I decided to cancel cable since sports was really the only reason I kept it. And then the pandemic hit and sports shut down. I had been putting off some upgrades because I knew those would force some major changes in my setup. And streaming content started to expand, not ideal in an HTPC environment, though I do say the Netlfix and Disney plugins for Kodi work pretty well. Was hoping for the Silicondust DVR solution to solve that but it never really happened. FiOS started flagging a bunch of channels as 'copy once' so that meant a little less flexibility in viewing, had to use WMC itself instead of Kodi to watch those channels.

Had it all set up including CIH for my projector in the basement media room. Was very happy with my setup, Kodi as a front end, WMC with an HDHR Prime cablecard tuner as DVR. I too have been using HTPCs for a long time. I have a 2nd HDHR Prime that I bought a while back that I have never set up so I can use the cablecard from the InfiniTV6 in the 2nd Prime. I am thinking of retiring the InfiniTV 6 and downsizing the full ATX Win 7 HTPC and replacing it with a mini-iTX box. In additon to the InfiniTV 6 tuner, I have a SiliconDust HDHR Prime, a 4-tuner Quatro, and the new ATSC 3.0 Quatro. I like Channels because it includes a comprehensive guide and maps all of the commercials for me much better than the ShowAnalyzer app I use on my Win 7 HTPC. I have the Channels app installed on the Shields so I can watch recordings on any TV with a Shield connected as well as control my recording schedules.

NVidia Shields are used to stream content from Netlix and Amazon as well as using Plex to view content on the server. The Win 10 HTPC is used primarily for watching and listening to media stored on my unRAID server, such as ripped Blue-Rays and archived TV shows as well as a vast music library of flac files. The recording engine is installed on a Win 10 HTPC along with JRiver Media Center. I have migrated to using Channels DVR for my DVR chores. My home theater consists of my primary HTPC with a Ceton InfiniTV 6 cablecard tuner that's used mainly for recording DRM content and football games. I currently use SFF Win 7 HTPCs at the TV in the family room and the master bedroom, mainly for watching live TV. The one major caveat that prevents me from decommissioning any of my HTPCs is that WMC is still the only game in town for watching and recording DRM content other that my provider's DVR or a TiVo, neither of which is a desirable option for me.

Plex cablecard