 TrimlinePremium
join:2004-10-24
Windermere, FL
 ·Callcentric
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Re: Using CableCard/HDhomerun Prime? Feedback Wanted
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Not sure if I'd use anything else as this setup just screams.
Just waiting for BHN to update their cable cards so I can drop the SD box and go with just the card and on-demand access. |
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rabeatz
join:2012-11-26
Winter Springs, FL
1 edit | said by Trimline:Just waiting for BHN to update their cable cards so I can drop the SD box and go with just the card and on-demand access.
Curious as to what kind of update you're referring to - do you mean update their card to allow on-demand with cablecards? I could be wrong but it's my understanding that the cablecards are completely capable of two communication (it's the same cards they use in the cable boxes), but it's the end devices (HDHRPrime, Tivo, etc) that do not support it. |
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TrimlinePremium
join:2004-10-24
Windermere, FL Reviews:
·Callcentric
| said by rabeatz:said by Trimline:Just waiting for BHN to update their cable cards so I can drop the SD box and go with just the card and on-demand access.
Curious as to what you mean by update their card - do you mean update their card to allow on-demand with cablecards? I could be wrong but it's my understanding that the cablecards are completely capable of two communication (it's the same cards they use in the cable boxes), but it's the end devices (HDHRPrime, Tivo, etc) that do not support it. Unless I've missed something, when using a cable card, you cannot order video-on-demand. As I understand, it is a limitation of the card itself. Maybe one of the techs can chime in.
I use Amazon Prime and a Roku to overcome those limitations. |
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rabeatz
join:2012-11-26
Winter Springs, FL | I wish that were true because it'd give me hope for getting some on-demand content in the future as well - but the cable boxes themselves use cable cards, per FCC requirements, so if it were a limitation of the card they would be affected too.
"Interactive features such as Video on Demand rely on the CableCARD Host device being an OpenCable Host Device and have nothing to do with the physical card. This makes the common use of the phrase "CableCARD 2.0" as a requirement for video on demand misleading, since two way services have been provided with the actual cards from the very beginning.[8]"
I believe our HDHomerunPrimes are considered to be "UDCPs" (Unidirectional Digital Cable Product), meaning the box itself only supports one way.
I think the problem is the on demand content uses lots of proprietary coding from the provider included only in their box's operating system itself, so retail two way cablecard devices are not available.
Not the best source, but the part I'm referring to is cited with a CableLabs paper. Bottom two paragraphs of the Physical CableCards section.
»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CableCARD#···bleCARDs |
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pronk
join:2011-06-21
Oviedo, FL | reply to Trimline
said by Trimline:I've used the HDHomerun Prime and cable card setup for a little over a year now and really like it. I've got 3 HTPC's, all wireless throughout the house with no issues (WNDR3700). I use the WMC for the TV along with this little plugin - »www.mychannellogos.com/Pages/default.aspx If you have your movies stored on a network drive, by all means, augment the WMC with Media Browser - »www.mediabrowser.tv/
Not sure if I'd use anything else as this setup just screams.
Just waiting for BHN to update their cable cards so I can drop the SD box and go with just the card and on-demand access.
I do have a 4th and 5th TV that are Roku only sets in the kid's bedrooms. Just little 23-inch 1080p monitors I haven't run any STBs to these things in years, and don't expect either kid expects me to. So I might still need to install Plex to host movies for those two systems. However the master Bedroom and the kids' man-cave will have the two xboxes. I would assume on those two servers there is no sense even using Plex (hell I don't even know if Plex is on the 360)
Sounds like this is going to be a winner, glad I came to this thread. |
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