[mythtv-users] HDHomeRun

Jake Palmer jakep_82 at hotmail.com
Thu Apr 5 22:05:13 UTC 2007


>From: Rich West <Rich.West at wesmo.com>
>
>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

HD can run up to 19Mbps.  Multiply that by 5 (2 into the BE, 3 out of the 
BE) and you're probably beyond the limits of a 100Mbps network.  But that 
only applies if you're recording 2 HD channels and all 3 frontends are 
watching HD.  You might want to upgrade the ethernet card in your BE and 
your router to gigabit if you see that ever happening.

Jake

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