they are warm to the touch but not HOT.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 4/5/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Rich West</b> <<a href="mailto:Rich.West@wesmo.com">Rich.West@wesmo.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
ryan patterson wrote:<br>><br>><br>> On 4/5/07, *Willy Boyd* <<a href="mailto:willyboyd@gmail.com">willyboyd@gmail.com</a><br>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:willyboyd@gmail.com">willyboyd@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:
<br>><br>> On 4/5/07, Rich West <<a href="mailto:Rich.West@wesmo.com">Rich.West@wesmo.com</a><br>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:Rich.West@wesmo.com">Rich.West@wesmo.com</a>>> wrote:<br>> > After reading past posts on the list and looking at the device
<br>> itself<br>> > (on the web page), is it as easy as it claims to be? That old<br>> phrase of<br>> > "If it's too good to be true, it probably isn't" rings through<br>
> my head<br>> > every time I come back to it. But, from what I have read, a<br>> number of<br>> > people are using it. What are people's experiences with the<br>> HDHomeRun<br>
> > and does the antenna you choose have an impact (I'm sure it<br>> does, but by<br>> > how much)? Is the HDHomeRun better/worse than getting an<br>> internal HD<br>> > tuner card?
<br>> ><br>><br>> FWIW, I got mine Monday and set it up that night. After plugging<br>> things up and following the instructions (can be found on the wiki or<br>> silicondust's forums, sounds like you've found them), it really was
<br>> THAT easy.<br>><br>> You'll have to go through your channels and put in xmltvid's, and<br>> lots<br>> of your scanned channels might not actually tune, but as far as I'm<br>
> aware these actions are independent of which HD tuner you end up going<br>> with and would be done regardless. The real boon for me, was that<br>> this was my first foray into having more than one tuner. I put in a
<br>> two-way splitter on my cable line and instantly had 2 identical<br>> sources to record from.<br>><br>><br>> The HDhomerun is very easy to set up and use. I don't know why Willy<br>> Boyd says you have to put in xmltvid's. I never had to do that. I
<br>> can't compare the HDhomerun's tuner against any other HD tuners. I<br>> hooked it up and it gets all my local HD channels. That is all I know.<br>><br>> I am a harsh critic and I rate the HDhomerun as a 9 out of 10. It
<br>> loses one point because: no static ip address option, no wall mounting<br>> holes, and a wall wart AC adapter.<br><br>It is funny you mention the AC adapter. That was one of those things I<br>was thinking "Aww, crud. Not another power cube".
<br><br>I am pretty much sold on the idea of the HDHomeRun. I think my other<br>concerns are more HD related, like planning for the larger file sizes<br>(not sure what the ratio is per hour of video), adjusting MythTV to use
<br>the HD tuners at a higher priority than the PVR-150's already in the<br>system (when appropriate), etc.<br><br>How hot do these things run, anyhow?<br><br>I just I should just go and buy one already. :)<br><br>-Rich
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