What a mouthful! This is SiliconDust’s HDHomeRun Network Dual Digital TV Tuner. Think of it as a device with two digital TV tuners that connect to your computer via the network instead of USB. Because of this, it can be shared by other computers in your house! I really want a 2nd one just to lessen a chance of a tuner not being available, but that may be overkill. 🙂 Read my full review on Epinions, and please visit my site at www.guytechie.com
To check out the web configuration page of the HDHomeRun, check out this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2VwD7f0eRI
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@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..
Thanks for walking me through<3 love it.
@LMDNYC82 Yes, I guess that’s a side benefit. 🙂 @gerrafj3 It records on the hard drive. Make sure you set it to record on the largest drive you have.
@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.
Big hard drive and a a dedicated home theater PC running Windows Media Center. Media Center is included free with Windows 7 Home Edition, Professional, and Ultimate. You must purchase it separately for Windows 8 ($10) and you must have the Professional edition.
SiliconDust does make a cable version of the tuner, but is one I have in the video is specific for getting over-the-air HD channels. If you use Windows Media Center, you’ll have a very nice DVR, too.
so this basically makes ur cable channels hd and dvr without paying extra for it?
Fyi . Works beautifully with Windows 10 also. SiliconDust is still putting out firmware updates all these years later for it.
@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.
Hey, I have a Cable Box downstairs, I would like to use it with this Network Tuner so I can get HD Channels in my room.. I want to know how you hook this up? is it possible to hook it up with a cable box? I need to be able to have the TV working downstairs with the Tuner plugged into the cable box.. Does this mean i wont be able to watch cable on the tv downstairs if I have this plugged in? Can you help me out?
@joelang6126 Agreed!
@californiadajatt Check out my blog and my Epinions review of the HDHomeRun! So what is your set up like?
Hello GuyTechie,
When you say it is recording, where does it record? if it records on the computer how do you watch what you record on TV, and how could a computer record so many shows or movies. I have wireless 2 laptops with Windows 7, a wireless Wee, and a wireless old PC unused, with XP OS. I have a hi speed modem/router. I would like to replace Dish and Dishnetwork DVR with HDHomeRun & TV antenna. If you can help with a set-up pls send details to gentintexas at g m a i l d o t c o m. tks
it was not made clear to me if the prime supports ATSC when asked if it did the same except having the advantage of 3 tuners instead of 2 he said yes. I think no, the prime will not support ATSC am i correct?
@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.