and I've been trying to find info. online to minimize how much its using but what I've found so far looks like it may still blow through the local cable co. monthly bandwidth cap. It apparently keeps using bandwidth so long as the firetv sticks are plugged into the tv's hdmi ports even though the power cord to the sticks are unplugged so to stop it from using bandwidth one must either disconnect them from the tv's hdmi port or cut off the power to the tv set. Overall the recast works well aside from those two issues and I have been able to set it up with features to record tv shows whereby it automatically records the new episodes of them whenever they are on. Also it has options to choose between different picture qualities on the recording to save recording space with standard definition instead of the more memory intensive high definition picture. It also has an additional feature allowing you to priotize your shows so if multiple shows are on at the same time it knows which ones to give recording priority with its two tuners. You can watch one show while recording another with it or you can do as i have done with a splitter on the antenna line between my tv and the recast to allow me to watch what I want on the tv while still being able to have two recordings taking place on the recast at the same time. Another nice feature is in addition to its one half terrabyte of memory built into the recast I was able to hook my one half terrabyte seagate external hard drive up to it through its usb port to double my available recording memory space. The fire tv ecosystem with this recast will incorporate your antenna tv channels into a guide along with pluto tv's free channels all in one guide and this guide can be tweaked to show all channels, only favorites or even hide channels from it Nice feature that will be even better if more streaming services get incorporated into it which I heard that PHILO also works with this channel guide and some others may be working on the app to get included. Good product Amazon but it will be better if you drop the weak signal message or give us a way to disable it. That would have gotten you 5 stars. Also it would be good to find a way to stop the firetv ecosystem from using bandwith without having to cut the power to the tv or unplug the stick's hdmi from the tv.