{"id":3752,"date":"2020-06-04T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/blog\/playon-gives-cord-cutters-an-offline-dvr-but-its-pricey\/"},"modified":"2020-06-04T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T11:00:00","slug":"playon-gives-cord-cutters-an-offline-dvr-but-its-pricey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/playon-gives-cord-cutters-an-offline-dvr-but-its-pricey\/","title":{"rendered":"PlayOn gives cord-cutters an offline DVR, but it&#8217;s pricey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\n[responsivevoice_button rate=&#8221;1\u2033 pitch=&#8221;1.2\u2033 volume=&#8221;0.8\u2033 voice=&#8221;US English Female&#8221; buttontext=&#8221;Story in Audio&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>PlayOn gives cord-cutters an offline DVR, but it&#8217;s pricey<\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"drr-container\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>While streaming video has a lot of things going for it, watching TV offline isn\u2019t one of them.<\/p>\n<p>Streaming services like Netflix and Hulu don\u2019t work without internet access, and live TV services such as Sling TV and YouTube TV come with cloud-based DVRs that only work online. Those requirements can be a problem for some potential cord-cutters, particularly those who don\u2019t have fast, dependable internet service at home.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"emo emo-sb\">\n<h6 class=\"nav-title\">Mentioned in this article<\/h6>\n<\/aside>\n<p>That\u2019s what makes <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.playonrecorder.cloudapp\" rel=\"nofollow\">PlayOn\u2019s new Android TV app<\/a> so intriguing. With certain streaming devices, such as Nvidia\u2019s Shield TV or the new TiVo Stream 4K, you can record shows from Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, and other streaming services, then download them for offline viewing. It\u2019s a clever way to deal with internet speed limits and still have plenty to watch.<\/p>\n<p>The only problem is PlayOn\u2019s convoluted price structure, which can get expensive quickly.<\/p>\n<h2>How PlayOn downloads streaming video<\/h2>\n<p>PlayOn has been around for more than a decade, and I\u2019ve covered it a few times in this column. Until now, I\u2019ve mostly focused on its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.playon.tv\/offers\/upgrade\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Windows software<\/a>. For a one-time purchase of $70 (and often on sale for much less), that software lets you record shows from your streaming services onto a PC.<\/p>\n<p>Not everyone has a dedicated Windows computer, though, so in late 2016, PlayOn launched <a href=\"https:\/\/www.playon.tv\/cloud\" rel=\"nofollow\">a cloud-based version of its service<\/a>. Instead of making you record shows on your own hardware, PlayOn Cloud records programs remotely, then lets you download them through its iOS or Android apps. You can then cast the videos to Roku, Apple TV, Chromecast, or Fire TV over a local Wi-Fi connection.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"large \"><a class=\"zoom\" href=\"https:\/\/images.idgesg.net\/images\/article\/2020\/06\/playonmobile-100847970-orig.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img border=\"0\" alt=\"playonmobile\" width=\"1200\" height=\"865\" data-imageid=\"100847970\" data-license=\"IDG\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.idgesg.net\/images\/article\/2020\/06\/playonmobile-100847970-large.jpg\" class=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a> <small class=\"credit\">Jared Newman \/ IDG<\/small><figcaption>\n<p>PlayOn\u2019s mobile app lets you sign into streaming services and manage recordings.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>That approach also had one problem: Most phones don\u2019t have ample storage for dozens of movies or TV episodes, so you had to keep most recordings online until you needed them. With the new Android TV app, you can plug an external hard drive into your streaming player, load it up with downloads, then watch them offline directly through your TV. PlayOn can record videos from more than 20 streaming sources, including Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, Disney+, HBO, Showtime, Tubi, and CBS All Access. (You still need to use PlayOn\u2019s iOS or Android apps to sign into these services and set up recordings.)<\/p>\n<p>I tested this on an 2017 Nvidia Shield TV with a 128GB thumb drive, and while the interface could use some polish, I was impressed with how the software worked. PlayOn presents a simple, two-part menu, indicating which recordings are stored online with PlayOn, and which ones are on the device itself.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"nativo-promo nativo-promo-1 smartphone tablet desktop\" id=\"\"\/>\n<figure class=\"large \"><a class=\"zoom\" href=\"https:\/\/images.idgesg.net\/images\/article\/2020\/06\/playoncloudandroidtv-100847969-orig.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img border=\"0\" alt=\"playoncloudandroidtv\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" data-imageid=\"100847969\" data-license=\"IDG\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.idgesg.net\/images\/article\/2020\/06\/playoncloudandroidtv-100847969-large.jpg\" class=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a> <small class=\"credit\">Jared Newman \/ IDG<\/small><figcaption>\n<p>The PlayOn Android TV app can download recordings for offline viewing.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>You can download recordings manually, set them to download automatically, or schedule them to download during off-peak hours. The app automatically uses external storage when available, so recordings don\u2019t eat up space on the streaming device itself, and it even has an option to automatically skip over ads.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"large \"><a class=\"zoom\" href=\"https:\/\/images.idgesg.net\/images\/article\/2020\/06\/playonoptions-100847975-orig.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img border=\"0\" alt=\"playonoptions\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" data-imageid=\"100847975\" data-license=\"IDG\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.idgesg.net\/images\/article\/2020\/06\/playonoptions-100847975-large.jpg\" class=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a> <small class=\"credit\">Jared Newman \/ IDG<\/small><figcaption>\n<p>PlayOn lets you skip ads and schedule downloads for off-peak hours.