[mythtv-users] HDHomeRun
Rich West
Rich.West at wesmo.com
Thu Apr 5 21:50:56 UTC 2007
Rich West 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
Of course I remember this right after I hit send..
How badly (if at all) does the HDHomeRun pound the network? I've got
one backend with 3 frontends. I don't think I have had all 3 FE's in
use at the same time, but with HD being pushed TO the BE and back out
again from the BE, will that become a choke point, or am I over
analyzing this?
-Rich
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