Hauppauge 1653 Cordcutter Wi-Fi HD TV Tuner: Watch Over-the-Air Channels on iPhones, iPads, Android Devices, and Media Players Review

After connecting my device to Wi-Fi it does not appear in the myTV app which needs to be downloaded and used with it. After several resets and retries it seems to be connected. For the record, my cable provider uses clear QAM signals, which I used to work with on the TV's separate built-in tuner, but when I scan the signals on the cable cutter, it finds 0 channels. On the device itself and in the software, everything only shows ATSC and has nothing to do with QAM at all, although the official…

On paper, this is exactly what I was looking for. It has one thing the Fire TV Recast doesn't have: a QAM tuner (although my first test was with a standard ATSC antenna). In practice, however, this device disappointed. The initial setup didn't work on any of my 3 Android devices (1 phone, 2 tablets, all with different Android versions). Good thing I have an iPhone to work with. Scanning channels is pretty fast, but contrary to all logic, channels are not saved on Cordcutter TV. You need to scan

I really like the idea of a network TV receiver, but after (successfully) setting up this product and using it all day, I find it useless at the below given reasons. I plan to return it. Problems: - Streaming pauses intermittently, resolution has to be halved to get acceptable picture - Signal seems to be intermittent even at good RF levels. Missing features: - Unable to connect via Ethernet: Wi-Fi only. . Can help with streaming issues if ethernet is present - can't record then disable app…