“I already use my RPi3 as a settop box (using get_iplayer), but this provides me with ability to record and stream any freeview channel, not just BBC.
Software setup was easy enough - once I had connected it properly. The hat doesn't fit in the official Pi foundation case - I got round this by using a 40-way GPIO ribbon cable. Regular channels play smoothly. HD channels can be a little stilted, so probably the ethernet on my RPi 3B is too slow for this. (I'll try again when I have a USB gigabit ethernet adaptor, which should double transfer speeds. A 3B+ would be better)”
“Using the Tvheadend software, it's a fairly simple PVR. Having said that, it does the job.
You can also stream the TV picture perfectly by using Windows Media player - I'm sure that others will also do the job just don't bother with Google Chrome.
It's a good product for a good price.”
“This TV Hat just works, no drama's even for a Luddite such as myself.
I found it easy to install, and there are plenty of useful instructional video's on the web. Great product, glad to recommend it.”
“The HD TV and SD TV reception is great but it won't pick up BBC4 HD and other channels in my area (although my TVs do). The set up is not for the novice but once set up it is great. HD programme guides don't work, but SD ones do. The streaming is great on VLC but poor on a browser. All in all, not bad, and much better than a slingbox at streaming and recording TV. I would recommend it for a bit of techy fun and a useful gadget.”
“I bought this as a temporary replacement for a TBS PCI card that fried another PC. It's only a single tuner, but it works flawlessly and at a stunning price. I could buy two of these with two pi 3b+s for the price of just a dual PCI card!”
“Works brilliantly. Network latency can cause occasional hesitancy; on my setup accessing the system at home via an (old) Virgin Media Hub, this is minimal.
Paul Scott”
“Great little board, compact with no frills apart from the rather bright always on green led. Software limits easy viewing, EPG and recording functions. Needs a 3b or 3b+ for direct viewing without stutter or crazing but again suspect that better software might resolve these issues.”
“Finally a DVB that works with raspbian.
I run a media server with samba shares but had to run a separate pi with libreelec for digital tv. Now I don’t have to! Works out of the box.”
