Cordcutter TV - high performance network TV tuner with Wi-Fi and dual transcoders
Live TV on your phone or tablet: watch live over-the-air ATSC or clear QAM on your iPad, iPhone, Android phone or tablet, or AppleTV, Roku or Amazon FireTV
WiFi! Cordcutter TV uses your local Wi-Fi (or Ethernet) router to send live TV to your video devices. Internet is not used.
Dual TV tuners: two ATSC/QAM TV tuners with Wi-Fi and high performance transcoders for best operation with mobile phones and tablets
Record TV: turn Cordcutter TV into a DVR by plugging an a USB thumb drive (on the back of Cordcutter TV, there is a USB 2.0/3.0 memory port). You can also record live TV locally onto your phone or tablet, and play back the recordings while you travel
Cordcutter TV is a Wi-Fi TV tuner for your home network. Cordcutter TV receives live ATSC TV from an antenna or clear QAM from digital TV. It can transmit HD TV over WiFi (or direct Ethernet connection) to iPhones, iPads, Android phones and tablets plus media players like AppleTV, Roku and FireTV. Cordcutter TV has two built-in TV receivers so you can watch live TV on two devices from two TV channels at the same time.
Cordcutter TV uses Hauppauge's myTV app for watching and recording live TV, for playback of TV recordings and displaying the program guide. myTV is available from the Apple or Google app store, the Amazon app store or as a Roku channel.
Dual tuners: watch live TV on two devices at the same time
Cordcutter TV has two TV tuners and two transcoders, so you can watch on two devices at the same time.
Completely wireless!
Cordcutter TV has dual band, high performance 2x2 MIMO Wi-Fi built in. So you don't need any wires from your antenna to your home router. Just add an antenna, connect Cordcutter TV to your home Wi-Fi network, and start watching free HD TV on your iPhone, iPad, Android device or media player.
You can use Cordcutter TV attached to your TV antenna in one room, and stream wirelessly to your home router in another room!
Dual transcoders for the best operation with mobile devices
Save your mobile device's battery life! The built-in dual transcoders in Cordcutter TV convert over-the-air HD TV into H.264. This is the video format used by the built-in hardware acceleration in mobile devices, and reduces power consumption and extends your battery life.
Hauppauge's myTV app for TV watching, pause and recording
The Hauppauge myTV application is available on the Apple, Google and Amazon app stores for download. myTV gives you live TV and a free 24 hour channel guide.
Watch live over-the-air ATSC HD TV and clear QAM digital cable TV
ATSC is free HD TV
ATSC is free over-the-air digital HDTV standard for North America and typically requires an antenna for reception. There is no monthly fee for ATSC HD TV.
Clear QAM is digital cable TV
Clear QAM allows users to watch unencrypted HDTV stations from cable TV without a set-top box. Clear QAM does require a cable TV subscription. Clear QAM TV is not available on all cable networks, so check with your local cable TV operator for clear QAM availability.
Notes:
- Recording of live TV locally is only available on iPhones, iPads, Android phones and tablets and the AppleTV.
- Scheduled recording on Cordcutter TV requires a USB thumb drive (customer supplied, from 16 to 26GB+) plugged into the back of the Cordcutter TV. One hour of TV requires approximately 4 Gbytes of USB storage.
- Cordcutter TV uses a Wi-Fi connection or Ethernet cable to connect to a router. Video from Cordcutter TV is transmitted to a receiver (iPhone, tablet, Apple TV, etc.) over a local Wi-Fi network. It does not use the Internet.
Cordcutter TV Features
- Live TV over Wi-Fi for phones, tablets and media players. Stream live HD TV to iPads, iPhones and Android phones and tablets plus Amazon FireTV, Roku and Apple TV
- Uses your home (or office) WiFi network to send live TV from Cordcutter TV to your video display device
- Completely wireless! Cordcutter TV connects to your router over 2.5Ghz or 5Ghz Wi-Fi for a completely wireless connection from your TV antenna to your router. Note: Cordcutter TV can also be wired to your router using Ethernet.
