Introduced Fall 2011, the HDHomerun Prime adds CableCard support to allow viewers to view and record all the digital cable channels they subscribe to without using a cable supplied set-top-box. Microsoft provides Windows Media Center for Windows XP through 8, but discontinued the product in Windows 10. The HDHomeRun can be controlled and viewed from a wide variety of DVR/ PVR software. 6/7/8 MHz channel bandwidth (Australia, Europe, New Zealand, Taiwan).DVB-S / DVB-S2 - FreeSat / Free-to-Air Satellite.DVB-C - QAM 64/128/256 (annex A/C) unencrypted digital cable TV.DVB-T / DVB-T2 over-the-air unencrypted digital TV.QAM - North American cable with protected content support for USA cable using CableCARD for access control.QAM 64/256 (unencrypted digital cable TV).Select retail packaged HDHomeRun units are distributed with Arcsoft TotalMedia Theatre. The control library is open source and is available under the LGPL for use in custom applications.

The HDHomeRun can also be controlled via a command-line application which is available for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, FreeBSD, and other POSIX-compliant operating systems. The HDHomeRun Windows driver presents the tuners as standard BDA tuners, enabling BDA-compliant applications to work with the HDHomeRun. HDHomeRun normally receives an IP address via DHCP but will also work via an auto IP address if no DHCP server is available. All models are designed to receive unencrypted digital broadcast or cable television and stream it over a network for use by any PC on the network. There are currently a number of HDHomeRun models on the market: a single-tuner ATSC/ clear QAM model, a dual-tuner ATSC/clear QAM model, a dual-tuner commercial (TECH) ATSC/clear QAM model, a dual-tuner DVB-T/unencrypted DVB-C model, and a three tuner CableCard/clear QAM model. This allows it to stream content to multiple viewing locations. Instead it receives a live TV signal and then streams the decoded video over a local area network to an existing smart phone, tablet computer, smart tv, computer, or game console. Unlike standard set-top box (or set-top unit) appliances, HDHomeRun does not have a video output that connects directly to the user's television. HDHomeRun is a network-attached digital television tuner box, produced by the company SiliconDust USA, Inc.

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