SiliconDust, which recently concluded a successful Kickstarter campaign to develop one of the first NextGen TV receivers on the market, says it is having to delay shipment of the units until August. 

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The company originally hoped to make its HDHomeRun Quatro 4K (HDHR5 4K) receiver available starting at $199 to donors to its Kickstarter campaign this month, but said that manufacturing glitches will lead to a delay. 

“Manufacturing started as planned, but we found a problem during the testing of the first 1,000 units,” the company announced on its website over the July 4 holiday weekend. “The problem is understood and we have sample units arriving next week for verification/sign-off. For delivery, this means July deliverables will be August. August deliverables will be later than planned but still be August.”

The company, which has been manufacturing its HDHomeRun brand of digital tuners for more than a decade, wrapped up its Kickstarter campaign in May, raising more than $600,000. Its original goal was $50K.

This story was originally published by Next TV sibling publication TV Technology.

Pleasanton, Calif.-based video tech company SiliconDust has raised more than $325,000 on Kickstarter since launching a campaign on April 22, aimed at funding a limited production run of it new 4K-capable ATSC 3.0 receiver.

As of Sunday, the Kickstarter campaign, initiated by SiliconDust founder Nick Kelsey, had attracted 1,528 backers.

SiliconDust wants to put into production its HDHomeRun Quatro 4K, a device with two ATSC 1.0 tuners and two others built around the ATSC 3.0 “Next-Gen Television standard. The receiver would support 4K content with up to 7.1.4 surround sound, for those with the right antenna and hardware.

SiliconDust plans to enable multi-channel support so users can watch up to four ATSC 3.0 sub-channels across the two ATSC 3.0 tuners, all in high definition.

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SiliconDust is pricing the 4K Quatro at $200, $50 more than its popular HDHomeRun Quatro Connect.

“If the Kickstarter hits we will kick off a mini production run to support early adopters,” SiliconDust says on its Kickstarter page. “The ATSC 3.0 standard is still very much a future standard. Broadcasters are starting to test in select markets with plans to expand testing to 40 major metro areas this year. Locations include Dallas, San Francisco, Phoenix, Seattle, Las Vegas, Kansas City, and Detroit.

SiliconDust’s product line spans consumer and commercial devices, with some of its multicast live-streaming devices combining ATSC tuners and CableCARD functionality, and aimed cable operators.

“This is for the adventurous—you get to participate in the bring up and testing of this new TV technology as broadcasters themselves test,” SiliconDust adds, seeking to entice investors in its new ATSC 3.0 product. 

SiliconDust includes this video presentation of the HDHomeRun 4K Quatro on its Kickstarter page. 

Yeah, just what the market needs—another skinny live-streamed bundle.

Pleasanton, Calif.-based SiliconDust, maker of the HDHomeRun line of streaming over-the-air tuners, has quietly rolled out a virtual MVPD product including 45 channels for $35 a month.

Starting over the weekend, owners of HDHomeRun streaming devices could sign up for the live-streamed service, which touts ESPN, TNT, CNN and AMC, among its channels.

Retailing for around $120, the HDHomeRun Connect hooks up with an OTA antenna and allows users to stream broadcast networks to connected TVs and mobile devices within the home. SiliconDust recently introduced a DVR extension that lets users record, pause and rewind live-streamed content.

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“Just like you can today, with your channels from your antenna, now you can also record episodes and season programs with HDHomeRun DVR,” the company said in a statement. “All of the functions you are used to using when recording over the air TV will also be available with these new streaming channels. You will see a whole new set of channels added to your line up in our patented SliceView channel list. They’ll show up like any other channel in your TV guide, and the shows on these channels will be recordable just like any other show. Also, don’t forget when you activate the full DVR service you now also have 14 days of guide data so you can plan your recordings well in advance.”

SiliconDust’s product line spans consumer and commercial devices, with the latter line of multicast live-streaming devices combining ATSC tuners and CableCARD functionality, and aimed cable operators.

The consumer line of HDHomeRun devices has proved popular with some tech enthusiasts. But it’s unclear as to how many of the devices are actually in the market.

The virtual MPVD business is currently crowded with large competitors, each operating at a loss in attempt to grow subscriber bases and a critical mass of scale at which content costs go down.

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Among vMVPDs, SiliconDust seems to be most closely competing with Dish Network’s Sling TV, which is complemented by AirTV OTA streaming devices. Most other vMVPDs have instead aggressively sought out deals with local broadcast affiliates rather than integrate OTA schemes into their services.