SiliconDust HDHomeRun Dual Digital HDTV Tuner $140 at Newegg

Tell me again what this does?

It receives OTA HD signals and distributes via your IP network at home. Mixed reviews and success. I was going to buy this device and opt'd to do a dedicated ATSC tuner in the machine instead.

I've read nothing but extremely positive reviews. I've tried several HD tuners (PCI-E, USB) and couldn't get any of them to work satisfactorily.

I have high hopes for this one.

Anyway, I ordered one this weekend from chiefvalue with this coupon code: CPFEBHOME28

$130 and free shipping.. not sure if the coupon's still good or not. I had to get pretty far along in the checkout process before I saw the coupon take effect, for what it's worth.

Should be coming tomorrow.. maybe I can post a review then...

read very good things about this too. will pull the trigger

#3: "Sorry, the coupon code is not within the valid time period"
Thx for sharing anyway

So this is basically a slingbox? I have one of those and it works great.

These do work great, we use one at work. and it feeds multiple computers just fine.

How does it transsport to the PC? Do you have to install software, or does it create a stream that can be opened from WMP or something?

It's not just OTA. It's also unencrypted QAM. I have one and love it. You can connect it to your PC two ways. The first is you just plug it into your router or switch. Then connect two coaxial cables to it from your cable source. You'll need two connections if you want to record two shows at once. Then install software on your PC and configure whatever Media Center software you use. This way any computer in the house can connect to the tuners. There's no detecting if they are already in use though so you'll need to be careful. Or you could install one of the tuners on one PC and the other on another PC. It all goes through your home network.

Second, you can connect directly to your PC with an ethernet cable. You'll need two network cards for this since one will be used to connect to the HDHomerun and one will need to go to the internet to get guide data. You don't need a crossover cable, the device will know what to do. The included software also comes with a special mini DHCP server so the device will get an IP address. This is the configuration I use and it works great with XP Media Center 2005. Vista is even easier from what I've read. Hope this helps. I highly recommend this.

I've got one of these (as well as an internal AverMedia AverTVHD MCE A180), and I only ever use this for clear QAM HD cable.

This connects via CatV to your LAN and the stream (and control) is transported over the same cable. Quality is excellent. The setup to work with SnapStream BeyondTV was fairly easy, as was the setup for Vista Ultimate Media Center.

Highly recommend.

I'm in the process of setting this up on my system. Seems promising, but little success so far. Definitely not plug'n'play. The instructions say that you cannot operate OTA and cable simulataneously with Media Center 2005 or Vista Media Center, only Media Center with TV Pack 2008. No word on Windows 7. I assume I will overcome, but it's a process. Probably not an issue for those who are using only cable or only OTA.

#5, you fail. This is not a Slingbox. It's a tuner connected to an ethernet interface. The main advantage though is that it can tune clear QAM. So you can potentially get some HD channels (mostly the traditional local networks) from your cable subscription without paying for HD service. If you have the appropriate software, you can timeshift without paying subscription feeds to Tivo or your cable provider.