- Two ATSC and clear QAM receivers in one small box. Stream two TV channels to two devices at once
- Two built-in High performance transcoders which compress ('shrink') live TV into an optimized form for streaming over Wi-Fi to your phone, tablet or media player
- Download our ‘myTV’ app from the Apple, Amazon or Google app stores. myTV allows you to watch and pause live HD TV on your phone or tablet over your home Wi-Fi network. Easy Wi-Fi setup with our myTV iPad/iPhone or Android app
Cordcutter TV Specifications
TV watching application
- myTV, the Hauppauge TV watching and recording app for the iPhone, iPad, Android phones and tablets plus media players like the Apple TV, Roku and Amazon Fire TV
Technical specifications
Dual Tuners
- Supported TV standards:
- ATSC HD TV
- Clear QAM digital cable TV*
- Antenna input: F connector
Wi-Fi
- 2.5 or 5Ghz WiFi networks
- 2x2 MIMO
Transcoders
- Dual MPEG-2 to H.264 transcoders. The H.264 format is support by Apple and Android as the native video format and uses hardware accelerated playback
Recording
- Scheduled TV recording can be made on NTFS formatted USB thumb drives. The recording format is H.264. Choose date, time, channel, and recording format (HD+, HD and Standard. HD+ is 1920x1080, HD is 1280x720 and Standard is 960x720.)
System Requirements
- TV antenna for ATSC over-the-air HD TV. Or cable TV with clear QAM*
- Home router with 2.5 or 5 Ghz Wi-Fi. Ethernet connection optional.
- A compatible phone, tablet or media player. Cordcutter TV works with:
- iPad, iPhone or Apple TV with OS 7.1 or later
- Android: Android tablet or smartphone with a 1 GHz or faster dual-core ARM CPU and Android 4.0.3 (“ice cream sandwich”) or later, plus a processor with NEON support (e.g. Tegra3)
- Amazon: FireTV, Kindle Fire (2nd generation), KindleFireHD
- Samsung Galaxy: Note, Note II, Note 3, SII, SIII, S4, S5, S IIImini, S4 mini, Tab2, Tab 38.0
- Google: Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 4, Nexus 5, Nexus 7, Nexus 10
- Roku
Note: You need an iOS or Android device for the initial setup of Cordcutter TV.
*Note: Not all cable TV networks send clear QAM channels. Please check with your local cable operator for the availability of clear QAM digital cable TV
Cordcutter TV Model Number
model 01653: Cordcutter TV with two sets of ATSC and clear QAM receivers. Dual transcoders. Wi-Fi support: 2.5/5Ghz. Ethernet port. USB and SD card slots. F connector for ATSC over-the-air antenna or clear QAM cable TV.
Included in the box
- Cordcutter TV with dual ATSC/QAM tuners and dual transcoders
- Power supply: 5v 2a
- Quick Installation Guide
Cordcutter TV Frequently Asked Questions
Cordcutter TV for Apple TV
The myTV app for the Apple TV can be found on the Apple TV store (search for 'Hauppauge Cordcutter'). This app will allow you to watch and record ATSC and QAM TV from the Cordcutter TV.
Here is a video showing the installation of Cordcutter TV on an AppleTV.
The myTV app for Amazon FireTV
The myTV app for the Amazon FireTV is sent to your FireTV box when you have logged into your Amazon Prime account from a web browser. Here is how to do this:
- From a web browser, log into your Amazon Prime account
- At the top of the Amazon main page, in the search window, search for Hauppauge myTV
- At the top of the search, you should see Hauppauge myTV. Select this product and you will be at the Hauppauge myTV app on Amazon
- On the right of the myTV page, you should see a link which says Deliver to: with a list of the Amazon FireTV devices which are linked to your Amazon Prime account
- Select the Amazon Fire device you want the Hauppauge myTV app delivered to and click Get App
- Amazon will then install the myTV app on that Fire TV
- When you go to your Amazon FireTV box, you will see the myTV app added to Recent and Your Apps
Cordcutter TV for Roku
The Cordcutter TV channel for Roku can be found here. This channel will allow you to watch ATSC and QAM TV from the Cordcutter TV.
To add the Cordcutter TV channel to your Roku, in a browser you need to go to the above link and log into your Roku account. You will be asked if you want to add the myTV channel. Click 'Yes' and the Hauppauge myTV channel will be added to your Roku list of channels.
If you have any questions on the Roku channel, please contact us at support@hauppauge.com
Third Party apps for Cordcutter TV
NextPVR for Windows
NextPVR for Windows
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NextPVR provides live TV in a window for Windows 7 and above. Besides live TV, NextPVR gives you a TV guide, recordings and guide search.
Version 4_2_1_180602 now supports Cordcutter TV
Plex now supports dual ATSC tuners on the Cordcutter TV
If you have a Plex Media Server on the same network as Cordcutter TV, Plex can stream two channels of ATSC HD TV wirelessly.
