HDHomeRun Single tuner for $70

[roy]

Newegg has the HDHomerun single tuner for $70 USD today here

[sub]

What were they thinking with that color....

[mvallevand]

The HDHR's at one time were the thought of best simply because of the lack of competition (especially for linux MythTV and MCE) With dual analog/digital models available now from Hauppauge like the HPVR 2250 for around $130 CDN why would anyone want an HDHR single or dual? I was thinking maybe to avoid a long antenna run, but you still need the network and power adapter. This isn't rhetorical I am serious.

Martin

[pcostanza]

I've found my HDHR to be much more dependable than my 2250 but I do admit I like most of what I've used from Hauppauge.
Off the subject somewhat, I wonder why Silicon is so late with their cable card beta and why they are having such a hard time of communicating what's going on with it. Just a simple "quit asking" would do but maybe that's just what they are doing.

[mvallevand]

We don't have the choice for cable card here but each month I've seen the number of 5c channels increased, there maybe are 3 channels out of 800 that I could record. Really for PC users cable card means 7MC because of DRM.

Martin

[pcostanza]

I started testing cablecards for MS in 2006 and have had 2 in use since then (Vista). But, as much as I like it, I still like the simplicity of using the standard tuners. I get the best of both worlds.

[ElihuRozen]

The HDHR's at one time were the thought of best simply because of the lack of competition (especially for linux MythTV and MCE) With dual analog/digital models available now from Hauppauge like the HPVR 2250 for around $130 CDN why would anyone want an HDHR single or dual? I was thinking maybe to avoid a long antenna run, but you still need the network and power adapter. This isn't rhetorical I am serious.

Martin

You can split a signal only so much. If you have your Server coming off the same cable feed as a cable modem & you have multiple tuner cards & a Tv & a cable box & a DTA, it might be nice to be able to stick the HDHR in a different room being fed off a different cable drop. I don't have an HDHR, but I could see only needing an ethernet connection to a room with an unused cable drop being advantageous.