I read the review of Channels DVR over on TechHive and got interested. I came to Channels DVR website and got very excited. I set up the Channels DVR on my Qnap system. I installed the app on my Google TV and I signed up for the Channels Plus subscription.
Then I tried to use SlingTV for an input and things started going bad. For whatever reason, many of the SlingTV channels are "unavailable" to Channels. One in particular is Fox News. On SlingTV's site, they say if I can use my Sling credentials to sign into Fox News on the web and in the FN app, then I should be able to get this channel thru TV Everywhere. I was able to sign in to Fox News as they described but for some reason the TV Everywhere feature in Channels says "not Authorized: You do not have full subscriptions to view the requested content. Please upgrade your programming then log back in to view content."
Having read some threads on this forum, it seems like SlingTV is to blame for Fox News (and others) not appearing in Channels. However, as I described above, I can use my Sling credentials to view this channel outside of SlingTV. So who is at fault? SlingTV or Channels DVR?
At any rate, I am posting this in the hopes that I have overlooked something and there is a "thing" I can do to make it work. Can anyone help? Otherwise, Channels is a nice idea but not quite nice enough.