The HDHomerun PRIME is the best device for those of us who need a little bit of live TV to get by and either get the local channels more-or-less free with their cable internet subscription, can’t pull down over the air broadcasts due to their location, or those who simply would rather use their own device instead of paying for a monthly cable box rental fee. The PRIME uses a CableCard from your cable TV provider to decipher which channels you are subscribed to and then streams those channels over your home network to a multitude of devices like Android and iOS devices, Tablets, game consoles, Amazon Fire Sticks, or any other device that supports DLNA.