HDHomeRun for iPad records and streams live TV

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If you have an HDHomeRun Prime tuner for your PC, the eponymous app lets you watch (and record!) live TV on your iPad.

(Credit: Screenshot by Rick Broida/CNET)

The HDHomeRun Prime is a new CableCARD TV tuner that plugs into your home network router. The HDHomeRun app piggybacks on that, letting you watch, pause, replay, and even record live TV right on your iPad. It's pricey, limited, and a little buggy, but it works.

Just to clarify, the app requires an HDHomeRun Prime, which sells for $249.99. I'm in the process of reviewing it, and so far it's fabulous. The app costs $17.99, which definitely seems steep, but for the moment there's nothing else quite like it.

After running the initial setup of the HDHomeRun Prime on my PC, I installed the app on my first-gen iPad. It immediately detected the tuners, and in seconds I was watching live TV. And I found I could continue watching it even while another live show was playing on my PC. (The Prime provides three tuners, so I still had one to spare.)

The app offers basic DVR functions: pause, 8-second rewind, and 30-second skip. You can record whatever you're currently watching, but yo... [Read more]

Rick Broida 23 Aug, 2011

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Source: http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-31747_7-20095509-243/hdhomerun-for-ipad-records-and-streams-live-tv/?part=test-cnet&subj=software&tag=title
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