Using Roamio OTA, Directv Now and Playon. Just wanted to share my views on the Playon software. I really had low expectations on how well it would work but those quickly changed. It is great for recording shows. I am currently a DTVN Beta user and unless they make some major advancements I think...

Using pytivo to upload Playon recorded files. Having issue during Fast Forward. Soon as I start to skip forward it will start replaying the parts of the video I just watched. Then if you skip up to where you think the commercials over it will start playing well beyond that point in the video...

SUMMARY There are alternatives to both cable and TiVo. If you want to save money and have the patience to hunt out content from multiple sources, you can save well over $1000 / year, not to mention up front equipment cost. The downside is that it is not packaged conveniently like TiVo and...