[mythtv-users] HDHomeRun

Mitch Gore mitchell.gore at gmail.com
Thu Apr 5 21:50:22 UTC 2007


they are warm to the touch but not HOT.

On 4/5/07, Rich West <Rich.West at wesmo.com> wrote:
>
> ryan patterson wrote:
> >
> >
> > On 4/5/07, *Willy Boyd* <willyboyd at gmail.com
> > <mailto:willyboyd at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     On 4/5/07, Rich West <Rich.West at wesmo.com
> >     <mailto: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
> > Boyd says you have to put 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.
>
> It is funny you mention the AC adapter.  That was one of those things I
> was thinking "Aww, crud.  Not another power cube".
>
> I am pretty much sold on the idea of the HDHomeRun.  I think my other
> concerns are more HD related, like planning for the larger file sizes
> (not sure what the ratio is per hour of video), adjusting MythTV to use
> the HD tuners at a higher priority than the PVR-150's already in the
> system (when appropriate), etc.
>
> How hot do these things run, anyhow?
>
> I just I should just go and buy one already. :)
>
> -Rich
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