{"id":24449,"date":"2015-07-10T02:00:15","date_gmt":"2015-07-10T09:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=24449"},"modified":"2017-01-01T19:10:30","modified_gmt":"2017-01-02T02:10:30","slug":"mediasonic-digital-tv-converter-and-digital-video-recorder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/mediasonic-digital-tv-converter-and-digital-video-recorder\/","title":{"rendered":"Mediasonic Digital TV Converter and Digital Video Recorder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I came across a good low-cost solution for cutting the cord from your cable company in favor of over-the-air (OTA) digital HD (ATSC) broadcast signals: the Mediasonic HW-150PVR.<\/p>\n<p>While almost anyone can plug a simple antenna into their TV and get programming (and you should confirm you receive strong signal before buying this box), this $37 box adds DVR and program guide functionality for your broadcast signals &#8211; two things people might be less willing to give up when leaving cable.  Guide data is received over the air, so results may vary.<\/p>\n<p>Definitely a Tivo is a superior device &#8211; one key thing lacking in this device is the ability to set a &#8220;season pass&#8221; (record every episode of a show by name).  But for a fraction of the price and avoiding Tivo&#8217;s monthly guide data fee, this device might be adequate for your needs (recordings can still be scheduled by time).<\/p>\n<p>It requires an external USB drive for recording, which means you actually have to spend more than $37, but also means you can have lots of storage and can easily move the recordings to a PC (where you could also convert them into a suitable format for a tablet).<\/p>\n<p>Including rabbit ears and a decent size USB drive, you could easily be up and running for $100 all-in.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2015\/06\/pvr-2.jpg\" alt=\"pvr-2\" width=\"475\" height=\"156\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2015\/06\/pvr-2.jpg 475w, https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2015\/06\/pvr-2-300x99.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Converts and records over-the-air digital broadcast to your analog TV<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24449"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24449"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28008,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24449\/revisions\/28008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}