“I bought and installed the HAT because I wanted to see how good a TV server would work. Delivery was very fast and everything went smoothly until I tried to scan the aether using TVHeadend. No signal at any channel seemed unrealistic, so I tried w_scan and saw quite services. A small research revealed that the channel list for Germany covers only DVB-T, which was switched off already. I then fetched a new list from the Internet and since then it's working as a charm.
Unfortunately many of the channels are encrypted...”
“What a great little add-on for the Pi! I'd been struggling for ages with another tuner and, given my limited Linux knowledge had pretty much given up. So when I saw this advertised at only £20, I thought I'd give it a go, and it just worked! No firmware upgrade required, just assemble it onto your Pi and plug in the aerial. I did experiment a bit between Raspbian & Mini Raspbian, before finally settling on LibreELEC with TVHeadend server. I used a standard Pi plastic case with a 10mm well positioned hole drilled for the coax aerial connection and added a 128Gb SanDisk Ultrafit mini SD card for saving recorded programmes. I built it for my elderly Dad, so it sits on the floor in the corner of the room quiet happily, totally silently with no screen, keyboard or mouse and is accessed over the network by Kodi running on Windows 10 for setting the timer & watching recordings. Also works from the iPad with TvhClient. A brilliant PVR solution for exactly £100 (Pi, tuner, 16Gb boot micro SD, 128Gb mini USB, case & PSU). Highly recommended!”
“I followed the instructions and installed the necessary software, no problems there. Installed the Hat, unfortunatly upside down - my fault, a bit of a struggle to remove it and put it on correctly. Turned on connected an arial, Tuned it in and it worked first time. I am not entirely happy with internet TV despite the Pi 3b being connected to a wired network the reception stutters. I have used it to record TV and that works a treat.”
