Now that Amazon’s surprise over-the-air Fire TV Recast DVR has been out a few weeks, we’ve begun to learn more about its capabilities. While it’s not the right solution for me, as I run mixed streamer household, it seems like a great value with tons of potential. And, as such, AFTVNews has begun hacking the platform. Not in a nefarious cyber criminal way, but in terms of getting a deeper understanding of the platform to maximize its usefulness.
- Video recording, storage, and playback details for the Amazon Fire TV Recast
- Amazon Fire TV Recast will support External USB Storage after launch
- Amazon is working on commercial skipping and content discovery for the Fire TV Recast
- Hardware overview of the Amazon Fire TV Recast network tuner and DVR
- Amazon Fire TV Recast Setup Process and Antenna Tips
- All the different ways to find and record programs on the Amazon Fire TV Recast
- Amazon Fire TV Recast allows you to watch and rewind active recordings
- Amazon Fire TV Recast takes about 2 Seconds to Change Channels
- How to safely Restart and Unplug the Amazon Fire TV Recast
- Amazon Fire TV Recast power usage while Idle, Recording, and Streaming
- Explanation of all of the Amazon Fire TV Recast Series Recording Options
- Amazon Fire TV Recast DVR Teardown
- How to download Recast DVR recordings
Can to expand on what you mean by a “mixed streamer household”?
I’ve got two Fire TVs, three Rokus, a Chromecast television, an Apple TV, some other stuff. Currently, Recast only beams content to Fire TV set-tops — so I need a more agnostic solution like HDHomeRun or Tablo. Recast does do iPhone and Android app, too. But that doesn’t help me at all TVs.
I wonder if it’s possible to swap out the internal harddrive for a bigger one.
@calvin is it possible. I put a 2tb in mine.
Can this be hacked to include unreleased movies or anything yet?