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Author:  abigailsweetashoney [ Sun Nov 21, 2010 10:44 pm ]
Post subject:  Silicon Dust HD Home Run dual tuner

Both the pcHD cards (HD-5500) I purchased aren't working. Also the coax connector fell off the board, so that's half the problem there.

So... I'm considering buying the Silicon Dust HD Home Run dual tuner. Can I get feedback on it? Is it worth it?

Thanks!

Author:  uteck [ Sun Nov 21, 2010 11:38 pm ]
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It works fine for me. I have it upstairs in a closet so the antenna gets good reception, and I have the cable plugged into the other port, network cable runs down to the basement were the server is.
Most of the problems I have are from the cheap antenna I use losing the signal in bad weather. The hand-full of HD channels from the cable box work fine. I have recorded over-the-air and cable programming from it at the same time with no problem.

Author:  abigailsweetashoney [ Mon Nov 22, 2010 3:59 pm ]
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Is this hardware preferred or has something better come out?

Thanks, -Abs

Author:  tjc [ Mon Nov 22, 2010 8:27 pm ]
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The HDHomeRun is still one of the best capture devices that I'm aware of.

BTW - The outer connector on the HD5500s is only on there via a friction fit. I have to put mine back together every time i mess with the box at all. Whatever they were thinking when they designed that it was pretty silly.

Author:  Martian [ Tue Nov 23, 2010 2:00 pm ]
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I love my HDHomerun. Haven't had any issues with it. It's much more flexible than the internal cards.

Author:  spideyk21 [ Tue Nov 23, 2010 2:44 pm ]
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I have two connected to a d.i.y antenna. They both work perfectly stationed in the basement, with the antenna in the attic.

Author:  snaproll [ Tue Nov 23, 2010 8:39 pm ]
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Once you use HDHRs you'll never go back to PC card tuners....
:D

Author:  mihanson [ Tue Nov 23, 2010 9:24 pm ]
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I have and HDHR on my test box and I really like it. The best part is being able to stash it anywhere you have newtork connectivity and an antenna/clear QAM cable hookup. No need for it to be next to your backend. When my capture cards die off I plan on replacing them with HDHR tuners.

The only thing I had to tweak with mine is update the firmware.

Author:  tjc [ Tue Nov 23, 2010 11:57 pm ]
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And every time the power goes off it forgets the IR target and needs to be reset, but that's a minor annoyance.

Author:  mihanson [ Wed Nov 24, 2010 3:42 pm ]
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In fact Newegg.com has the dual tuner HD-HR for $80 thru 11/30/2010.

Author:  snaproll [ Wed Nov 24, 2010 3:49 pm ]
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mihanson wrote:
In fact Newegg.com has the dual tuner HD-HR for $80 thru 11/30/2010.
Thanks Mike !
I'm in for another one !

:D

Author:  abigailsweetashoney [ Thu Nov 25, 2010 3:59 pm ]
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SiliconDust HDHomeRun HDHR-US Dual Networked High Definition Digital Television (White)
$79.99 - Quantity: 1 - In Stock
Condition: New
Sold by: Amazon.com, LLC

Guys, $79.99!! Normally $159 - $169

It's for today only I think. Fyi.

<edit> Sorry, didn't read the other posts! hehe... wonder why things went so cheap suddenly. Maybe Silicon Dust realizes something we don't.

Author:  snaproll [ Thu Nov 25, 2010 6:40 pm ]
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abigailsweetashoney wrote:

<edit> Sorry, didn't read the other posts! hehe... wonder why things went so cheap suddenly. Maybe Silicon Dust realizes something we don't.


I got three of them running on my network (soon to be four...)

Never a problem with any of them..... :D

Author:  str003 [ Fri Nov 26, 2010 11:49 am ]
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Prices on the dual-tuner HDHomerun are dropping because Silicon Dust is bringing out some new models; including a triple-tuner CableCard version.

Details here: http://www.hdhomerun.com/products/hdhomerun/prime/

As the announcement page says it's for Windows 7, but hopefully some enterprising geeks can make it work with MythTV.

Author:  abigailsweetashoney [ Wed Dec 08, 2010 3:07 pm ]
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My new HDHomerun works fine for live tv. But when I go to record something, no mpg file is saved under /myth/tv. Seems like a simply problem. Can anyone point me to the answer? Thanks.

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