[mythtv-users] HDHomeRun Vs. PCIe tuner card?

John Finlay finlay at moeraki.com
Wed Aug 12 18:19:59 UTC 2009


R. Kannan wrote:
> John wrote:
>   
>> I have two HDHomerun tuners and really like them. I have used them on a 
>> 100MB net and also a 1GB net without a problem. I also have a couple of 
>> PCHDTV5500's (PCI) which also work very well. I would lean towards the 
>> HDHRs just for the convenience of not having to install inside a case. 
>> The only caveat I have with the HDHRs is that if you are using an 
>> antenna for OTA reception the latest firmware (20090806) is not as good 
>> as the previous (20090415) for weaker channels in the presence of 
>> multipath interference (mostly Hi VHF).
>>
>> John
>>     
>
> I have been using HDHR for a year or so without any upgrade to the firmware 
> for OTA ATSC channels.
>
> Is there a way to download the previous version of the firmware? The silicondust 
> site seems to have only the latest version.
>   
Try this site:

http://distfiles.macports.org/hdhomerun/

John


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