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Old 10-Dec-2011, 10:14 PM   #17
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HDHR3-US vs. HDHR-US

As of December 2011 I own an HDHR3-US. The unit is about half the size of the preceding model (HDHR-US). The GUI utility used to manage the older hardware recognizes the new model and gives the impression that there is no difference in between the functionality of the old vs. new models. When driving an older HDHR-US and the new HDHR3_US from the same 8-port DA, signal strength and quality reported by both the new and old design tracks in real time to within one or two percentage points. Thus far, I see no evidence that the new tuner design is any better or worse than the previous. I presume that the core tuner chip(s) are the same. Again, I wish SiliconDust had retained separate RF inputs to the individual tuners.
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