HDHR4-2US (Generation 4) Released

[cutdacord]

Newegg just released the new HDHR4-2US (DUAL).

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6815345015

Just ordered!

[aeblank]

What does it do over/better than the normal hdhr?

[cutdacord]

http://www.silicondust.com/forum2/viewt ... 13&t=16221

* DLNA support enables you to stream live TV to DLNA clients.
* HTTP streaming to clients/browsers which support MPEG2 video.
* Latest generation tuner/demod hardware.

(Versus the HDHR3-US)

[barnabas1969]

Or, if you want to be able to stream to devices that only support MPEG-4, you could buy this one (but it's expensive):
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6815345014

The really nice thing is that now that these new models have been released, the price of the HDHR-US is down to $84.99 now.

[richard1980]

I'm holding out for the next CableCARD model. If anything is ever released. In the meantime, I am perfectly happy with my two HDHRPs.

[mcewinter]

Am I wrong or is this product pretty much irrelavant as QAM is being phased out? I would think OTA is somewhat of niche market especially in a the niche market of MC. I'm a little surprised at this product.

[barnabas1969]

I think there are a lot more people using OTA on Media Center than you think. I'm one of them. I have both OTA and CableCARD. I just think that the CableCARD crowd is much more vocal here.

About 2/3 of my recordings come from OTA. I've actually been debating whether or not it's worth paying for cable anymore. It would save me approximately $65/month to dump cable and keep the 30/2 Internet service I have (with no monthly caps).

[aeblank]

Ota rocks! =-)

[mcewinter]

I have nothing against OTA, I wish I could get a clear signal but I'm in the city surrounded by taller buildings than my own. I think I would need several antennas to get something reliable. When I did get my locals via QAM, that was my dominent source as well. I'm just a little surprised that SD improved on their current product. Kudos...they're a great company.

[dotbatman]

No cable here. Just OTA and FTA satellite. I can see how it would be perceived as a niche market, and it probably is. Most people that I know don't realize that OTA even still exists, and thought it was phased out when Analog broadcasting ended. A lot of my friends subscribed to cable/satellite because of this misunderstanding.

[barnabas1969]

Most people that I know don't realize that OTA even still exists, and thought it was phased out when Analog broadcasting ended. A lot of my friends subscribed to cable/satellite because of this misunderstanding.

It's amazing to me when I hear this. When the TV stations in the US were transitioning to digital, there were TONS of advertisements explaining what was happening. I don't understand how anyone could have missed them.

[mistarick]

Hdhr us a good buy for Ota? Debating between one or an avermedia duet. I like that the hdhr is networked and any pc can use an available tuner. Duet is only like 45. What day we?

[barnabas1969]

The HDHR tuners are excellent. I've never owned an Avermedia. I had a Hauppauge 2250, and it was fine too.

[mistarick]

I think I'm going to buy one for Ota for my next build. Although my buddy wants me to build him an htpc and I think I may try the duet for his because he doesn't have a network and I could save him money that he doesn't want to spend.

[hooraah]

I'm really tempted by this. I have a handful of HTPCs now, one HDHR-prime 3 tuner, and one USB OTA tuner.

I'd like to expand my tuners a bit. The network tuners are convenient most of the time, but every once in awhile will say "no tuner available" on the CCprime when there definitely is one and it drives me insane. On top of that, some of my latest HTPC boxes are wireless/powerline ethernet and bandwidth can be spotty.

I can get 2 Kworld ATSC tuners for around $50 and attach one to each upstairs HTPC, freeing up the prime tuners (if recording a show that comes in OTA) and reducing network bandwidth.

Or, I can get the new HDHR which adds 2 OTA tuners, but adds to the pool making them more easily shared and more versatile. Plus can stream DLNA to tablets.

With USB tuners, I can dedicate the tuners to the boxes, so they'll always have something to record the major networks. With networked tuners you never know if you're overbooking your recordings unless you dedicate individual tuners to individual boxes, which reduces flexibility.

Hmm....decisions.....

[Shackleford]

Its been a while now but when I tried the kworld USB tuner it kept giving me problems. Constantly had to unplug, replug and fiddle with it to get it working. I liked the hdhr3-us better as it just works.

[hooraah]

Good to know. Network tuners can sometimes drive me batty but my USB and PCI tuners have all been happauge/ATI, and were pretty reliable. Never tried the Kworld. Grass is always greener on the other side....I just want the most reliable setup.

[rpvmlvol]

Testing a HDHR4-2US right now. Just using WMC 7 with MCEbuddy then transferring to QNAP NAS with DLNA to Sony BD player. All works for now, trying to eliminate the Tivo's. Have been able to record two OTA stations at same time in HD. Next will try the HDHR Prime I already bought, will take cable card from one of the Tivo's.

Eventually hope to get smart TV and NAS with HDMI to feed it.

[Wrobertdavis]

I am really new to this world, but got into it rather quickly knee deep and maybe chest deep in the future. I live south of Houston, Texas which is an OTA bonanza. I have two of the aforementioned Homerun tuners (4 lines total) I am using a plain rectangle sheet indoor antenna mounted behind a large oil painting and get 89 channels. It is all feeding a modest cost new laptop PC running windows 8.1 professional WMC. I just added my media center apps on my ipad and iPhones.

It is all working incredibly well. Even if I eliminate some of the less useful channels (to me), I still have 15-20 worthwhile channels to watch and record.

Bob

[aeblank]

Dang. I get 6 unique stations.