This very discussion is all over Reddit. Osprey's are tricky if from a private seller. You may get an old box that won't take a firmware update (AT&T old), a box that is tied to an account or under contract, or one that is running Satellite Firmware. But there are many reputable sellers, you just need to find them.
The link I posted a week or so back lists the vendor I used, recommended and no issues. Only the 2GB/xx164 model though.
More Info: https://www.reddit.com/r/DirectvStream
Yeah, I learned this after the fact. Private sellers are tricky. I knew about the firmware, but I didn't know about the auto-login issue. I understand why people want to buy from bulk buyers, but then it's hard to get the 60233 models.
In my case, I just got really lucky, I guess. So it's sort of a toss-up if you want just an easy transaction buy from a bulk seller. The company selling from Walmart is actually pretty solid, although the remotes they sell are really gross sometimes. So I would recommend buying brand new remotes off of Amazon if you go that route. Amazon has new third generation remotes that are like $15 each. They're really, really nice. Most of my boxes came without remotes so I had to buy those.
If you want to hunt for the 60233 models you're going to potentially run into issues. eBay is very good at protecting buyers though from sellers that don't do their due diligence and sell something that's not as advertised.
In my case with the abusive seller I was dealing with, they actually removed some false negative feedback that they left on my page claiming that I was scamming them and calling me some interesting things as well when they truly didn't understand how these boxes worked. When you're a buyer in a tricky situation, eBay will go to bat for you.
I seriously want to thank you though for turning me on to these. I really appreciate the recommendation and I'm really, really enjoying the setup. The picture quality is also slightly better on these compared to the stock Android TV app.
I actually have a Sofabaton U2 coming today so I can start tuning by channel number directly. I'm not a huge fan of the Apple TV remote since I had to give up my SHIELD since Android TV/SHIELD didn't play nicely with Channels.
@Shaggylive https://www.reddit.com/r/DirectvStream/comments/1pzrawb/comment/nwsz8qv/
When I posted on Reddit, someone actually gave me a tip to force the box to sign in with my credentials. It's a bit of a pain, but the same tip can also be used for the satellite boxes to force them over to streaming, evidently.
last time i looked there seemed to be sombody dead set on it so i'm not supprised. I'll give it a shot again this weekend. maybe get my unused pile sorted and offer what I don't need to fellow channelers
i bought a few bulk untested lots box only, cuz i really only needed 1 remote for setup. I installed dtv back in the day so I had a bunch of power supplies and IR remotes collecting dust. 
I think it was only the 2 out of a dozen didn't work the 200 and black lable.
It's worth a shot. I think you have to do it every time you factory reset, but it might get it working instead of collecting dust!
Anyone successfully added the new NBCSports network (not the 4K one) to a YTTV JSON? Been a while since i did this, and it seems to be misbehaving.
{
"provider_name": "YoutubeTV",
"number": 1085,
"name": "NBCSN",
"url": "https://tv.youtube.com/watch/VQXP9IVYS4g",
"package_name": "com.google.android.youtube.tvunplugged",
"alternate_package_name": "com.amazon.firetv.youtube.tv",
"tvc_guide_stationid": "194412",
"guide_offset_hours": "",
"configuration_uuid": "8ec77d65-30d6-46a3-8045-282571cff8d8"
},
I no longer have YouTube TV, but I believe this is what you need.
I have a question for our DirecTV experts. I am away from my LinkPi / ADBTuner equipment stack and am viewing Channels DVR remotely. I fouled up my login a few times and had to reset my password. Attempting to play results in an error due to the old password. Now, the onn 4k devices which I use as ADBTuners are needing the new password to sign in. Is there any way to remotely control the onn devices to launch the DTV app and input the new password?
I am able to remotely view the LinkPi screens, and successfully used the Roku app to get my Roku 4k sticks running. Unfortunately, I don't think that there is an equivalent remote control app for the onn 4k boxes...
From the ADBTuner WebUI, click the small "View" hyperlink. In the View window, there are some basic remote control keys you can use to login to the DTV app. Repeat for each virtual tuner's streaming stick:
That was AWESOME! Thanks! I'll say it again, I may not know much...but, I learn something new each day.
Oh my god, I had the same thing happen to me today and I did not know about this. Thank you. I'll use this in the future. I had just happened to have an ADB connection to my devices, so I scripted everything. This would have been way easier if I knew it was a feature.
I used the on-screen remote commands to navigate the DTV app to the login screen with the qr code, which I was able to scan with my phone from my Chromebook screen. Easy-peasy! I also had no idea that this was a feature of ADBTuner. @turtletank , this program is amazing! @bnhf , thank you for educating me.
Hi @boukmandutty, I have my ADBTuner running with SlingTV and also have the slow 15 second tuning.
Do you know which config file I need to change to add this?
adb -s 192.168.1.133 shell "input keyevent 3"
Thanks,
I was comparing it to what I was able to do in ah4c (android HDMI for channels). With that program I was able make the adjustment you see there.
Ok thank you for the info!
@boukmandutty SlingTV tuning load time is much faster with ah4c after adjusting the stopbmitune.sh script with that command. Thanks again! 
Not sure if it is above, but is it possible to use peacock to adb into nbc instead of directv/sling/fubo?
{
"name": "Osprey Quick Tune",
"author": "David B.",
"version": "1.0.0",
"description": "Super fast tuning of always on Osprey hardware.",
"uuid": "39734252-cf01-443e-97ac-e53d5220f40f",
"global_options": {
"wait_for_video_playback_detection": false,
"use_fixed_delay": true,
"fixed_delay_seconds": 3,
"check_for_and_clear_whos_watching_prompts": false
},
"pre_tune_commands": [],
"tune_commands": [
"am start -a android.intent.action.VIEW -d '||TARGET_URL_OR_IDENTIFIER||' ||TARGET_PACKAGE_NAME||"
],
"post_tune_commands": []
}
I wrote a config last night that seems to be tuning my Ospreys in about 4 - 4.5 seconds. Occasionally (very occasionally) you'll see a flash of the DirecTV channel change splash screen, but it's very rare and 99% of the time you just get a really fast tune. It expects that the Ospreys are kept awake at all times though, so I'm not sure how well it would work for devices that are slept.
That's pretty darned fast! My TVE channels are (usually) in the 3-5 second range. The onn 4k boxes using your DirecTV 8.0.0 configuration are tuning in around 8 seconds when active, and more like 12-15 seconds when waking from a long rest.
Ospreys are basically Android with DirecTV wrapped around it, so they're just always ready to tune. The trick here was to use the fixed delay and three seconds is plenty when it's active to tune a channel.