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[eBay Plus] SiliconDust HDHomeRun CONNECT QUATRO TV Tuner $215.65 Delivered @ Techware eBay

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[eBay Plus] SiliconDust HDHomeRun CONNECT QUATRO TV Tuner $215.65 Delivered @ Techware eBay
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The network DVR solution for Live and recorded Free-to-air HDTV

  • 4 tuners which work with Free-to-air broadcast HDTV (DVB-T) from your digital TV aerial1
  • Send HDTV via your existing home WiFi or wired network to the widest range of smart devices.
  • Pause on one device and resume on another with multi-user, multi-device, multi-room Seamless Viewing™.
  • Increase your number of tuners by adding more HDHomeRun products.
  • Works with our DVR software to enable you to schedule and record HDTV that you can watch on smart devices around your home.

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  1. Requires TV aerial. Sold Separately. ↩

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  • flashi007 on 18/06/2019 - 14:34

    Most of the channels have live tv via their apps don’t they?

    • kirt on 18/06/2019 - 14:49
      +1

      Yeah, but some shows are blacked out, in particular a lot of live sports and some shows on channel Ten.

      • et tu brute on 18/06/2019 - 16:27

        Most major sports TV deals (AFL, NRL etc) have NOT included digital broadcast rights with their exclusive TV broadcast rights. They appear to be following the US model where the digital rights are either managed directly by the code or sold separately.
        I have a Major League Baseball (mlb.tv) subscription and can watch any game from Australia. However if I was living in a 'blackout' area, e.g. San Francisco, I couldn't watch any "live" digital broadcast of the local games, and would have to wait for 90 mins to begin watching. Local TV broadcaster would have those rights, or re-broadcast affiliate games (Fox Sports, NBC Sports, CBSsports, AT&T etc) Alternatively, you could pay for a single team pack and watch all your favourite team's home & away games and nothing else. The landscape changes from year-to-year.

        The HD Homerun can record your FTA sport which you can stream anywhere throughout the house via ethernet or wi-fi.

        This unit DOES NOT allow your to network your Foxtel subscription (in the some Cale, Satellite & VSOD providers can be run through the HD Homerun device. My guess is that Foxtel won't play in the sandbox if 3rd party equipment is involved. I would't hold my breath waiting.

        There are some good YouTube channels that cover this device. A quick google search for lon.tv will provide good results.

        The Foxtel issue aside, these HD Homerun units are a good choice if your want to view/record TV over a network. Currently, I am using an excellent 10 yo HTPC with a quad channel TV PCIe card recording to a WD NAS (as a PVR). I playback using Plex and Kodi with good results. When this HTPC finally bites the dust, I will look at HD Homerun as the replacement.

    • eug on 18/06/2019 - 15:45
      +1

      You can also record shows with this tuner which will allow you to fast forward through the ads, or save a copy to your phone or tablet for later viewing.

      • Punkboy on 18/06/2019 - 22:13

        With an additional $10 per month subscription right?

        • eug on 18/06/2019 - 22:57

          There's no subscription needed unless you want to specifically use their service.

          This tuner can be used with free DVR software. I used to just run Windows Media Center which comes free with Windows 7. It's really easy to scroll through the EPG and set shows to "Record series" which would then record the show every time it came on, even if the timeslot changes.

          It would be saved as .dvr-ms files which then gets automatically converted to MP4 with another program so I can keep it, or copy it to my phone or tablet to watch when travelling.

  • ablqadir on 18/06/2019 - 14:43

    thinking of getting this one, but what will be its use, will it put my unlimited NBN plan to some use??

    • MorriJ on 18/06/2019 - 14:45
      +3

      Get it! Not sure you know what it is, but get it! Put that NBN plan to some use. Stream that free to air from home to your mobile I guess … (?).

    • finnthecheapskate on 18/06/2019 - 14:48

      I have an older version. It’s good to beam regular tv to Apple tvs, or screens that usually don’t have an antenna.

