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"allows you to watch TV from any computer on your network" - but I want to watch TV on my TV's?
I see comments people have done away with rented cable tuner boxes, so I'm assuming this device will let me do that. I'm sick of paying comcast ridiculous rental fees for hd-dvr boxes for 3 tv's. I have several pc's in my house, but only one that has win 7 (ultimate 64bit, if that matters), the rest are all c2duo machines running xp-pro. I have 1 tv upstairs, 2 downstairs, and one I have sitting unused because I refuse to fork over more $$ for a 4th rented box. I do not have network cable anywhere in the house outside one bedroom where the cable modem is connected, but I do have a wifi network setup with a cisco e2000 broadcasting upstairs & another e2000 set up as a bridge downstairs. I have an old wrt-54g not hooked up to anything I could use if needed, and a wii downstairs fwiw. So, what would I do to actually make it so I could use the silicon dust (or something else if this isn't going to work for me), get the same channels etc. as I get now (comcast hd lineup with showtime & hbo) and turn in the 3 rented hd-dvr boxes I have now? I like the on screen channel guide & on demand, do those features stop working under an hd homerun setup? If there's a 'for idiots' guide someplace on these things, that's probably what I need. Sheesh, I hate paying stupid comcast for rental boxes - wth they charge extra for hd channel lineup, then force me to rent their box so I can see the channels I pay extra for?

Quote from Edxzxz : "allows you to watch TV from any computer on your network" - but I want to watch TV on my TV's? I see comments people have done away with rented cable tuner boxes, so I'm assuming this device will let me do that. I'm sick of paying comcast ridiculous rental fees for hd-dvr boxes for 3 tv's. I have several pc's in my house, but only one that has win 7 (ultimate 64bit, if that matters), the rest are all c2duo machines running xp-pro. I have 1 tv upstairs, 2 downstairs, and one I have sitting unused because I refuse to fork over more $$ for a 4th rented box. I do not have network cable anywhere in the house outside one bedroom where the cable modem is connected, but I do have a wifi network setup with a cisco e2000 broadcasting upstairs & another e2000 set up as a bridge downstairs. I have an old wrt-54g not hooked up to anything I could use if needed, and a wii downstairs fwiw. So, what would I do to actually make it so I could use the silicon dust (or something else if this isn't going to work for me), get the same channels etc. as I get now (comcast hd lineup with showtime & hbo) and turn in the 3 rented hd-dvr boxes I have now? I like the on screen channel guide & on demand, do those features stop working under an hd homerun setup? If there's a 'for idiots' guide someplace on these things, that's probably what I need. Sheesh, I hate paying stupid comcast for rental boxes - wth they charge extra for hd channel lineup, then force me to rent their box so I can see the channels I pay extra for?

I was in the same boat a year ago. The upfront cost is not too high. Since you already have a more than capable computer.

Hdhomerun $140
Xboxes for each room...used around $100 each or get a banned boxes for around $50
I couldn't get WiFi to work so I recommend wiring.

You will lose on demand but you can watch it through the xfinity website. The Windows media center guide is a whole lot better than the Comcast guide IMO

Quote from poetuan : I was in the same boat a year ago. The upfront cost is not too high. Since you already have a more than capable computer. Hdhomerun $140 Xboxes for each room...used around $100 each or get a banned boxes for around $50 I couldn't get WiFi to work so I recommend wiring. You will lose on demand but you can watch it through the xfinity website. The Windows media center guide is a whole lot better than the Comcast guide IMO

Wiring is absolutely not a viable option. The house was built in the 1970's, there's no basement, half the ground floor is on a concrete slab, and I'm just not busting up walls and climbing around the attic trying to run wires - 2 of the rooms with tv's are just not accessible to run wires into them. I'm not buying an x-box for each room I want to watch tv in, losing the on demand in every room, or leaving a pc on in every room I want tv in 24/7. Seems like this is not the solution for me at all. Thanks for your insights.

Is there any way to make these work Roku boxes?

Quote from Edxzxz : "allows you to watch TV from any computer on your network" - but I want to watch TV on my TV's? I see comments people have done away with rented cable tuner boxes, so I'm assuming this device will let me do that. I'm sick of paying comcast ridiculous rental fees for hd-dvr boxes for 3 tv's. I have several pc's in my house, but only one that has win 7 (ultimate 64bit, if that matters), the rest are all c2duo machines running xp-pro. I have 1 tv upstairs, 2 downstairs, and one I have sitting unused because I refuse to fork over more $$ for a 4th rented box. I do not have network cable anywhere in the house outside one bedroom where the cable modem is connected, but I do have a wifi network setup with a cisco e2000 broadcasting upstairs & another e2000 set up as a bridge downstairs. I have an old wrt-54g not hooked up to anything I could use if needed, and a wii downstairs fwiw. So, what would I do to actually make it so I could use the silicon dust (or something else if this isn't going to work for me), get the same channels etc. as I get now (comcast hd lineup with showtime & hbo) and turn in the 3 rented hd-dvr boxes I have now? I like the on screen channel guide & on demand, do those features stop working under an hd homerun setup? If there's a 'for idiots' guide someplace on these things, that's probably what I need. Sheesh, I hate paying stupid comcast for rental boxes - wth they charge extra for hd channel lineup, then force me to rent their box so I can see the channels I pay extra for?

