5 stars: I’ve been using Live Channels as my DVR for the last year since I transitioned off of win 7 media center. While not as good as media center it’s good enough. The program guide is free and recording and playback are simple. I’m running it on Nvidia Shield. Developers could improve by adding 30 second skip,1.5x play speed, and fixing cc’s.
5 stars: First saw this on my NVIDIA Shield (2017), it picked up HDHomeRun, Pluto & XUMO. Then about a week ago (8/2020) I did a channel scan on my hdhomerun and all of my OTA channels were gone. The fix was to clear Cache & Data from the Live Channels app. Re-opened it and go through the set up process again (less than 5 minutes) and now everything is back to normal! I use this app on every device I have.
4 stars: Works for me to pull my tvheadend feed in from
3 stars: I did love this application, and some bugs with the HD Home Run have been addressed. However, it keeps asking me to do a 'Source Setup' even though all sources have been setup successfully. This happens randomly while using the TV in any application, so it is annoying. Uninstalling will check back in a few months to see if an update fixes it. Otherwise a great app!
2 stars: On a Channel Master Stream+ set top box it is cumbersome to record a program due to lack of a single record button on the remote. Also, there is no Prev button to jump back and forth between two stations. These are standard features on a TV remote. It's a wonder why Live Channels ...