I have been reading the archives about HDHR, and I have a n00b question. Before I get to that, I am currently capturing SD from Comcast (channels 1-99) with PVR 250s. I have a Motorola 6412 dual tuner STB that gives me digital cable, encrypted content (HBO, SHO, etc.), and 20-30 HD channels. My primary motivation is to make more channels available to my myth box, I don't really care all that much about encrypted or HD content, but I'll take that as a bonus. I've been considering a firewire solution, but I've been reading about how quirky this can be, depending on the STB and the firewire card. Now, I am reading about how HDHR might also solve this problem. So....
<br><br>Is there a way to see what QAM channels an HDHR box could "see" before I plop down the $170? If we are talking basically the same content I get now via analog tuners, then HDHR makes no sense. However, if most of the digital channels are on the table, then HDHR is for me. A quick check of the silicondust website
<a href="http://www.silicondust.com/wiki/hdhomerun/channels">http://www.silicondust.com/wiki/hdhomerun/channels</a> shows, for my zip code, a list of mostly digital music channels, and a few other obvious things like networks, and some HD content. Not much content beyond what I get via analog capture, tho. Not sure how reliable this tool is since it doesn't know who my provider is.
<br><br>When considering firewire capture from my STB, or HDHR, which makes more sense? Ignore cost as a factor.<br><br>Thanks<br>Larry<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 12/6/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">
jason maxwell</b> <<a href="mailto:decepticon@gmail.com">decepticon@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="gmail_quote"><span class="q"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="gmail_quote"><div>Feel free to ignore / flame me as I'm sure I can find this elsewhere but I'm going to be lazy - Does the
<span id="st" name="st" class="st">HDHomerun</span> let me tune into all the non-HD channels I would normally get via a <span id="st" name="st" class="st">cable</span> ready TV? How speedy is it to cycle through the QAM channels? My QAM channels cycle between being blank and whatever On Demand shows are being watched at the time, and checking them takes about ten seconds per channel on my Vivitek HDTV. Is the
<span id="st" name="st" class="st">HDHomerun</span> faster at locking onto each channel?
<br></div></div><br></blockquote></span><div><br>Just for the fun of it, I tried to program those phantom on-demand channels into myth. I had some trouble since they dont show up sequentially, and not all at once. I managed to get a couple to come up in myth (didnt spend a ton of time on it), but cycling through takes forever, because if the channel is not available at the time, you get an error after a timeout, and then you can continue. Otherwise, tuning is pretty quick. I love my HDHR, and dont plan to ever part with it.
<br>-J<br></div></div>
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