The Plex media streaming service can combine with a HDHomeRun Connect box to let you stream and record TV whenever and wherever you are. Looking like a late nineties dial-up modem, it catches the free-to-air signal and pumps it through your network. Thanks to that re-education, we raced out to pick up a $159 HDHomeRun Connect by SiliconDust. In our recent review of the latest release of all-conquering media server Plex, we penned that its live TV and digital video recording (DVR) functions weren't yet working in Australia.Įagle-eyed readers promptly pointed out that the missing link – network TV tuners compatible with Aussie free-to-air broadcasting and with Plex – are now available. And those are only given out by your Cable Co.Sometimes it's a pleasure to be wrong. But if the channels are encrypted, cable card is the only way I know of. I know many providers might make you jump thru some hoops or have very little in terms of support. How well cable cards work, depends on the provider. Cable cards decrypt the channels for you. There are models of the HD Home run that use Cable Card. So is there a way to rebroadcast it un-encrypted through my network, like hotels do with their cable TV, or is there some sort of software where I can use a IR blaster and a capture card and get Plex to switch channels? Although that's pretty ambitious. (Foxtel IQ2 = Australian Cable Pay TV Set-top Box - Uses a cable card)Įverywhere that I've looked says that the card cant be read by other DVR's as it's too encrypted. To be able to hook up my Foxtel IQ2 with Plex. However, there is something that I've been researching and wanting for a long time now. (Freeview = Australian Free to Air Channels) So I've been using Plex for a long time now, and I'm looking into getting a HDHomeRun Connect Quatro to watch Freeview TV on Plex.

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