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HDHomeRun is a network-attached digital
television tuner A tuner is a subsystem that receives radio frequency (RF) transmissions, such as FM broadcasting, and converts the selected carrier frequency and its associated bandwidth into a fixed frequency that is suitable for further processing, usually be ...
box, produced by the company SiliconDust USA, Inc.


Overview

Unlike standard
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(or set-top unit) appliances, HDHomeRun does not have a video output that connects directly to the user's television. Instead it receives a live TV signal and then streams the decoded video over a
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to an existing
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,
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,
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, set top streaming device,
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, or
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. This allows it to stream content to multiple viewing locations.


General details

There are currently a number of HDHomeRun models on the market: *single-tuner
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clear QAM QAM is a digital television standard using quadrature amplitude modulation. It is the format by which digital cable channels are encoded and transmitted via cable television providers. QAM is used in a variety of communications systems such as Di ...
*dual-tuner ATSC/clear QAM *dual-tuner commercial (TECH) ATSC/clear QAM *dual-tuner
DVB-T DVB-T, short for Digital Video Broadcasting – Terrestrial, is the DVB European-based consortium standard for the broadcast transmission of digital terrestrial television that was first published in 1997 and first broadcast in Singapore in Febr ...
/unencrypted
DVB-C Digital Video Broadcasting - Cable (DVB-C) is the DVB European consortium standard for the broadcast transmission of digital television over cable. This system transmits an MPEG-2 or MPEG-4 family digital audio/digital video stream, using a QAM ...
*three tuner CableCard/clear QAM All models are designed to receive unencrypted digital broadcast or cable television and stream it over a network for use by any PC on the network. HDHomeRun normally receives an IP address via
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but will also work via an auto IP address if no DHCP server is available. The HDHomeRun
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driver presents the tuners as standard BDA tuners, enabling BDA-compliant applications to work with the HDHomeRun. The HDHomeRun can also be controlled via a command-line application which is available for Windows,
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, and other
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-compliant operating systems. The control library is open source and is available under the
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for use in custom applications. Select retail packaged HDHomeRun units are distributed with
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.


Technical specifications


ATSC OTA models

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ATSC 1.0 - US over-the-air digital TV *
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(HD*-4k models only) *
QAM Quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) is the name of a family of digital modulation methods and a related family of analog modulation methods widely used in modern telecommunications to transmit information. It conveys two analog message signal ...
64/256 - unencrypted digital cable TV * 100 Mbit RJ45 connection


CableCard models

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QAM Quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) is the name of a family of digital modulation methods and a related family of analog modulation methods widely used in modern telecommunications to transmit information. It conveys two analog message signal ...
64/256 - unencrypted digital cable TV *
CableCard CableCARD is a special-use PC Card device that allows consumers in the United States to view and record digital cable television channels on digital video recorders, personal computers and television sets on equipment such as a set-top box not pr ...
- US encrypted digital cable TV * 1 Gbit RJ45 connection


ISDB model

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- South America over the air


DVB models

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DVB-T2 DVB-T2 is an abbreviation for "Digital Video Broadcasting – Second Generation Terrestrial"; it is the extension of the television standard DVB-T, issued by the consortium DVB, devised for the broadcast transmission of digital terrestrial telev ...
over-the-air unencrypted digital TV *
DVB-C Digital Video Broadcasting - Cable (DVB-C) is the DVB European consortium standard for the broadcast transmission of digital television over cable. This system transmits an MPEG-2 or MPEG-4 family digital audio/digital video stream, using a QAM ...
- QAM 64/128/256 (annex A/C) unencrypted digital cable TV * 6/7/8 MHz channel bandwidth (Australia, Europe, New Zealand, Taiwan) * 100Mbit Ethernet RJ45 connection


Compatibility

The HDHomeRun can be controlled and viewed from a wide variety of DVR/ PVR
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provides
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for
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XP through 8, but discontinued the product in
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. Apple
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10 runs EyeTV 3.
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runs Myth TV. Newer models of HDHomeRun are
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device compatible.


