HDHomeRun Prime $99.99 free shipping

[cbn]

http://www.frys.com/ads/page124#AdNavi

Current price on these is $124.99.99 free shipping at Newegg:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815345006

And $127.88 free shipping At Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/SiliconDust-HDHomeRun-PRIME-Cable-3-Tuner/dp/B004HKIB6E

For anyone that doesn't know about Silicon Dust HDHomeRun, it is a network attached tuner (ie, connects to the router). It comes in the cable card version (Prime, the one on sale here) and the OTA versions (Connect and Extend, which uses an antennae).

More information here for the Prime model:

Technical Information

Three Tuners: Anywhere on Your Network:

• Watch Cable TV from any computer on your network

• Record full 1080i broadcast resolution

• Watch, Pause, Record, & Rewind Live TV

• Schedule and record all your favorite TV shows

• Expand with multiple HDHomeRun devices

TV sources:

• US digital cable TV



Works with popular DVR software:

• Windows 7, Windows Media Center

• Record all your favorite TV shows by name

• Schedule future or season recordings.

• Integrated TV guide (provided by the DVR software)

• Never miss your favorite show



Works with existing HDHomeRun Units:

• HDHomeRun PRIME can be added to existing HDHomeRundevices, to allow for additional tuners in your home network

• Allows multiple signal input sources on the same network

• Adds premium channels to your home network



Compatible with:

• Windows Media Center on Windows 7



Specifications:

• US digital cable TV - 3 tuners, 1 RF input

• Multistream CableCARD (M-Card) compatible

• 1000baseT (gigabit Ethernet) network interface (backwards compatible with 100baseTX networks)

• 1 year warranty



Requirements:

• Dual Core PC

• 2GB RAM Recommended

• 4-8GB disk space per hour of HD recording,1-2GB per hour of SD recording

• 100Mbit or 1000Mbit Ethernet network

• Windows 7

• Subscription to digital cable service

• CableCARD (M-Card) from your cable provider

P.S. If planning to use with DVR Software keep in mind only Windows Media Center found in Windows 7 (and at one time optional for Windows 8.1 Pro) can record all cable TV channels. For other DVR Software like Myth TV and Next PVR, only channels flagged "copy freely" can be recorded.

 

[Ryland]

I have been using one for years and find it works really well. Only downside is you need to rent a cablecard. They pulled WMC out of Windows 10 but there are supposedly ways to install it anyway.

 

[SimMike2]

I have been using one for years and find it works really well. Only downside is you need to rent a cablecard. They pulled WMC out of Windows 10 but there are supposedly ways to install it anyway.

Which is why I am staying with Windows 7 for now.

 

[Ryland]

Which is why I am staying with Windows 7 for now.

Same here but Im tempted to make a backup of my drive, upgrade to windows 10, authenticate it, see if I can get WMC installed and running and if not then restore my backup. Since it will have been authenticated I can always reinstall in the future for free.

 

[lupi]

Same here but Im tempted to make a backup of my drive, upgrade to windows 10, authenticate it, see if I can get WMC installed and running and if not then restore my backup. Since it will have been authenticated I can always reinstall in the future for free.

Have 3 machines running WMC. One is next to the other (home wmc server) so it having wmc running not a real need. Going to upgrade that one from 7 to 10 to see what i can get working.

 

[cbn]

Back in stock online.

 

[13Gigatons]

sub

 

[lupi]

Ordered when it was expected to ship late june to decide if I wanted to cancel it later...just got email that it will arrive tuesday. yah?

 

[cbn]

Back on sale for $99.99 free shipping.

 

[cbn]

Back on sale for $99.99 free shipping.

Sale ends 8/6/2016.

 

[DesiPower]

refurb @ Newegg - $90

 

[you2]

I picked one up; seems an interesting device but documentation very thin.

 

[cbn]

I picked one up; seems an interesting device but documentation very thin.

Have you installed it yet?

 

[cbn]

refurb @ Newegg - $90

Glad to know those exist.

Another source of used units is ebay. Right now there is one advertised by a private seller for $55.00 (or best offer) with free shipping.

 

[you2]

Not much to 'install'. I plugged it in and have an activated cable card. vlc on 14.04 is able to find all the channels (via universal plug-in) vlc under 16.04 is not.
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Only one channel in my market has drm enabled (out of approx 200); sadly I used that channel occasionally but not very often. I do not have any preimum move channels (like hbo, showtime, ...) but they likely have drm enabled.

Have you installed it yet?