The HDHomerun is an ethernet based dual television tuner. It’s compatible with Linux, Mac and Windows and since I have a mixed OS household, thought it would be the way to go.
On the Silicondust forum, I’ve noticed a number of posters who reported problems in the Windows 7 release candidate. Although I’ve only had the Homerun on my network for about 4 days, so far it’s been entirely straightforward and easy to use.
It was literally:
- Unpack box
- Plug in cable
- Plug in power
- Install drivers
- Use Media Center to scan for TV channels
- Watch TV
Since my whole house aside from the little hub around my cable modem is wireless, the picture quality, especially on HD broadcasts can be a bit choppy when I’m “doing other stuff” on the Internet and trying to watch/record TV at the same time. But when the wireless network is quiescent, the picture quality is great.
Originally, I had dismissed the idea of a MythTV box “just” to record television, but I’m thinking now it might be a good idea. I could record the TV shows on the Myth server, and copy the files to my Home Server, and then from the Home Server, all the PCs and Macs in my house could watch the shows. Probably not a good idea to toss this idea to the wife right now, but it’s in the back of my head. 