Manufacturer :
Silicondust USA
Model : HD Homerun
Description :
Network Dual
HDTV Tuner/Decoder
MSRP : $199
IPCQUEEN.COM Price : $185.00
Network Dual HDTV tuner/recorder
Silicondust's HD
Homerun Dual HDTV Receiver/Tuner sports the most appropriate name. Unlike cards
installed in a PC, the HD Homerun connects to your home network. The brilliant
concept allows for compatible machines to connect to the tuners for watching
Live HDTV or recording to hard disk. Unlike most cards for PCs, the two tuners
allow multiple users, and Microsoft's BDA drivers offers a wide range of third
party user interfaces like MCE/Vista, SageTV, BeyondTV, VLC, and even MythTV
(Linux) to control the tuners over LAN. Tune and record two over-the-air TV
and/or un-encrypted HDTV cable channels to your PC's hard drive over LAN.
Network connected HD Homerun
is simple to install, and uses any hardware or programs capable of decoding
transport streams to view. Silicondust offers some of the best user support in
our opinion with an active community of users on-line. HD Homerun is the most
flexible and sensible way to add HDTV to all the PCs in your network.
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Key
Buying Points:
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ATSC and QAM (unencrypted) decoding and recording
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Watch and Record two channels at the same time
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Works with popular third party DVR Software, MCE, SageTV, VLC,
BeyondTV, Media Portal, and MythTV (Linux).
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Technical Specifications:
- 8-VSB (ATSC over-the-air
digital TV)
- QAM64/256 (unencrypted
digital cable TV)*
- IR Receiver (signal PC
with a standard remote control)
- 100baseTX high speed
network
*clear QAM under MCE Vista
currently in Beta.
Antenna
recommendations and availability of HDTV in your city
TitanTv.com
Antennaweb.org
**Un-encrypted cable signals in most markets are limited to the must carry
channels as mandated by the FCC for cable providers and generally consist of
over-the-air broadcasts such as ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, and PBS. Premium channels
are encrypted and require a set-top-box or other tuners using Cable Card and
cannot be viewed using HD Homerun.**
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