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$10 price drop. Newegg has the SiliconDust HDHomeRun Network-based Dual Digital HDTV Tuner Ethernet Interface (HDHR-US) for $90 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.
$90
great device but "unencrypted content from your cable company" is almost non-existent nowadays making it obsolete
Mine works like a champ and pulls in all the major networks (NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, & CET) and few other obscure channels. All in HD. My provider is Time Warner.
Cablevision encrypts everything except stuff you can get over the air. Worthless for me. A slingbox or other similar makes more sense.
I agree with number 1 and number 3. Comcast is the same way now. #2, you can pull all of those stations in over the air with a simple antenna. Why pay anyone for those channels?
All cable providers will eventually cease offering non-encrypted channels except the basic tier for local access, local broadcasters, etc. If yours hasn't yet, I doubt you'll get many more quarters of use before they do.
You may be missing a simple fact here. In addition to unencrypted QAM from cable (which the FCC mandates to remain unencrypted) this device also receives UHF local HD transmissions. I have one with one tuner connected to the cable company and the other tuner connected to a small "bunny ears" antenna in my basement. BOTH tuners receive HD signal and broadcast over my home network. My Win 7 media center detects both, as do my other machines around the house, including my laptop. I have a dual monitor setup on my main rig and watch football while working on the other monitor. The HD Homerun is and AMAZING device and this is a great price. I'm anxious now for their HD Homerun PRIME that introduces cablecard support.