$10 price drop. Newegg has the SiliconDust HDHomeRun Network-based Dual Digital HDTV Tuner Ethernet Interface (HDHR-US) for $80 with free shipping. This dual tuner solution plugs into your network and lets you receive both over the air and unencrypted content from your cable company.
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now I don't have to pay $10/month to comcast.
I have this and it is an awesome tuner. I was nervous about its reliability and having to perform network troubleshooting. The thing installed quickly and with no real tweaking it worked with Win7 media center perfectly. There is a slight 1/2 sec delay between switching channels (vs a PCIe tuner) which does not bother me but if you channel surf it may be annoying.
The tuner setup can be tricky sometimes when you want to use more than one computer to use the tuner. Nonetheless, this is a good network tuner to buy. So far, windows media center is the easiest client setup with this tuner.
does this need a tuner like hauppage?
This IS a tuner, 2 of them actually (2 Co-Ax inputs). You do not need anything else, hardware wise. It comes with software but I believe Windows Media Center is the best way to actually watch and record TV with it.
Finally. What I need.
Can I use it with a computer and 1080p LCD display only? Do I still need an antenna or something? I don't want to pay for the cable or anything. Thanks!
Try your cable first. If that doesn't work then you'll need an antenna. I don't pay for any cable to have HS internet through the local cable company. They don't block the basic channels so they come through OK. Keep in mind that this is DIGITAL ONLY... no analog tuner.
I have hauppage and it does not pick up most of the channels
-- Okaaay. Will someone please explain to me what exactly this does and what are the benefits? I currently have several hundred channels of cable TV & Internet thru Verizon FIOS(now called Frontier). Will this do anything for me? I don't necessarily care for all those channels and would even be happy with just 12 channels. I just don't like paying $120 /mo!
This is basically a replacement for your cable box. You will still need to subscribe to basic cable at the least from your cable company. If you don't want to pay your cable company at all then you can find an antenna that can catch cable channels - that didn't work me. Also check out http://www.hauppauge.com/