      • BlinkyBill on 18/06/2019 - 15:19

        Kodi + IPTV AUS

    • bchliu on 18/06/2019 - 14:48

      This allows you to stream TV channels to 4 devices under the same WIFI/network in your house. Does not require or use the NBN.
      I got the older 2 device one and sucks with the TV signal. I've tried to amplify / boost it but still not working great.

    • et tu brute on 18/06/2019 - 16:32

      This will have NO EFFECT on your NBN data plan (except to get EPG data). You connect the HD Homerun to your TV antennae outlet direct. You then connect your WH Homerun to your router to enable the feed to be distributed over your home network.

  • kirt on 18/06/2019 - 14:46
    +3

    $144 for the Duo:

    https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/SiliconDust-HDHomeRun-CONNECT-DU…

  • skysky on 18/06/2019 - 14:52
    +3

    I dont watch TV at all, but it's great. Have it hooked up to Plex, can watch TV on the Go.. on the train if I want to catch the news.. Or use plex as a DVR

  • vvti85 on 18/06/2019 - 15:13
    +1

    Recently just got onto one of these.

    It's a great solution if you are wanting to re-position your TV to where there is no antenna socket available. Instead of paying for a sparky to wire up a new antenna socket, simply invest in one of these which could likely end up cheaper than a sparky and bobs your uncle. Bonus is being able to hook it up to plex and being able to watch from any device on your Wifi network.

  • madllama on 18/06/2019 - 15:52

    Specs seem to suggest that you can connect via wired or Wifi.

    Is anyone able to comment if Wifi is up to the task, or do you really need a wired connection?

    • eug on 18/06/2019 - 16:11

      I tried it over wifi to a tablet and a laptop, it worked fine. Didn't use it for very long though, I just wanted to see if it worked.

    • et tu brute on 18/06/2019 - 16:39
      +1

      @ madllama

      Wired will always be the best choice over wi-fi (unless you want to wait and see how expensive 5gb will be when it gets fully rolled out.
      Best results will always come from a gigabyte ethernet network (100 mbps may work okay on sd but HD signals will need bandwidth for the most stable result. Don't even try with a 10 mbps ethernet network).

      Over Wi-Fi, you need a minimum 802.11n @ 5.0 gHz, but 2.4 gHz will work if the router is close by and the channel is not crowded. 5.0 gHz has plenty of wriggle room, 2.4 hasn't.

      Cheers

      • eug on 18/06/2019 - 17:38
        +1

        Best results will always come from a gigabyte ethernet network (100 mbps may work okay on sd but HD signals will need bandwidth for the most stable result.

        This is Australian FTA TV we're talking about here. :)

        I just checked task manager, watching 9HD takes about 6-8Mbps only. 100Mbps is definitely more than enough. Even SiliconDust agrees - the network port on the HDHomeRun only supports 100Mbps. :)

        • madllama on 19/06/2019 - 09:57

          That's great.

          Thanks folks!

  • paulied84 on 18/06/2019 - 16:47

    I was looking at these but I settled for a raspberry pi running tvheadend and a usb tuner.

    Also using a NAS to store the recordings works well too.

  • bargaino on 18/06/2019 - 17:02
    +1

    A lot of money, considering how shitty FTA is.
    You can get a dual-tuner play-TV for $18 from EB. And how often do you want more than 2 channels at once?
    I have one connected to he home server running TVHeadend, and feeding my network.

    https://www.ebgames.com.au/product/ps3/143556-playtv-preowne…

    • 00 on 18/06/2019 - 17:20

      Does that require owning a PS3?

      • bargaino on 18/06/2019 - 17:42
        +1

        No. I just have it plugged into a low-power home server (torrents, files, etc). Mine is Linux, but I believe windows works fine too.

        • turbodude on 18/06/2019 - 17:50

          Yes have used on Windows7

  • vvti85 on 18/06/2019 - 17:51

    Another thing to note is this doesn't work well if you have powerlines running throughout the house. I was getting a jitter and pixelation but it was resolved once I unplugged the powerlines.

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