[geeks] OTA tuner with ethernet?

nate at portents.com nate at portents.com
Thu Dec 20 11:34:44 CST 2007


> This is almost what I would need:
> http://www.silicondust.com/wiki/products/hdhomerun
>
> But it is just that, a networked tuner. It requires linux+mythtv or
> windows media center etc to do the scheduling and recording.

That's not a bad way to go if you were to combine the HDHomeRun with a Mac
Mini running Elgato's EyeTV.  Elgato even sells it in a bundle:

http://www.elgato.com/elgato/na/mainmenu/products/HDHomeRun/product1.en.html

And as someone who's been running MythTV for years now, I can say that a
Mac Mini + EyeTV + HDHomeRun would be *far* easier to set up and manage.

- Nate



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