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Add-on packs for sports and foreign-language programs range in price from $10 to $15 more a month. Premium networks such as Cinemax, Epix, HBO, Showtime, and Starz can be added for an extra $6 to $20 a month.
Right now, the service is light on some major streaming apps—okay, the major streaming apps. It's missing Amazon Prime, Hulu, and Netflix. But it does have built-in apps for YouTube, plus Pandora, iHeartRadio, and a few other niche services. The company says it’s working to bring some of the missing majors to TVision Home later this year.
TVision Home in Action
TVision worked well during the time I spent with it. One annoyance, though, was that the gateway box was fairly noisy, and never seemed to completely shut off. I didn't really hear the sound—likely coming from either the fan or the DVR's hard drive—when watching TV, but it was fairly noticeable when the TV was off.
I found the interface intuitive and easy to use. The left-hand side of the home screen has video tiles showing content that's currently playing live, while the right-hand side of the screen has a list of shows that are either live, on demand, or stored on your section of the DVR. At the far right side of the screen is a list of the apps that are currently supported.
Picture quality was uniformly good, and there were only a couple of instances where the picture froze for a second or two, something that also occasionally happens with other streaming services. TVision Home supports 4K video with HDRfrom those services that offer it. (HDR can produce brighter, more vibrant images when done well.)
TVision Home offers one of the broadest assortments of channels I've seen from a streaming service. I didn't find any must-have cable channels missing, and I got all the local broadcast channels—ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC, plus PBS and Telemundo.
Most people will be satisfied with the included channel selection without having to pay for any add-on packs, though die-hard sports fans and those addicted to "Game of Thrones" or "Billions" are likely exceptions.
I spent the most time using the modern-looking grid-style program guide, called Live Guide, which is arranged by channel and time slots. At the left of the grid are shortcut filters—All, For Me, News, Sports, Kids, and Movies—that tailor the programs that appear in the grid.
When you highlight a show, a box on the right provides information about the program, including the episode number, when it first aired, and a brief synopsis. Recording a show required just a button click.Like other services, TVision Home learns what you watch over time, so it can make better program suggestions.
The system is compatible with Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant, so you can use voice controls to change channels or search for shows. In my brief test with an Amazon Echo, though, I found the system a bit clunky to use, since you have to tell Alexa to ask TVision to search for programs or switch channels. There is a microphone in the remote, which might make using voice control more natural, but it wasn’t active during my test.
Using the remote control was pretty intuitive; the layout is sensible, with clearly marked buttons near the top for turning the system—and your TV—on and off, accessing the program guide and DVR, and jumping backward and forward in the program guide in 12-hour increments.
Most of the operations are controlled using a large circular navigation pad at the center of the unit. Play, pause, record, and fast-forward/rewind controls are located beneath the circular pad, and above an alphanumeric keypad.One thing I didn’t like was that the remote operates using infrared, so you need a line of sight between the remote and the gateway box. In my setup, the box was slightly blocked by the end of a sound bar speaker, so I had to hold the remote high in the air to change channels. RF, or radio-frequency, remotes, like the one in my DirecTV system, don’t have to be pointed at their cable or satellite box to work.

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