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Once you\u2019ve downloaded some videos, you\u2019ll also see a \u201cHome\u201d tab in PlayOn\u2019s iOS and Android apps, listing everything that\u2019s stored on your Android TV player. Hit the cast icon on the top-right corner of the app, and you can stream videos from Android TV to other devices such as Roku or Chromecast over Wi-Fi, with no internet connection required.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also worth noting that PlayOn\u2019s recordings are stored as MP4 files, which you can freely access through the Android TV file system. (They\u2019re stored under <strong>android\/media\/com.playonrecorder.cloudapp<\/strong> on whatever storage drive you\u2019re using.) I tried pointing my Shield TV\u2019s Plex server to that directory, and was delighted to see all of PlayOn\u2019s recordings show up in my media library. Combining PlayOn recordings with Plex\u2019s over-the-air DVR could lead to some really interesting possibilities.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"large \"><a class=\"zoom\" href=\"https:\/\/images.idgesg.net\/images\/article\/2020\/06\/playonfilecommander-100847974-orig.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img border=\"0\" alt=\"playonfilecommander\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" data-imageid=\"100847974\" data-license=\"IDG\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.idgesg.net\/images\/article\/2020\/06\/playonfilecommander-100847974-large.jpg\" class=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a> <small class=\"credit\">Jared Newman \/ IDG<\/small><figcaption>\n<p>Recordings are exposed as MP4 files, which you can use as you see fit.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There is one caveat to point out: All of PlayOn\u2019s recordings max out at 720p. That\u2019s not really a problem for broadcast and cable shows, but if you\u2019re hoping to record Netflix or Disney+ shows in 4K HDR, you\u2019ll be disappointed.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"nativo-promo nativo-promo-2 tablet desktop smartphone\" id=\"\"\/>\n<h2>The price is a problem<\/h2>\n<p>So what\u2019s the catch? As I mentioned earlier, all that cloud computing doesn\u2019t come cheap, so you might end up paying a lot to record a large library of movies and shows.<\/p>\n<p>PlayOn charges for its cloud services in two ways: One is based on the total number of recordings you create, and the other is based on how much data you keep on PlayOn\u2019s servers at any time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.playon.tv\/offers\/cloud\/storage\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">PlayOn\u2019s $5-per-month plan<\/a>, for instance, gives you 20 recording \u201ccredits\u201d per month\u2014with one credit equaling a single TV episode or an entire movie\u2014and lets you store up to 100GB of video at a time. You can avoid hitting the storage limit by downloading videos and deleting them from the cloud, but the number of credits per month is absolute.<\/p>\n<p>PlayOn also sells <a href=\"https:\/\/www.playon.tv\/offers\/cloud\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">bundles of additional recording credits<\/a>. A bundle of 100 credits, for instance, costs $25, while 200 credits costs $40. You can either use these credits in conjunction with a storage plan or on their own. In the latter case, you only get seven days to download each recording before PlayOn deletes them for good.<\/p>\n<p>This is the kind of thing that makes more sense once you start using it, but PlayOn\u2019s cloud plans are a lot to take in at first glance, and they\u2019re much more expensive over time than PlayOn\u2019s flat-rate PC software. That\u2019s why I\u2019ve largely ignored the cloud component until now.<\/p>\n<p>Still, I can see some scenarios in which PlayOn Cloud might work out. Recording all 201 episodes of <em>The Office<\/em> from Netflix, for instance, would cost a little over $40 in PlayOn credits. That\u2019s less than half the price of the complete series on DVD, and it\u2019d be cheaper in the long run than paying for NBC\u2019s Peacock service, where <em>The Office<\/em> is headed in 2021. PlayOn\u2019s recordings are also yours to keep forever, even if you stop subscribing to the streaming service they came from PlayOn itself.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"large \"><a class=\"zoom\" href=\"https:\/\/images.idgesg.net\/images\/article\/2020\/06\/playondloptions-100847968-orig.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img border=\"0\" alt=\"playondloptions\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" data-imageid=\"100847968\" data-license=\"IDG\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.idgesg.net\/images\/article\/2020\/06\/playondloptions-100847968-large.jpg\" class=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a> <small class=\"credit\">Jared Newman \/ IDG<\/small><figcaption>\n<p>In low-bandwidth scenarios, being able to download at off-peak times could be essential.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Besides, there some folks for whom downloads are the only practical option. If your internet speeds are too slow for streaming HD video, PlayOn is the only option short of outright piracy that lets you download first and watch offline later. Even streaming services that support offline viewing, such Netflix and Amazon Prime, relegate the feature to mobile devices, so you can\u2019t watch on a larger screen.<\/p>\n<p>You might have to break out a calculator and a spreadsheet to figure out if PlayOn cloud makes financial sense; but if it does, it\u2019s a powerful way to record streaming videos for later.<\/p>\n<p><em>Sign up for Jared\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/jarednewman.com\/cordcutterweekly\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Cord Cutter Weekly newsletter<\/a>\u00a0to get more cord-cutting news, insights, and deals delivered to your inbox.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"end-note\">\n<p>\t\t<!-- blx4 #2010 blox4.html  --><\/p>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"blx blxParticleendnote blxM2010  blox4_html  blxC24070\">Note: When you purchase something after clicking links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. 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