Homerun Flex Duo 2 x ATSC or Flex 4K ATSC 3.0

Channels DVR Server
#1

I have Channels DVR and Amazon Firestick 4K and am getting an outdoor OTA antenna since Locast is no longer available. Which HD Homerun is recommended:
SiliconDust HDHomeRun Flex Duo 2 x ATSC Tuners - HDFX-2US
or
SiliconDust HDHomeRun Flex 4K ATSC 3.0 NextGen TV: 2/4 Tuners HDFX-4K

Thanks.

#2

If price isn't a major differentiating factor, then definitely go for the Flex 4K.

The Flex Duo has 2 ATSC 1.0 tuners. The Flex 4K has 2 ATSC 1.0 tuners, and 2 ATSC 1.0/3.0 tuners. So even if there are no ATSC 3.0 channels in your market, the 4K will still give you 4 ATSC 1.0 tuners compared to the Duo's 2.

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#3

I just bought and received the Flex 4k yesterday, and am happy with it. The only issue I ran into was a missing channel, which required going to the my.hdhomerun page to rescan--I was trying to fix it in the Channels setup and that wasn't working.

Oh and the 3.0 channels don't playback audio on Windows computers, unless maybe you have an AC4 codec installed, but it does play audio on the Google TV Channels app.

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