“Looking for a DVR for Daughter her student housing has cable but there is no box it comes though coax cable direct, no guide , no way to get cable card as its not needed to watch would this still work?”
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You would want to get the HDHomeRun CONNECT, since it also can do Clear QAM as long as her provider is giving her unencrypted digital cable TV.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.It depends on the content coming through the coax cable. Remember that the purpose of the HDHomeRun Prime is to decrypt (unscramble) signals that the cable company has scrambled to force you to pay for upper tiers. If the signal coming out of that coax is just digital basic cable (not scrambled) then you do not need a decoder like this. Your TV will be able to display the basic channels all by itself. The "Cable Card" that inserts into the HDHomeRun tuner is not free. You have to rent it from the cable company and they have to activate it from their head-end. My Cable Company Frontier Fios charges $8 per monthto rent and activate the card. That's much less than renting their cable Set-Top Box which often goes for $15-$20 per month depending on whether it can record or not. I'd try just hooking up a standard digital TV to the cable in your daughter's dorm first to see if you need or can use the more sophisticated HDHomeRun. I suggest going to the www.silicondust.com website to see how it all works.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.This is not a DVR. Best option would be for you to install this device at home w/ a cable card and use Plex (Plex.tv) to record her shows (you will have to install plex on a computer and leave it on 24/7). She can then stream her recorded shows using the plex app on her phone, her smart tv or a streaming device (firetv, roku, etc..).
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Yes it will - as long as it is a Direct feed from the wall to our box.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.For the HDHomeRun Prime to work, it requires a cable card be installed into the unit, and in many cases also requires a tuning adapter to be able to view "switched" digital channels. Other versions of the HDHomeRun (Connect and Extend) do not use a CableCard, however, they are only capable of using over-the-air signals.
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