I installed it in our attic, where our networking panel is, and the installation was very easy. All I had to do was connect the antenna cables and connect the tuner to the network. When I installed the software on one of my computers, I was able to scan for channels and make sure that the antenna was pointed in the right direction.
I was then able to install the tuner software on our Windows 7 Media Center. The tuners were instantly recognized, and the Microsoft's program guide had all of the data for those channels. The quality of video is very good. I can tell that the video is not as compressed as it is through Comcast.
There is one thing that I still want to do to make this setup better. I will be upgrading the Ethernet drop from the network closet to the media center to Gigabit Ethernet. I want to make sure that there is enough bandwidth to handle recording two HD streams, while playing a video from our Home Server, while potentially a backup is happening.
I will be cancelling my cable TV service soon.
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