In August, Amazon officially stopped selling the Fire TV Recast over-the-air DVR, although it does still occasionally show up as available for purchase in limited quantities, such as right now where I’m seeing Amazon list one in stock. Soon after, Amazon confirmed that the Recast was being discontinued. Since then, I’ve seen numerous comments calling the device dead and suggesting that owners should throw it away and find a replacement. That’s certainly not the case. Here’s all you need to know about the current state of the Fire TV Recast. Read more ›

It has been 4 years since the Fire TV Recast was released and it appears as though the over-the-air (OTA) DVR companion to Fire TV devices is being discontinued. The Fire TV Recast has been a consistent staple of the Fire TV lineup ever since its release in 2018, but now, for the first time, Amazon is no longer selling the cheaper of the two Fire TV Recast models and both versions are no longer available across several other 3rd-party retailers. Read more ›

After coming across a comment incorrectly stating that the Amazon Fire TV Recast needs an internet connection to work, I realized that this is an aspect of Amazon’s over-the-air DVR that I’ve never covered. A great advantage of getting content through an HD antenna is that it works offline. Thankfully, the Fire TV Recast works in mostly the same way. You can still watch live channels and even your stored recordings if you’ve lost access to the internet, but there are a few limitations to using the Recast offline. Read more ›

Amazon’s over-the-air DVR, the Fire TV Recast, launched last year with the promise that the ability to expand its storage capacity through an external hard drive would be added. A software update for the Fire TV Recast is currently rolling out to all devices that adds the new feature. Once the Fire TV Recast updates, customers will be able to store recordings beyond the 500GB and 1TB limits of the internal hard drives in the two available models. Read more ›

In my article about the various ways to watch Super Bowl LIII on a Fire TV device, I said that the best way to watch would be with a Fire TV Recast over-the-air DVR. I hosted a small Super Bowl party and, naturally, we used the Fire TV Recast to watch the game. Since I’m not much of a sports fan, this was my first time using the Recast for a live game. Here are the pros and the cons of how it all went. Read more ›

I was invited by Rich DeMuro from Los Angeles’ KTLA 5 Morning News to talk about the Amazon Fire TV Recast. Here’s the video segment that aired this morning. I had a great time seeing how the big shots tackle the news. Rich and I also recorded an episode for his podcast where we discuss the Fire TV Recast in more detail.