[mythtv-users] HDTV Tuner Cards - Please catch me up a few years

Craig Treleaven ctreleaven at cogeco.ca
Mon Sep 13 00:53:37 UTC 2010


At 2:46 PM -0500 9/12/10, Brian Foddy wrote:
>On Sun, 2010-09-12 at 14:47 -0400, Craig Treleaven wrote:
>> At 1:22 PM -0500 9/12/10, Brian Foddy wrote:
>> >2.  The HDHomerun,
>>
>> If possible, you might want to hold off a few weeks.  SiliconDust is introducing a new model, HDHomeRun PRIME.  Not clear when it will be available for sale, though.
>>
>> http://www.silicondust.com/company/news/
>>
>> Craig
>
>Craig,
>That is an interesting announcement, thanks for that.  Getting CableCARD
>access into Mythtv might even encourage me to subscribe to cable again
>after 15 years of total OTA.  But I also cherish the $100+ a month I
>don't have to send to Comcast :).
>
>But for my parents, cable is less of an option (living in a rural area).
>I did find a forum
>http://wiki.mediacentersandbox.com/forums/t/69520.aspx?PageIndex=1
>where people basically saw no difference in reception quality.
>
>Both houses are about 20 miles from the transmission towers.  I actually
>have more reception problems in town than they do (they can actually see
>the towers).  We both have pretty decent Winegard antenna, theirs is a
>bit longer-range more direction than mine.  In my case, a windy
>overcast /drizzle late fall day can be a real problem getting HD,
>especially the channels in the UHF bands.

Aha.  I'd noticed the wording that it 'builds on the success of the HDHomeRun', and assumed that meant it would continue to have both QAM and ATSC tuners.  Reading more closely, the press release only mentions "digital cable tuners" which leaves out OTA.  Bummer.  I was looking to add one to my set-up.

Craig



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