Thinking of cutting the cord and going OTA--tuner advice?
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Thinking of cutting the cord and going OTA--tuner advice?
I have a Ceton 4 PCIe, which has run very well for the last 3.5 years. But I'm thinking of dropping cable TV service altogether.
I love having 4 tuners. It's wonderful.
What direction should I look for OTA tuners nowadays?
I love having 4 tuners. It's wonderful.
What direction should I look for OTA tuners nowadays?
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HDHR dual or plus seem pretty good unless you want to ditch WMC and get a Tivo Roamio OTA.
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Tivo is my plan B right now.
Is it me, or does Silicon Dust's web site suck?
Is it me, or does Silicon Dust's web site suck?
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I use a pair of AverMedia Duet dual tuner cards for a total of 4 tuners. However it appears the company has stopped making them. I did pick one up from ebay but that was some time ago. That being said they have worked flawlessly.
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Yeah, AverMedia Duet (A188 I believe) or Hauppauge 2250 are great for internal. Otherwise you are looking at HDhomeruns. I know everyone here loves HDhomeruns but I prefer everything in one box/off my network.
P.S. Very strongly considering doing the same. Now that we have two young kids we never really watch TV anymore and OTA/Netflix/Amazon Instant/Other( ) would be good enough. Just need to convince the wife.
P.S. Very strongly considering doing the same. Now that we have two young kids we never really watch TV anymore and OTA/Netflix/Amazon Instant/Other( ) would be good enough. Just need to convince the wife.
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For my physical layout, it looks like it'll be FAR easier to have network connected tuners stuck out of the way, upstairs. So HDHomerun it would be.
So, HDHR experts: Dual or Plus? Does the Plus have any different/better/newer tuner in it? I don't care about DLNA streaming to portable devices; this is purely for WMC duties, all watching to be through WMC.
I'd be buying two of them, so the $40 difference between the two is meaningful. But if the tuner performance is meaningful, I will make the proper investment in the right units.
So, HDHR experts: Dual or Plus? Does the Plus have any different/better/newer tuner in it? I don't care about DLNA streaming to portable devices; this is purely for WMC duties, all watching to be through WMC.
I'd be buying two of them, so the $40 difference between the two is meaningful. But if the tuner performance is meaningful, I will make the proper investment in the right units.
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Adam I am using the plus and it works great. One thing to remember, and I am sure you've already done this, is to make sure to check your signal strength at TVfool.com to make sure your reception will be adequate for waf.
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Even better: I picked up a cheap antenna to see what would happen. I get everything except for The CW, which is on the edge at 32 miles out. I don't think I watch anything on that channel, so it might not be an issue. I get all the other locals, plus a subchannel that isn't on the cable lineup.
So the investment would be a couple HDHR, another Roku, Hulu Plus, and maybe Amazon Prime.
So the investment would be a couple HDHR, another Roku, Hulu Plus, and maybe Amazon Prime.
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Also Adam make sure you're running the HD home runs off of dedicated switches and not just the switches inside of a wireless router. I had nothing but problems when attempting to use the switch inside my linksys routers. Switching to a dedicated consumer grade switch fixed all of the network problems.
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As far as I can tell the main difference is that the plus has hardware conversion to H.264 AVC. So if your not interested is streaming quality as the dual supports streaming & DLNA then the dual will be fine regardless if using DLNA. Also if your using an extender that has issues handling h.264 then it is a feature that is undesireable.adam1991 wrote:For my physical layout, it looks like it'll be FAR easier to have network connected tuners stuck out of the way, upstairs. So HDHomerun it would be.
So, HDHR experts: Dual or Plus? Does the Plus have any different/better/newer tuner in it? I don't care about DLNA streaming to portable devices; this is purely for WMC duties, all watching to be through WMC.
I'd be buying two of them, so the $40 difference between the two is meaningful. But if the tuner performance is meaningful, I will make the proper investment in the right units.
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Tagged for interest. Are there no quad-tuner ATSC cards? I know the HVR-2250 is EOL and the replacement, the HVR-2255, isn't highly regarded at places like AVS Forums.
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I have two duals for my 6 OTA channels. Beats the crud out off $80/mo or more.