This means you don't need an open PCI slot on your HTPC or even an open USB port. You simply connect the HDHR to your network switch or router directly instead of needing to connect via USB or PCI. The HDHomeRun (HDHR) is a network-attached tuner.

What makes the HDHomeRun different from other tuners? Special thanks to Snapstream for the extra effort they made to support the HDHomeRun device and also to Nick at Silicondust for working hard to continually update the bda drivers to work with BeyondTV and the other windows PVR software. Note that this product also work with MCE (XP & Vista), SageTV, MythTV, GBPVR and VLC. Since this product is now supported by BeyondTV, I thought I would write a review from a BeyondTV users perspective. The only thing lacking on the BTVE add-on was live tv and as of this weekend, that is now possible with no need for an add-on with an update to BTV. I've been able to record unencrypted QAM channels with BTV and a nice little add-on called BTV Externinator developed by Fonceur from the Snapstream forums. I have owned the HDHomeRun tuner for several months now.

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