<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 1:15 PM, bhaskins <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bhaskins@chartermi.net" target="_blank">bhaskins@chartermi.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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On 09/06/2012 09:49 AM, David Litchman wrote:
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<blockquote> I've been trying to order one of these,
but no one seems to have them<br>
in stock, and one retailer told me that they're
discontinued. I could<br>
get two of the three-tuner model, but I'd prefer one
piece of<br>
equipment. Any good alternatives? Anyone know if
Silicondust working<br>
on a replacement for this unit?<br>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/KG48348MR-Instant-Advanced-Precision-0-18-Ounce/dp/B000BKO6DG/" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/KG48348MR-Instant-Advanced-Precision-0-18-Ounce/dp/B000BKO6DG/</a>
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AIUI, it would be little different from the 6CC unit,
save the<br>
additional power supply. :)<br>
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The 6CC literally was two 3CC boards in a shared case.
There were two network jacks, two cablecard slots, two
coaxial inputs, two USB ports for tuning adatpers,
two....<br>
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The only thing stopping someone from making their own is
the warranty.<br>
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Well, if I'm going to get two units, is there any reason to
get the 3CC over an InfiniTV USB? I kind of like the idea
of an ethernet interface but I'd be getting four tuners per
unit rather than three with the Silicondust...
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<div>I can think of a few reasons:</div>
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<div>1. Cost... can typically find a HDHR Prime for about $129
if your patient (woot, groupon, etc)</div>
<div> 2. Ethernet interface... arguably more reliable than
usb, infinitely more flexible as far as install options go.</div>
<div>3. Ethernet interface... yeah, again... works great for a
virtualized backend if you choose to do that.</div>
<div>4. Ethernet interface.... yep, one more... future proof
(nearly)... no underlying driver or hardware support (other
than ethernet), very unlikely to find a computer that can't
use the HDHR in the next 20 years. More likely to replace
it for some sort of IPTV adapter before then.</div>
<div>5. Very Mythtv friendly manufacturer... the folks at
Silicondust actually contribute to the development of Mythtv
to ensure support and are very active in the support of the
HDHR with Mythtv, even dedicating entire sections in their
forums to it.</div>
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<div>Item #5 is reason enough for me, Ceton doesn't even
advertise that it is compatible with Linux.</div>
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Thanks for the feedback, I actually already went and ordered two
of the HDHR Prime 3CCs. The price from Amazon was $129, guess I
got lucky there. <br>
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Now, obviously I'm going to have to split my coax connection,
what's the best way to go about that? Just a plain splitter, or
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Be careful here, I bought a power splitter and it actually caused
the loss of some channels.<br>
One of which my wife likes to watch.<br>
I had to pay to have the CCo come out and raise the power enough to
overcome the passive splitter losses.<br>
Needless to say, this did not make me a bigger fan of the CCo.<br>
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There seems to me some wonderful and creative engineering going on
here.<br>
Some of the main channels are very fussy about the plumbing
downstream from the cable while <br>
the junk channels would probably be OK using old speaker wire.<br>
<blockquote type="cite"><div class="im"> My
TV provider is Comcast, if that makes a difference.<br>
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</blockquote><br></div></blockquote><div>I bought an amplified splitter off eBay. I have a 2-way passive splitter at the ingress, with one cable going to the modem and the other the amplified splitter. From there all my runs go direct to their respective devices, including my HDHR prime. It works quite well for my home setup. When I get home I can post the manufacturer and model of the splitter, if anybody cares.<br>
<br>In a perfect world the only cables going to my TVs would be Ethernet, but the tech isn't quite there yet, and with my penchant for watching live TV combined with the copy-protection flag crap that so many channels use, it may never happen.<br>
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