Silicondust HDHomeRun Prime: Difference between revisions

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(Warning: Prime cannot do over-the-air.)
 
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The HDHomeRun Prime comes highly recommended by several sources.
The HDHomeRun Prime is a triple tuner CableCard receiver for use with US Cable TV systems.


'''IT DOES NOT RECEIVE OVER THE AIR SIGNALS.'''
However, according to Silicondust support, and confirmed by experiment, the Prime is entirely incapable of tuning US over-the-air channels. (Hopefully this mention will prevent others from buying an expensive paperweight.)

The HDPrime decodes encrypted cable channels (QAM256)
The unit requires a CableCARD supplied by the cable provider. Some markets require (Cox & Time Warner Cable) an additional switched digital video (SDV) adapter [[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switched_video]]] also supplied by the cable provider, which connects to a USB porton the HDPrime.

Latest revision as of 21:49, 26 January 2014

The HDHomeRun Prime is a triple tuner CableCard receiver for use with US Cable TV systems.

IT DOES NOT RECEIVE OVER THE AIR SIGNALS.

The HDPrime decodes encrypted cable channels (QAM256) The unit requires a CableCARD supplied by the cable provider. Some markets require (Cox & Time Warner Cable) an additional switched digital video (SDV) adapter [[[1]]] also supplied by the cable provider, which connects to a USB porton the HDPrime.