SiliconDust HDHomeRun Flex Quatro 4xDVB-T/T2/C Tuners - HDFX-4DT

Now anyone reading my review will already have spent a long time trying to have live TV streamed on their LAN. That means you have tried and exhausted all the different options out there and have now arrived here. The Silicon Dust HDHomerun Quattro is the perfect solution for taking your Freeview Signal (Aerial) and feeding into this little box of magic. From here you connect it directly to your network hub and finally it is found via HDhomerun's native software or alternatively you can use Jellyfin or Plex as a frontend to watch live TV via phones, tablets, PCs and Laptops providing they are connected to the same local network. Having 4 inbuilt tuners means 4 independent devices can be watching 4 different feeds at once, the possibilities are endless and it saves buying smart TVs for rooms in your home you would like to watch live TV on. Now for those who are into technology you can pair the HDHomerun with a NAS as I have so you can save live or scheduled programs for later viewing and if not then you can add a local HDD or USB stick to your device to allow it to save locally. If you want to watch live TV away from your local network you can also do that with 3rd party solutions however you will require a NAS and TailScale or similar software to create a WAN via VPN but that shouldn't be a worry unless you have a specific need to watch your feeds away from your home network. Mine is perfect for my needs and allows my family to watch live TV on their Tablets and mobile phones in any room or the garden ✅ Brilliant technology and a brilliant company behind the hardware. It's worth every penny invested. It picks up all my terrestrial channels plus all the radio stations Simple to set up and use.

I have this connected to my router, it shows up on my smart TV (not used it this was through); I mainly use this on my Synology NASwhich has PLEX running on it, it shows clearly, Plex is able to record multiple channels for free and the recorded items and live TV can be viewed outside the house / in other households over the internet. I found setting this up needed the PC/Mac to run the HDHomeRun App to be able to search for channels/Tune the box (it was already up to date so did not need a software update) everything else I have done has mainly been within Plex. I have found the Home HD app clunky and you cannot record on this unless you have a subscription to do so on their own app. I have read it can be powered through a POE switch but read that this is not advised from the maker so i have not tried this (expensive if i break it). Although expensive, it has been doing what I is intended for really well, and fairly simply and in good time (not clunky or slow).

Very reliable and easy to use network tuner. Very good quality.

I purchased this device having already sent back two USB TV tuners which had proven extremely problematic. I balked at the price to begin with, however now that the device is in and running I have absolutely no regrets. Like a couple of other reviewers on here I have a PLEX media server. For all sorts of reasons I needed to replace the USB tv tuner device we've had for 10 years+. I tried x2 TV sticks, both caused me issues. Either couldn’t find the channels, with or without a signal booster. Would cause issues with the PLEX PVR etc. I spent days troubleshooting before I decided to buy this device. This purchase was at least £80 more expensive than the most expensive USB device I purchased. It worked straight out of the box. I plugged it in, pointed the PLEX server at the IP address for the box and watched as the scanner located all the channels. I was expecting more set up and config time. In addition the family now tend to use the HD Homerun app rather than PLEX if they just want live TV, using PLEX to run as the PVR, or on the off chance they want access outside of the home. Then app just found the box, no need to point it at an IP address. I presume therefore it will only work on the local network, but for our use case that's fine. The app itself is clean and we've not had an issue either on phone, tablet, smart TV, projector or PC. The web based configuration for the box itself is clean, easy to access and free of clutter. You get x4 HD TV tuners, so when you factor that in (both USB devices had 2) and the flexibility this device provides it’s a bit of a no brainer really in terms of value. Will we ever use the 4 tuners? Perhaps over Christmas when we tend to want to record across multiple channels. Anyway, better to have too many than too few! A couple of things. If you have a signal booster try setup and scan with and without it. We got better results without the booster and so removed it from our setup. An adaptor is included for the 'screw to UK style' antenna connection. Suspect there are technical names for those! I didn’t realise this and so ordered a pack of two. Overall, after all the grief I had with the USB tuners I wish I'd just bought one of these first!

I bought the HDHomeRun Flex Quatro from Italy, and it works perfectly here — no compatibility issues at all. I use it with my Apple TV, and it’s an excellent setup, especially when using the Channels for HDHomeRun app instead of the official one. Setup was fast, performance is solid, and streaming quality is great. The only downside is that you can’t reorder channels after the scan, which makes managing them a bit less convenient. Other than that, it’s a fantastic product and well worth it if you want live TV integrated with your Apple TV.