[mythtv-users] HDHomeRun

[ryan patterson]

On 4/5/07, Willy Boyd <willyboyd at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 4/5/07, Rich West <Rich.West at wesmo.com> wrote:
> > After reading past posts on the list and looking at the device itself
> > (on the web page), is it as easy as it claims to be?  That old phrase of
> > "If it's too good to be true, it probably isn't" rings through my head
> > every time I come back to it.  But, from what I have read, a number of
> > people are using it.  What are people's experiences with the HDHomeRun
> > and does the antenna you choose have an impact (I'm sure it does, but by
> > how much)?  Is the HDHomeRun better/worse than getting an internal HD
> > tuner card?
> >
>
> FWIW, I got mine Monday and set it up that night.  After plugging
> things up and following the instructions (can be found on the wiki or
> silicondust's forums, sounds like you've found them), it really was
> THAT easy.
>
> You'll have to go through your channels and put in xmltvid's, and lots
> of your scanned channels might not actually tune, but as far as I'm
> aware these actions are independent of which HD tuner you end up going
> with and would be done regardless.  The real boon for me, was that
> this was my first foray into having more than one tuner.  I put in a
> two-way splitter on my cable line and instantly had 2 identical
> sources to record from.
>

The HDhomerun is very easy to set up and use.  I don't know why Willy
Boydsays you have toput in xmltvid's.  I never had to do that.  I
can't compare the HDhomerun's
tuner against any other HD tuners.  I hooked it up and it gets all my local
HD channels.  That is all I know.

I am a harsh critic and I rate the HDhomerun as a 9 out of 10.  It loses one
point because: no static ip address option, no wall mounting holes, and a
wall wart AC adapter.

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