Can someone please explain HDHomeRun to me?

I'm looking at the HDHR3-US and the HDHR4-US and I cannot tell the difference between the two.

The 4 costs more money, but they're both dual tuner 1080i devices. Anyone know about these things?

None taken. I thought it was the right place. The hardware thread was the closest category I could find to accessories or peripherals :-/

You're talking about the HDHR3-CC, but I'm asking about the HDHR3-US (also known as the HDHomeRun Dual). There's one for sale here. The HDHR3-CC is still listed on the company's website, but the HDHR3-US isn't mentioned on their webpage anymore. See here.

The HDHR3-US and HDHR4-US look the same to me. I think they might have changed model numbers when they launched the HDHR3-CC to avoid confusion, but I don't know.

That reply was so incredibly helpful! I haven't been able to find that information anywhere. So your HDHomeRun has a DLNA server built-in? Since it also does transcoding, does that mean that you can watch TV straight from your DLNA compatible device without Emby or another intermediary to serve the content to the client?

If so, that's pretty cool.

Also, would you mind suggesting a PVR/DVR application to use with OMV?

I was going to use the VDR plug-in, but there are a few threads on the forums about people not being able to get VDR to recognize their HDHomeRun tuners. I also haven't looked at the VDR interface yet, but if you can suggest something that you like better (and that runs on your server, rather than on another dedicated capture machine), please let me know.

Dang it! Everyone says WMC is the answer, but I would SO MUCH rather have the server do the recording because then it's all local, rather than flooding my 10/100 LAN with video traffic.

Rather than going tuner > Win 7 > NAS > Client, I could cut one layer and go tuner > NAS > Client. I know that doesn't sound like a lot, but it would make a difference on my wee little LAN.

Should I take it that VDR has kind-of died?

Thanks for all of your help! I'm marking this thread as resolved

TVHeadend is a great option, but I have not been able to get it installed on OMV to test it. I started by using TVHeadend's linux install guide for ubuntu, which didn't work. Then I used the guide on the forum here for OMV, but it just leaves me with an error. If you have any idea how to install TVHeadend, please jump in on this thread. It would be super helpful.