GET TO KNOW TIDEVIEW
A home for your media.
Built around your choices.
TideView brings personal movies, shows, music, photos and supported live TV together—with your own collection at the center.
Explore the alphaOne server plan. A fair share.
The early-adopter personal-server plan is $4 USD per month when subscriptions open. We believe sharing development costs across our members is a fair way to support continued development, fixes and improvements.
Early adopters keep the $4 monthly rate while continuously subscribed. All server features are part of the plan as they become available, subject to hardware and client compatibility. Hardware, storage and optional third-party services are separate.
Your media always gets the front row.
When you connect your own server, your library leads. Future channels or on-demand options would be optional additions. Your personal media will always come first.
Your media stays on your server, and your devices connect directly to it. At home, you can keep watching even if TideView’s online services are unavailable.
Remote access also depends on your internet connection and connection services. We’re building in redundant DNS and backup connection options to improve resilience, but no system can guarantee uninterrupted remote access.
More ways to enjoy your server.
- Movies and shows: organize the folders you choose, with profiles, favorites, watch progress and personal recommendations.
- TideShift Music: carry your queue and listening position between compatible PC, Android and Roku clients.
- Photos and video backup: back up memories from supported Android devices to storage you control on your server.
- TV+ picture enhancement: optional AI upscaling for supported sources, with high-quality processing targeted at NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070, 5080 and 5090 hardware. Older GPUs remain unconfirmed.
- Live TV and DVR: connect compatible tuners and authorized sources, optionally add guide data, and record supported programming where permitted.
- TideView Games: our original Popcorn Pictures game is included, alongside support for compatible games you own or have permission to use on PC and Android.
- TideView Control: manage users, devices, sources, server processing and active streams.
Features vary by client and may change during alpha. Review the preliminary PC hardware targets before planning a setup.
MEET THE GAME THAT COMES WITH TIDEVIEW
TideView: Popcorn Pictures
We wanted you to have something fun waiting in Games from the start, so we made our own little movie-set slingshot game and bundled it with TideView.
We’re not game developers… but we tried. Think flying popcorn, collapsing cardboard scenery, spilling drinks and movie characters having a very bad day at work. It’s a lighthearted extra from the people building your media server.
There are 38 scenes with increasing difficulty, up to 114 stars to earn, and unlimited retakes. Falling debris and tumbling characters can knock other things over. Hit the big floating popcorn directly—or catch it with a nearby air-pop—for a mega explosion and a free shot.
Open Games on a compatible PC browser or Android device and choose TideView. Hold A to pull back, release to launch, and use B to pop in midair. On a keyboard, use X and Z. Android phones and tablets also have 13 selectable handheld skins, including four TideView graffiti designs.
This is an original Game Boy Color game made for TideView, with its own pixel art, music and sound effects. The pictures above show the actual game.
A Sports tab that follows your teams.
Choose supported leagues and favorite teams, see live and upcoming games, and check scores and status where data is available. TideView checks your selected guide sources to help locate a matching broadcast, and tells you when one is not available on your configured sources.
Upcoming-game reminders are available for supported Android clients using the same profile with notifications enabled. A Sports listing is not access to the broadcast: you still need a source you are entitled to watch. Sports data, league coverage, reminders and client support may vary.
More to watch, when the time is right.
After launch and growing a sustainable subscriber base, we hope to add free, ad-supported channels to the guide. Later, we may explore optional video on demand or a paid movies-and-shows subscription. We would also love to partner with TV providers so authorized subscribers can bring their premium channels into TideView.
These are future plans, dependent on development and content agreements. No partner, lineup, catalog or date is confirmed. Your own media stays at the center.
Where we’re heading.
Our initial launch is planned for Windows PC and Roku, with Android mobile a possible addition. The web option also brings TideView to other PCs and iPad, with AirPlay where supported. In the app pipeline, Android TV comes first, followed by iPhone and Apple TV.
Our priorities are testing with our initial beta households, launching the apps, covering operating costs and adding a couple more people to the team. Our testing lab is being built out; the lab pictures are concept mock-ups.
The roadmap can evolve. After launch and staffing are in place, we want community feedback to help shape what comes next. Early support may be limited while our team is small; a dedicated person answering support emails is one of our first hiring priorities.