[mythtv-users] HDHomeRun Vs. PCIe tuner card?

[jedi]

On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 09:21:16AM -0500, James Oltman wrote:
> > I like my HDHomerun but there are two things that need to be pointed out:
> >
> > 1) The HDHR is susceptible to electromagnetic noise.  Sitting in the stack
> > of electronics under my TV, I had regular glitches in recordings.  Moved a
> > couple of feet of to one side, it is much better.  But it is off center for
> > IR commands which trips up visitors.
> >
> > 2) The tuner in the HDHR is less than stellar.  A number of people have
> > reported that their HDHR recordings have glitches when other tuners
> > (computer or in the TV) are perfect.  Some people are able to receive
> > distant stations with other tuners but not the HDHR.
> >
> > As I said, I like my HDHR, but I'd like to see a hardware rev to address
> > these issues.  I'd pay $50 more for one with shielding and a more-modern
> > tuner.
> >
> > Craig
> >
> >
> I would agree with point 2.  I'm not saying it's a bad tuner.  I have had
> problems with the tuners in my HDHR.  I was on the IRC channel trying to
> solve an issue why my $2000 Samsung TV was getting more channels (digital

    I tried to use the (rather nice) wiring in my house to feed the signal
from my internal antenna down to the home office and living room. However,
I found that the various splitters involved pretty much ruined the resulting
signal. Although my HDHR still did better than my $3000 TV under similar
conditions.

    The great thing about the HDHR is that I can have it in one room and have
the corresponding backend in another room and have no loss of singal (like
I would have doing the same thing with the coax). I don't have to have a
rather bulky backend box sitting next to my antenna.

> music channels) when my HDHR was not.  They attributed the issue to the
> splitters used in my house.  They recommended a particular brand of powered
> splitter.  It's about $100 for 8 ports.  I haven't purchased it yet, as I'm
> waiting for the remodel on my basement first.
> The money and ease of adding it to a Myth install make this tuner my choice.

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