Stand alone PVR
Bought a Channel Master 7400 about 4 months ago and have not use it yet.
Now Save & Replay has a new model the PHD-VRX that connect with an outboard HD up to 2TB. selling for $269.99.
My CM 7400 is on sale cheap cheap.
Anybody has an opinion on The Lava antenna Lava HD-2605 antenna said to reach out to 125 miles.
Last edited by Closin; 12-15-2012 at 07:18 PM.
After almost a year, my Channel Master 7400 still records; but its front and rear USB ports no longer work, and its tuning reception ability and display quality have always been inferior to that of my Sony LCD TV set. The cost of this unit was $429.99 + $25.00 shipping + $59.15 HST = $514.14
From a west-facing antenna in Ottawa my Channel Master delivers the following channels:
4.1 CBOT-DT (English)
6.1 CIII-HD (English)
9,1 CBOFT-D (French)
13.1 CJOH (English)
24.1 TVO (English)
30.1 CIVO-DT (French)
34.1 CFGS (French)
40.3 CH1 HD (French)
But, unlike my Sony TV, the Channel Master cannot receive:
11.1 CHCH (English)
43.1 CHRO (English)
Returning the unit requires a lot of patience waiting for telephone operator assistance, and in the end might not be worthwhile simply to get delivery of another unit with operational USB ports.
A better bet might be to add a Silicon Dust HD HomeRun, which might give better reception, and maybe even be able to receive channels 11.1 (CHCH) and 43.1 (CHRO). Would anyone know for sure whether these hopes would be justified?
Not sure of all your requirements and this whole topic is not my forte, but I see that the Silicon Dust HD HomeRun is a network device that has no recording or storage capability of it's own. It relies on a PC on the same network running Media Center to do the recording. The cool thing is any PC on the network can use the Silicon Dust HD HomeRun.
Since I've never used one I don't know if it would provide the reception you are looking for.
It does look like an interesting device though.
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