Ty Pendlebury has worked at CNET since 2006. He lives in New York City where he writes about TVs and home entertainment. Expertise Ty has worked for radio, print, and online publications, and has been ...

The good: The Amazon Fire TV Recast antenna DVR doesn’t charge any monthly fees. Its sophisticated program guide fits live TV channels seamlessly into the Fire TV interface. Setup is easy and out of ...

In last week’s column, I wrote about how ATSC 3.0 threatens over-the-air DVR as we know it. By allowing for encryption and DRM on local broadcasts, the new standard could lead to new restrictions on ...

The AirTV 2 adds over-the-air channels to Sling TV, but the new hardware fails to fix some old problems. For cord-cutters, there’s nothing on the market quite like AirTV. Although it’s not the only ...

On-demand streaming services like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Hulu can plug many of the holes that appear when you cut the cable TV cord, but there are still some gaps — particularly news and ...

A quarter century ago, digital video recorders such as TiVo changed the way people watched TV. DVRs allowed viewers to pause live television, binge on entire seasons of their favorite shows long ...

Just a quick note/observation of mine: I can't find any DVR out there that works without a subscription and has a tuner built in for analog and digital over-the-air television signals. This strikes me ...

I believe with Aereo the problem was they were bundling OTA broadcasts and streaming them to you for a subscription. Plex is integrating the antenna/tuner reception into it's app so you can stream ...

The Amazon Fire TV Recast is a wacky gadget. It’s not wacky in that it looks weird. (It’s just a simple black box.) It’s also not wacky because it does wacky stuff. (It’s a DVR for over-the-air TV.) ...

LOS ANGELES — You've heard about cutting the cord and saving money on your cable or satellite bill, but the idea of spending at least $40 a month for a "cable alternative" service like YouTube TV or ...

OK, so a fairly simple question but my google-fu is weak or something today. I've moved into a new place and get marginal reception with my roof-mounted antenna so figure an amp might help a bit. Will ...