[mythtv-users] pvr150 or pvr500

[Phil Bridges]

Jarod Wilson wrote:
> On Wednesday 23 March 2005 14:52, Phil Bridges wrote:
> 
>>Jarod Wilson wrote:
>>
>>>On Wednesday 23 March 2005 14:44, John Williams wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 16:36:32 -0600, Matt <skd5aner at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>I'd definitely go
>>>>>>500, since you don't even need a splitter to get both tuners fed (the
>>>>>>signal is split internally).
>>>>>
>>>>>Jarod, can you elaborate on this?  Does this mean that if I want to
>>>>>use both of the tuners I can run a single RG6 cable to one of the
>>>>>inputs, then it'll split the signal off to the other tuner on the card
>>>>>itself?
>>>>
>>>>That is exactly what it means. Run your Coax in to the single input
>>>>and both tuners are connected.
>>>
>>>Yup. Note that there are two coax inputs on the back of these cards, but
>>>one is for FM radio, the other does indeed feed both on-board tuners, all
>>>splitting done internally. The rear of my 150 and 500 are actually
>>>completely indistinguishable.
>>
>>How does the internally-split cable look?  I'd love to ditch my external
>>splitter.
> 
> 
> There is no visible cable, just a section where the two tuner casings are 
> connected to one another.
> 

Sorry - I was referring to the picture quality using the internal splitter.