Aereo is not just for watching live broadcasts. In fact, it's somewhat annoying for that because as soon as one program ends, it kicks you back to the Guide and

Aereo is not just for watching live broadcasts. In fact, it's somewhat annoying for that because as soon as one program ends, it kicks you back to the Guide and you have to select the next program to watch it. It's really geared towards using it as a DVR in the cloud. The DVR functionality is nice. Sure, assuming your antenna can pick up the OTA channels you want, you can build your own DVR but if you want it to be better than an old VHS recorder (simply setting channel start & stop days/times), you need a good source of TV schedule data which last I heard you have to pay for (not $8/month, but something). Aereo can be set to record only new episodes and has options to start a recording early and/or stop it late (especially helpful on Sundays when sports seem to regularly delay CBS programming). I also pay $8/month for Hulu Plus and mostly watch that. I use Aereo (through a Roku3) to watch shows on channels that aren't on Hulu (CGS, PBS) plus Saturday Night Live (because sometimes Hulu's version is edited). $8/month for Aereo a bit much for how I use it but it's still cheaper than Comcast's DVR set-top box. One could watch a lot more through Aereo, in the Boston area there ~25 channels available, but they're pretty crappy. https://aereo.com/channels https://aereo.com/channels