SiliconDust HDHomeRun Network Dual Digital TV Tuner Review

[guytechie]

@californiadajatt Check out my blog and my Epinions review of the HDHomeRun! So what is your set up like?

[guytechie]

@californiadajatt Sure! My HTPC is a Core 2 Duo 2.53 GHz cpu, nVidia GF 8500GT (HDMI out with SPDIF from mobo), Hauppage WinTV 2250 tuner, and this tuner. As for drives, I have a 2 TB HDD and a LG BD-ROM. I'm on Win 7 Ult 64-bit, and use WMC with Shark007's Win7Codecs which allows for playback of almost all media files in WMC.

[guytechie]

@californiadajatt Yes you can! Windows Media Center allows you to set different sources for different tuners. Tuner 0 can be for OTA, and Tuner 1 can be for basic unencrypted QAM cable. You can then set it up to pull the correct guide and channel listing. Since mine is all OTA, I set it up so that the internal tuners have priority, and to only use the HDHomeRun when both internal ones are already in use. This way, I have a better chance of getting a free tuner on my other PC..

[guytechie]

@californiadajatt It's actually quite easy! Windows 7 just detects them all! Seriously! It's as easy as I made it out to be in this video. I guess one day I will make a "how to" Windows Media Center video.

[3ScreenSolutions]

would this be working with EyeTV on an iPad?

[guytechie]

@3ScreenSolutions It should. If I recall, EyeTV on the iPad streams the video off the Mac that already has a tuner. HDHomeRun does work with the Mac. I haven't tried it, so you may want to make sure from another source before purchasing one for that purpose.

[joelang6126]

This product is fucking EPIC!, works perfectly with WMC,XBMC on all platforms windows, linux, max and xbox!

[guytechie]

@joelang6126 Agreed!