(LIVE AGAIN, NEW LINK) $64.99 - HDHomeRun DUAL - HD Digital TV Tuner HDHR3-US by SiliconDust

Quote from damage : can you watch these in HD on your TV?

Yes. Most have ads to deal with, including Hulu. CBS used to be a super B about rebroadcasting online, but I just checked and it looks like they have added a lot of the shows they were lacking (Mentalist, etc).
I record what I can OTA or QAM and use online as a backup.

Quote from NoNamesLeft : http://www.fiercecable.com/story/...2012-10-15 Locals are going to be encrypted over cable.

http://www.fcc.gov/document/commi...rohibition

Quote : If a cable operator decides to encrypt the digital basic tier

https://www.comcast.com/Clu/ChannelLineUp

• Digital Preferred
• Digital Starter
• Digital Economy
• Limited Basic (clear QAM locals only)

Most cable CO's have a limited basic/QAM plan that will stay.

Quote from cluedweasel : Hence the growing trend of bandwidth limits. My local (and only) ISP is the cable company. They have a 100Gb monthly limit with $1.50 per 1Gb over that. Pretty easy to run that up watching Hulu and Netflix a lot.

If you demand 1080p with 5.1, yes, caps go quick. Give me free 480p and I don't care. If you can't stand it pay for a higher tier/better service. For you, a PVR would make sense.

Most, sure, but Comcast wont.

Quote from sd444 : http://www.fcc.gov/document/commi...rohibition https://www.comcast.com/Clu/ChannelLineUp Digital Preferred Digital Starter Digital Economy Limited Basic (clear QAM locals only) Most cable CO's have a limited basic/QAM plan that will stay.

I have no idea what I just bought, but I am actually really excited. DH just tasked me with finding this exact item for a good price last night as the best he could find was $90!! Thanks, OP!

Quote from NoNamesLeft : Most, sure, but Comcast wont.

It's listed right on their site for CO and FL locations.

Limited Basic

Quote from coldwar : If put the HomeRunHD before you amp, you will be cutting your signal to everything else by half. It's usually best to go after your amp since the signal will be bosted and get your amp as close to the antenna as possible.

The 2-way splitter will cut the two outgoing signals by 3.5dB, not half. The HomeRunHD is going to be receiving a very strong signal right after the 2-way in my utility room (maybe 6" away), so I don't need to boost the signal yet and may even over amplify it if I did. The other half of the splitter is going to the drop amp that is going to feed four TVs much farther away from the utility room.

Edit: I should mention this isn't mast-mounted pre-amp, as my signal is very strong. My distribution amp is going to be used to boost the signal out to the TVs from my utility room.

So...what the fark does this thing do?

Will rep if someone can actually explain what this is in a one or two sentence summary.

Quote from kag : I have no idea what I just bought, but I am actually really excited. DH just tasked me with finding this exact item for a good price last night as the best he could find was $90!! Thanks, OP!

You know, I somewhat feel the same way! I have this grand vision of what is to come after I install this thing. I just hope I actually bought what I'm thinking this will do for me

Been buzzing for it ever since that woot deal a little back.

Quote from 1stbuy : So...what the fark does this thing do? Will rep if someone can actually explain what this is in a one or two sentence summary.

Here's my understanding:

Plug in cable line or Antenna to this puppy. Hook this device up to network (router). Use any DVR software (MythTV, Windows Media Center) to consume the media from your cable line or antenna, on any computer that is on your network. I'll be using it for free HDTV over the Air, just so I can pick up football games in higher quality than streaming online -- if they are being broadcasted locally. It consume up to 2 channels (two tuners) at a time.

Hope that made sense.

Quote from 1stbuy : So...what the fark does this thing do? Will rep if someone can actually explain what this is in a one or two sentence summary.

It receives unencrypted digital broadcast or cable television and streams it over a network for use by any computer on the network. It can be viewed by a range of DVR/PVR [wikipedia.org] software. There are also a few iOS apps (not sure about Android) that can watch TV over your network from it (e.g., InstaTV Pro App).

Quote from one321 : It receives unencrypted digital broadcast or cable television and streams it over a network for use by any computer on the network. It can be viewed by a range of DVR/PVR [wikipedia.org] software. There are also a few iOS apps (not sure about Android) that can watch TV over your network from it (e.g., InstaTV Pro App).

Thanks! Rep'd.

I have the older version of this... works great... is there any reason why I'd want to upgrade? I know the new ones use less power, but I assume it's not a big deal.

Thanks OP! I picked one of these up for my father from w00t and was wishing I had gotten one for myself too.

Quote from cuetoon : Never heard of this device -- thanks for posting, OP. Getting two video channels to any PC on a home network (through the router) is a great thing. But that begs the obvious question, why not make it with an HDMI port (for AVR input), and maybe throw in a remote a la the WD streaming player? All it would need then is a little flash memory and, viola! It's a two-channel DVR! With no HDMI output, the HTPC would have to always remain on just to receive streams from other PCs on the home LAN and send to the AVR. So, not exactly the right gizmo for me, but getting closer to the holy grail of home A/V, a cheap, fully functional, subscription free, two-channel DVR.

I have been a user of the first gen box for awhile. You have to understand its ideal scenario is not really what your describing. I have mine parked in the closet by my router where my antena coax comes into the house. So now I have descrambled HD signal piping over my whole house network so every TV that has a computer (or any PC in myhouse) via Windows Media center now thinks it has 2 tv tuners in the computer. Works incredibly well. I use remotes for the computer. This isnt really meant to be a box that hooks straight to a TV, it simply converts TV signal to Ethernet.