But during my testing, I got only four days worth of data. On your Sling TV account, the settings are for a 7-day channel guide. One of the biggest advantages to the AirTV 2 is that there are no monthly fees for channel guide data. Once you’re done setting things up, you can watch your local channels and Sling TV channels on your Roku, Fire TV Stick, NVIDIA Shield, iOS devices Android smartphones and an AirTV mini. But you do have the option to connect the unit with an Ethernet cord. The AirTV 2 connects to your router over WiFi so it doesn’t need to be near your WiFi router to work. To start using it, you plug in your TV antenna to the back of the tuner, and you scan for channels using the Sling TV app on your smartphone. That means you can record and watch up to two programs at once.

The AirTV2 is a network tuner, so in other words, it’s the same as a TV tuner that is usually found inside of a television. If you want to record your favorite show on A&E, you can use your free 10 hours Cloud DVR that comes with your Sling TV subscription. It doesn’t record channels that you get through your Sling TV account.

Just to avoid any confusion, the AirTV 2 is only for recording these local channels you get through a TV antenna.

are using a TV antenna to get local channels such as ABC, CBS and NBC for free, according to Neilsen. How AirTV 2 worksĪbout 16 million homes in the U.S. The AirTV2 and the Fire TV Recast have similar features and are among the few over-the-air DVRs where you can integrate over the-air channels and Sling TV into a single menu. I consider this a budget DVR, but it’s also worth comparing to the more refined Fire TV Recast. There are some the pros and cons to the AirTV 2, a TV tuner that’s made specifically for Sling TV users. Using a TV antenna is a great way to get lots of free live TV.īut is there a good way to combine free over-the-air channels into the same channel guide as Sling TV? And what if you want to record TV shows or even live sports on a local NBC or FOX station?

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