Just ordered a HD homerun unit

[pickone4me]

I just ordered it on april 1st from amazon, it was on back order, it was at 59.99, like the next day the price jumped back to 90, now its 93....Can't wait til it arrives!

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Fun device, I have a HD Homerun Prime here in the office and it works great.

 

[concord]

Great price, I think I got mine from newegg for 80...

 

[pickone4me]

Just dropped it off at a ups drop off point. This thing is frustratingly diffucult to set up on a linux system, if you have a windows operating system, your probably gonna be ok, just as long as you have the latest version microsoft wants to force you to get.

So I can't really say anything bad about the unit, except linux is often a nightmare when it comes to entering in stuff from the command line.

 

[SatelliteAV]

You don't need to use the Silicon Dust software. Most media tuner software works with the tuners. What software package are you using? I am using Home Run on four platforms and only have Windows installed on one device.

 

[pickone4me]

I assume your asking about windows? I don't believe the disc that was included works on a linux system.

 

[concord]

Did you try the packaged MythTv + Linux OS? There are two that I know of, with GUI installation and setup:

http://www.linhes.org/ (formerly KnoppMyth - debian based)
http://www.mythbuntu.org/ (Ubuntu based)

Edit: The linHES R8 will detect and install the HDhomeRun drivers for you.

 

[SatelliteAV]

I was only suggesting that you could choose from several third party software packages to use the HomeRun hardware. The operational issues that you mention are with the software solution, not the HomeRun device.

I have installed the Silicon Dust software, but rarely use. I have used MythTV on Linux with great results and excellent GUI with no command lines.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

I run mine at the office under Unix using MythTV.

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Silicondust_HDHomeRun_Prime