HDHomeRun Tuners

Consumer Tuners Commercial Tuners Sources:


HDHomeRun PRIME

Introduced Fall 2011, the HDHomeRun PRIME provided the ability to view and record all the digital cable channels they subscribe to without using a cable supplied set-top-box. The device employed a CableCARD to replace the set-top box. The rental fee was usually much less than the rental fee for the cable box. The HDHomeRun PRIME integrated easily with
Windows Media Center Windows Media Center (WMC) is a defunct digital video recorder and media player created by Microsoft. Media Center was first introduced to Windows in 2002 on Windows XP Media Center Edition (MCE). It was included in Home Premium and Ultimate e ...
(WMC), included with Windows 7 and available with Windows 8, and turned your PC into an HD DVR. With 3 tuners, the PRIME let you record two programs and watch another live all at the same time. Although a few HDHomeRun Prime boxes can be found for sale on the internet, they are no longer in production. Cessation of production has been attributed to a change in FCC regulation, which no longer requires cable service providers to make CableCARDs available to their customers. * CableCards are still available from many US digital cable providers. * The Prime can be used without a CableCard in cable systems that still have clear QAM channels available. * The Prime does not support digital cable on-demand but can receive
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that is ordered on the phone from your cable provider. * The Prime is a dedicated cable TV device with no ATSC tuner and thus can not be used with an antenna. * Windows Media Center is the most widely used software available for use with the Prime, and the only one with Digital Rights Management (DRM) to view and record premium cable channels like HBO. Many other software options are available; please see the list in this Wiki and the Silicondust website for details. When running WMC, an additional, separate ATSC tuner can be used with the PC and WMC will combine both the Prime and ATSC tuner in the guide for live TV and recording. By default, WMC has a 4 tuner limit for each type (ATSC, CableCard) of tuner, but a 3rd party software product called TunerSalad increases the number of tuners to 32 per type; you can use up to 32 cable tuners (11 Primes = 33 cable tuners) and 32 ATSC tuners, for a total of 64 tuners. There is also another 3rd party software called My Channel Logos that adds channel logos to the WMC channel guide. For a detailed discussion of WMC, please see TheGreenButton.tv website. WMC was included with Windows 7 but is an additional $100 for Windows 8/8.1 and an additional $10 for Windows 8/8.1 Pro. It is not available from Microsoft on Windows 10 but members at The Green Button are developing a way to use a modified version of WMC with Windows 10.


HDHomeRun DVR

The HDHomeRun DVR is a DVR software designed for installation on a
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device. It is intended to be used with an HDHomeRun tuner and is expected to overcome
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complications.


HDHomeRun Premium TV

Launched in 2018, HDHomeRun Premium TV was a
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service that worked with the HDHomeRun Prime and HDHomeRun DVR service. A unique feature of this service over most other MVPDs was the ability to record the channel streams to a local hard drive for time-shifted viewing. In March 2019, HDHomeRun announced that it would shut down its Premium service.


See also

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Monsoon HAVA Monsoon Multimedia was a company that manufactured, developed and sold video streaming and place-shifting devices that allowed consumers to view and control live television on PCs connected to a local (home) network or remotely from a broadban ...
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Dreambox Dreambox is a series of Linux-powered DVB satellite, terrestrial and cable digital television receivers (set-top boxes), produced by German multimedia vendor Dream Multimedia. History and description The Linux-based production software origin ...
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DBox2 The DBox is a DVB satellite and cable digital television integrated receiver decoder (set-top box). They were distributed widely for use with Pay television channels. It was commissioned by the Kirch group's DF1, an early German provider of d ...
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Slingbox The Slingbox was a TV streaming media device made by Sling Media that encoded local video for transmission over the Internet to a remote device (sometimes called placeshifting). It allowed users to remotely view and control their cable, satellit ...
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LocationFree Player Sony's LocationFree is the marketing name for a group of products and technologies for timeshifting and placeshifting streaming video. The LocationFree Player is an Internet-based multifunctional device used to stream live television broadcasts (in ...


References


External links

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