HdHomeRun - Our Answer to QAM?!

[insomniac]

Everybody make sure that you sign up to the sagetv group that he just created over on the forum. Lets get this ball rolling!

[ToxMox]

I signed up...ordered one too even though I won't have access to an HD antenna until I move into my house in a couple/few months. Hopefully it will support QAM in Sage so I can play too.

[evilpenguin]

Originally Posted by ToxMox

I signed up...ordered one too even though I won't have access to an HD antenna until I move into my house in a couple/few months. Hopefully it will support QAM in Sage so I can play too.

I'm with you on the QAM, that's pretty much the only way I can get HD in my new apartment. (Minus the R5000, but that's a last resort )

[Sam]

Originally Posted by insomniac

Everybody make sure that you sign up to the sagetv group that he just created over on the forum. Lets get this ball rolling!

I don't want to put up an OTA antenna; I'm far enough from the towers that I'd need something too unsightly for the WAF. But I do have Time Warner cable. Should this box allow me to pick up at least the local channels in HDTV? Any channel which is not 5C'd? If so, I'll order one and join the fun too.

I have a Fusion RT Gold, but don't get anything different than my PVR-500. Should I?

[Morgan111]

I received an HDHomeRun last week and was checking it out with the VLC viewer. With OTA it seemed to do a better job pulling in some solid channels than my Fusion 3. I can only get 1 major network OTA so that is not very practical. With QAM, I get a number of SD digital channels that are unencrypted (along with all of the Comcast Music Choice) with no problem. I an having problems with breakup on all of the non 5C'd HD channels. I'm trying to get support on that an may try to get it swapped out for a new one.

[insomniac]

You should get QAM chans if your provider is not encrypting in your area. I get a few QAM chans from Astound.

And I refuse to throw up a huge eye sore of an antenna on my house as well

Originally Posted by Sam

I don't want to put up an OTA antenna; I'm far enough from the towers that I'd need something too unsightly for the WAF. But I do have Time Warner cable. Should this box allow me to pick up at least the local channels in HDTV? Any channel which is not 5C'd? If so, I'll order one and join the fun too.

I have a Fusion RT Gold, but don't get anything different than my PVR-500. Should I?

[Commodore 64]

I've got an HDHR here as well, and I am in the SageTV usergroup. Can't wait to test it. Will definately keep everyone posted!

[insomniac]

92% now thats impressive!

Originally Posted by bcjenkins

http://www.silicondust.com/zxc/compo...page/Itemid,1/

[ErsatzTom]

Just ordered mine and signed up for the group. Should be interesting!

tom

[mikesm]

How are folks proposing to do the mapping for digital QAM carriers to "channels"?

Being able to view digital simulcast of analog expanded basic programming would be a huge win for Sage, and these channels are rarely encrypted it seems. Doing HD only could be done manually, I suppose, but mapping 50-70 SD channels by ahnd is going to get tricky.

Can the HDhomerun pick up the channel maps that the MSO's send out to cablecards and STB's? If so this would be a very elegant solution. I don't believe these messages are encrypted either.

Thanks,
Mike

[Kirby]

Originally Posted by insomniac

92% now thats impressive!

92% what?

[fidget]

Originally Posted by Kirby

92% what?

If you vote in the poll. SageTV is currently at 78%.

http://www.silicondust.com/zxc/compo...results/id,15/

[insomniac]

dropping fast! BTV users must have got the word

[Opus4]

Polls begin to lose their meaning when it is possible to vote early & vote often. They probably don't really have a good idea of how many votes there actually are.

- Andy

[bcjenkins]

Originally Posted by Opus4

Polls begin to lose their meaning when it is possible to vote early & vote often. They probably don't really have a good idea of how many votes there actually are.

- Andy

I don't know about this Andy.. I think we need a poll on the value of polls. Anyone feel like setting it up?

[thomaszoo]

The QAM tuner would be icing on the cake. I would buy it just for the OTA ATSC . Two more HD tuners without using up another slot! And I am thinking to keep things clean I would use the second network port on my HTPC. As soon as there are working drivers for OTA ATSC my order goes in!

I have an MDP-130 that does QAM tuning but without the frontend (Sage) it just isn't worth it to me . Right now I only use it as a backup for recording HD when my other HD tuners (A-180 and Firewire) are both tied up.

[dbfresh23]

Originally Posted by Opus4

Polls begin to lose their meaning when it is possible to vote early & vote often. They probably don't really have a good idea of how many votes there actually are.

Heh, I voted for SageTV twice this morning - once in IE and once in Firefox

[evilpenguin]

I just hooked up my new HDhomerun, tested it out using VLC, and all of my HD channels are coming in perfectly. I can't wait for sage support

[Morgan111]

Originally Posted by evilpenguin

I just hooked up my new HDhomerun, tested it out using VLC, and all of my HD channels are coming in perfectly. I can't wait for sage support

Me too! I had trouble with my HD channels breaking up but found that VLC was maxing out. I ran it on another computer notebook) and had no trouble. I figured an AMD64 3200+ on a geforce FX 5700 ultra would be good enough, but not with VLC I guess.

[insomniac]

according to his post at the forums, sagetv is next in line, in front of BTV and MCE. I cannot wait for QAM in sagetv! /me salvates