How It Works
Live TV starts here
Provide Channels with a source of TV broadcasts. Use a TV tuner or sign in with your existing cable or streaming provider.
Install Channels to watch, pause, and rewind the live TV stream from your Channels source.
Add Channels Plus to get our powerful, flexible DVR. Easily record entire seasons, skip commercials, and watch your favorite shows anywhere.
Provide Channels with a source.
Channels requires a source for live broadcast TV. Combined with your TV tuner, it provides a full live TV experience including full guide data.
HDHomeRun
Use your existing antenna or cable provider. An HDHomeRun takes TV broadcasts and streams them over your home network, like magic. They work with free over the air TV via an antenna or with CableCards from your cable provider.
Watch your favorite programs on every TV and device.
Channels delivers a unified experience across all your TVs, devices, and streaming platforms.
Your Favorite Shows
Watch primetime TV, local news, and sports anywhere in your home
HD
Full HD TV right from your HDHomeRun
Surround Sound
Support for full 5.1 surround sound
Pause and Seek
Pause, rewind, and fast forward live TV
Program Guide
Zero configuration to see what's on TV
Quick Tune
Change channels in less than 1 second
Never miss an episode with Channels Plus.
Add Channels Plus and turn Channels into a full fledged DVR. You don't have to give up DVR just because you gave up your cable box.
Get the friendliest DVR.
Channels is the DVR your whole family will love .
Smart Recording
Record specific episodes or create a Series Pass to get every new episode that airs.
Search Your Favorites
Did you just hear about a great new show? Search for it right in Channels.
Watch While Recording
Watch a recording that's currently in progress, or choose to watch it live.
Team Pass
Search for your favorite team, create a Team Pass, and never miss a game again.
Up Next
Channels will tell you which shows to watch next based on your history.
Auto Commercial Skipping
Commercials are indexed, so they are automatically skipped.
Auto Play
Automatically starts playing the next episode after you finish watching.
Shuffle
Start watching episodes of a show in a random order.
Kids Section
Organize your content to show in the Kids section, your main library, or both.
More about our DVR
Channels Plus is powered by Channels DVR Server, a separate application that runs in your home on Windows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD, and almost all popular NAS systems. There's no cloud to worry about being down. Your recordings are always available.
Learn more about our DVR at
https://getchannels.com