Run Digital Cable Adivsor on the PC that has Windows 7 already. If it passes you are good to go, If not, most of the times it is the HDCP incompatible video card on older PC's. Get a $10 Video card to make it pass the test and connect to TV.

If you can't/don't want to run Eithernet, but have existing coaxial network (Cable TV) in the house, you can use MoCA (google it). The least expensive route is to use Verizon FiOS routers that you can find on ebay for under $20 shipped. They are easily converted to MoCA adapters.

If you don't feel like messing with a Verizon router (5 minute job) you can pay $200 for a MoCA adapter for every location in your house.

Another option is powerline, but it will depend on how you circuit breaker box is set up.

The guide to set up WMC 7 is available from the maker of WMC, Microsoft here
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-U.../set-it-up It literally takes 10 minutes to set up you own whole house DVR system.

Also, www.thegreenbutton.tv is a great place to read up on what worked for other people.

You can have up to 6 TV's connected to the system at once, following Microsoft's guidelines. You can add more, but only 6 can be on at the same time. You just have to turn off the others. Your only out of pocket to the cable TV provider is the rental fee for the CableCard, which many providers offer for free, and also offer discount for "brining your own equipment"

Quote from Teethye : Is there any way to make these work Roku boxes?

If Roku supports DLNA then yes.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/12/0...r-live-tv/

Edit: If your TV supports DLNA, then you don't need Roku, you just get it on TV directly. Right now it is only available as beta.

Quote from blueiedgod : If Roku supports DLNA then yes. http://www.engadget.com/2012/12/0...r-live-tv/ Edit: If your TV supports DLNA, then you don't need Roku, you just get it on TV directly. Right now it is only available as beta.

I have to pick your brains on this. Since you can setup XBMC to watch live tv, can a jailbroken apple tv be use as an extender since it can be setup with xbmc? TIA

Quote from poetuan : I have to pick your brains on this. Since you can setup XBMC to watch live tv, can a jailbroken apple tv be use as an extender since it can be setup with xbmc? TIA

if you have a sane provider, the answer to your question is yes.

just to add... time warner in most (all?) regions has the copy protection flags set that makes the dnla to xbmc streaming, basic functionality in any other software other than WMC, and the ease of moving recordings to other devices completely useless or not possible as everything is set to "copy once".

Quote from blueiedgod : If Roku supports DLNA then yes. http://www.engadget.com/2012/12/0...r-live-tv/ Edit: If your TV supports DLNA, then you don't need Roku, you just get it on TV directly. Right now it is only available as beta.

note this will not support premium channels without a ps3 client.

Quote from hightop32 : if you have a sane provider, the answer to your question is yes. just to add... time warner in most (all?) regions has the copy protection flags set that makes the dnla to xbmc streaming, basic functionality in any other software other than WMC, and the ease of moving recordings to other devices completely useless or not possible as everything is set to "copy once".

I have Comcast which is mostly copy freely unless it's HBO or something. So I set up a xbmc on my HTPC then install xbmc on an apple tv and I'm good to go? I know you need to setup strm files. Just wondering to see if getting an apple tv is worth trying it out

Quote from poetuan : I have Comcast which is mostly copy freely unless it's HBO or something. So I set up a xbmc on my HTPC then install xbmc on an apple tv and I'm good to go? I know you need to setup strm files. Just wondering to see if getting an apple tv is worth trying it out

something like that. you wouldnt have strm files for a cable card setup, however. thats for atsc hdhomerun tuners. check out the other link posted above that describes the new beta firmware functionality. basically it relies on DLNA/upnp which is available on many devices.

appletv isnt the only xbmc platform out there ya know :>

Quote from hightop32 : something like that. you wouldnt have strm files for a cable card setup, however. thats for atsc hdhomerun tuners. check out the other link posted above that describes the new beta firmware functionality. basically it relies on DLNA/upnp which is available on many devices. appletv isnt the only xbmc platform out there ya know :>

Never was a fan of apple but since I just read the jailbreak thread I might as well ask someone with knowledge

I would try with the PS3 but updating to the beta firmware you can't go back to the old one. If I mess up and my wife can't watch her Real housewives episodes then I'm in deep sewers LOL

Quote from poetuan : I would try with the PS3 but updating to the beta firmware you can't go back to the old one. If I mess up and my wife can't watch her Real housewives episodes then I'm in deep sewers LOL

Sigged.

I wanted to chime and and say that I'm a seasoned IT pro and this device was still a nightmare to set up. And up until the most recent "stable" release, the firmwares were terrible. Lots of TCP overloading, signal problems, etc. Newest release isn't perfect but its far better.

Unless you are an IT expert and have at least 10 hours to spend fighting with the device / cable provider / wmc / copy protection schemes this is not the device for you. I am now a happy user of my homerunprime but it was no picnic getting here.

You have been warned.