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by meatsock 1532 days ago
i have found that an external broadcast television tuner with a regular hdmi display works well for my needs. the mediasonic HW220STB includes a PVR function to record broadcasts but the firmware is a bit old. Contemporary Research 232-ATSC is an older but fully capable tuner with rs-232 and ethernet remote control and can be had for around $100. there's a newer model called "232-ATSC 4K" which retails for around $1k and offers 4K output - the older one only goes up to 1080.

these are both ATSC tuners so they're fine for me in the US, but there is of course a different broadcast standard in non-US countries so this advice won't apply there.