HdHomerun Premium TV....

[Deacon Crusher]

Just got an email from Silicon Dust. They have a Cord Cutter product coming out. One will be able to watch 45 cable channels through an HdHomerun Connect (OTA tuner.)

$35 a month.

If sage could tune those channels and receive and record them from the Connects, then Sage can continue to exist post Cord Cutting.

Very excited by this.

Anyone have any info?

https://www.silicondust.com/premium-tv/

[KryptoNyte]

That is a really fantastic spread of channels, basically has everything that I would normally watch, and a great price. I don't know how they landed that deal, but someone at Silicondust must have worked very hard to get this.

I suppose the compatibility with Sage just depends on the level of content protection we'll be looking at. This would be enough for me to eliminate cable television once and for all. It seems to claim that its already working on some devices, can anyone verify the file level content protection?

[KryptoNyte]

How would the Silicondust channel lineup integrate with Sage? Would we still fetch it through schedule's direct somehow?

I wonder if Silicondust will follow the cable companies model of price creep over the first 24 months of use.

[Deacon Crusher]

I've updated one of my connects.

Set for an OTA tuner, the scan inside sage doesn't find these channels.

Set as a digital tuner the scan is going very slowly.

Thanks

[Deacon Crusher]

still didn't find channels.

Going to try with open dtc

[Deacon Crusher]

That doesn't seem to work either.

Has anyone gotten Sage to tune the 4 digit hd homerun premiere channels?

[Taddeusz]

I realize it's a streaming service but I'm not sure I'd like the quality. I asked them about that on Twitter and they replied back with that it's 720p H.264 at 2.5Mb. They didn't comment on the audio quality so I'm not sure if it's 5.1 surround or just stereo.

Not sure what I would be expecting for $35/mo and I don't know how that compares to other services like Sling TV.

It actually looks like Sling TV comes in at between 3.7 and 5.4Mb depending on the channel.

[RonBoyd]

Originally Posted by Taddeusz

I realize it's a streaming service but I'm not sure I'd like the quality. I asked them about that on Twitter and they replied back with that it's 720p H.264 at 2.5Mb. They didn't comment on the audio quality so I'm not sure if it's 5.1 surround or just stereo.

Not sure what I would be expecting for $35/mo and I don't know how that compares to other services like Sling TV.

It actually looks like Sling TV comes in at between 3.7 and 5.4Mb depending on the channel.

I don't see how it is competitive. Even the lowest price ($40) DirecTV NOW level has more channels.

https://cordcutting.com/live-tv-stre...el-comparison/

[Taddeusz]

Originally Posted by RonBoyd

I don't see how it is competitive. Even the lowest price ($40) DirecTV NOW level has more channels.

https://cordcutting.com/live-tv-stre...el-comparison/

We are currently using Sling TV Orange and are considering dropping it. We don't actually watch it that often.

[jm9843]

Originally Posted by KryptoNyte

How would the Silicondust channel lineup integrate with Sage? Would we still fetch it through schedule's direct somehow?

I read on the SiliconDust forum that Schedule's Direct has created two lineups (East/West) for this. So Sage should be able to utilize those with the integrated Schedule's Direct support I would think.

Originally Posted by KryptoNyte

I asked them about that on Twitter and they replied back with that it's 720p H.264 at 2.5Mb. They didn't comment on the audio quality so I'm not sure if it's 5.1 surround or just stereo.

It's currently only stereo audio. SiliconDust has commented that increasing the quality is a top priority of theirs. They are limiting the service to 5k subscribers initially to monitor for QOS while they scale the service up. The quality is likely a conservative 2.5Mb for that reason. They're taking a cautious approach for the rollout.

Originally Posted by RonBoyd

I don't see how it is competitive. Even the lowest price ($40) DirecTV NOW level has more channels.

It's price competitive to the other OTT streaming TV services but its BIG advantage is being DRM free and able to be integrated with 3rd party software that enables fun things (e.g. comskip, expanded storage, remote viewing, archiving).

[Taddeusz]

Originally Posted by jm9843

It's price competitive to the other OTT streaming TV services but its BIG advantage is being DRM free and able to be integrated with 3rd party software that enables fun things (e.g. comskip, remote viewing).

I do see that as a distinct advantage for the relatively small group of people that care about that kind of thing.

[davidb]

I don't know of a easy way to get Sage to record DirectTV Now. I don't watch any show live except news as I use comskip to skip the 15 to 20 minutes on a hour show. In reading if I got their Quatro tuner then I could have 4 tuners for Sage then I could record or watch news live from anywhere in the house using a hd-300. I currently have the cheapest package from directv which is around $55 per month but I also have 4 receivers and am charged $7 each for 3 of them. Add in the $10 hd charge and $6.64 "sports fee" and pricing wise it would be a no brainer! I have been reading the silicondust forums and at the moment there are major complaints about the stream quality. The SD guy nickk is aware of it and indicates they are working on it.

I also have a 5.1 setup and find no mention of them supporting it so I assume they don't.

I would love for them to get the bit rate up and support 5.1 sound!

Originally Posted by RonBoyd

I don't see how it is competitive. Even the lowest price ($40) DirecTV NOW level has more channels.

https://cordcutting.com/live-tv-stre...el-comparison/

[jm9843]

Originally Posted by Taddeusz

I do see that as a distinct advantage for the relatively small group of people that care about that kind of thing.

aka everyone reading my comment here on this forum.

[NetworkGuy]

Originally Posted by davidb

I don't know of a easy way to get Sage to record DirectTV Now.

Or any other streaming service. Which is fine if you have a good Internet connection, but when you do not, it is great to have a recording that you could playback offline.

The BIG advantage is the ability to record a streaming service without having a cable subscription.

[NetworkGuy]

Can these channels be recorded by HDHumeRun's DVR? Or PLEX's DVR?

I suppose you could just import that recording into SageTV.

[jm9843]

Originally Posted by NetworkGuy

Can these channels be recorded by HDHumeRun's DVR? Or PLEX's DVR?

HDHomeRun DVR: Yes.

Plex DVR: Yes, with some guide mapping headaches.

Channels DVR: Yes, fully supported with the current beta.

[SHS]

Originally Posted by jm9843

HDHomeRun DVR: Yes.

Plex DVR: Yes, with some guide mapping headaches.

Channels DVR: Yes, fully supported with the current beta.

You for got Emby Yes, fully supported

[BobbyDing]

Does anybody know what wrapper these new channels will be streamed in? If I remember correctly Sage could not play or record HDHR EXTEND streams that were hardware compressed from the EXTEND. Maybe because they were mp4? Doesn't Sage require .ts or .mpg?

NEVERMIND....Just read that it streams in .ts.

[tvmaster2]

Originally Posted by jm9843

HDHomeRun DVR: Yes.

Plex DVR: Yes, with some guide mapping headaches.

Channels DVR: Yes, fully supported with the current beta.

and, will we be able to view the service from outside our home and network, like Hauppauge has planned for their Cordcutter device, or are we stuck only being able to watch while sitting at home? If we could at least schedule recording while away from home, then could we watch while either out of the house or country?

[davidb]

If it's mapped in a Sage tunner then the Android MiniClient or my SageRemote in beta for IOS should both let you watch and schedule a recording from anywhere. This is the first streaming service I know of that doesn't have DRM!!! Also being "able" to have potentially 4 tunners with the one card would be great!

David

Originally Posted by tvmaster2

and, will we be able to view the service from outside our home and network, like Hauppauge has planned for their Cordcutter device, or are we stuck only being able to watch while sitting at home? If we could at least schedule recording while away from home, then could we watch while either out of the house or country?