I'm sure that when ATSC 3.0 starts to become popular, SD will offer an HDHR that can work with it. From what little I've read about the chip Sinclair is promoting, apparently it works as a Software Defined Radio that can be reprogrammed to receive not only ATSC 3.0 but all or most of the other digit...

Your error messages suggest you have an intermittent connection from your PC to your HDHR. How are they connected? Via Ethernet through a router? Or a switch? If WiFi is involved, replace it with a wired connection, at least for the downgrade attempt. Other possibilities include bad cables or connec...

I tried running an older version of HDHomeRun Setup (20140121) but it didn't fix the issue. . . . Is there any way of reverting to an older version of the firmware? Maybe. The 1st and 2nd generation US models can be downgraded but not the 4th gen or later. I don't know about the 3rd gen. But you ca...

Some of the older software versions are still available on the SD site (at least, the last time I checked) but there are no posted links to them. However, the only difference is the version number (a datecode). So if you collect the address of the current version and replace the datecode with the on...

I think there should be a clear statement in all advertising, close to any mention of the ability to stream over WiFi, that says something like: "No HDHomeRun models have WiFi built in. All must be connected via Ethernet either to a LAN (recommended) or to a computer on the LAN (which limits its cap...

dlsijon: You can do some research on your own if you don't mind wading through a lot of technical data. Install TSReader Lite on your Windows PC (you must have one if you have a Hauppauge WinTV Tuner). On first run, select HDHomeRun_8VSB from the list of input sources (or HWATSCSource which would p...

I agree that probably all of your cable channels are encrypted. However, if you have a TV with a digital tuner, you can connect it directly to the incoming cable, make sure it's set for cable rather than OTA reception, scan for channels, and see if any of the results are watchable.

I'm sure you're right, JeffRand. And thanks for the tip. When I thought I'd found what I was looking for, I stopped looking.

I don't see anything on either blog that I'd think SD would want to keep from the public. I particularly liked the article about PTV's redundant server system.

There are several analog to digital converters on the market for varying prices. If I wanted to do a conversion I wouldn't buy one, I'd borrow it from my local library. They have two Elgato converters to loan out. Your library might not be that advanced but it's worth checking.

@techpro2004, if you happen to see links on the site that take you to that area (without just randomly typing in webpages) feel free to PM them to me, so I can get it fixed. Actually, there's a link to the blog on every page of the forum except the main one. All you have to do is [removed by poster...

Warpster's HDMonitor is a GUI that will allow you to release any HDHR tuner. Its main purpose is to show the status of each tuner in detail.

I have two Win 10 computers. One was upgraded from Win 7 and runs QuickTV fine (except for PTV channels, which it lists but doesn't know how to play). The other was a clean install and QTV doesn't work on it. I assume that the earlier Windows elements that QTV depends on survived the upgrade but wer...

Since all the different ways you've tried to watch TV have worked except the current version of View, that must be a problem with View or the other software it depends on. As much as I favor being able to downgrade firmware, in this case I have to agree with nickk. Downgrading would be pointless. Vi...

I don't know if the T1's firmware can be downgraded. I can downgrade my 2nd-gen Duals but not my 4th-gen Connect. But here's what you can try. Go to the SiliconDust Downloads page . Look at the software and firmware changelog pages to choose the version you want to download. Some, not all, older sof...

Whenever I want to post text where it's important to preserve spaces, such as code indents or column alignment, I first copy it into a text editor (I use Notepad++ but most any editor should do) and replace all spaces with non-break spaces (Alt+160). Then I copy it to my post and enclose it in Code ...