[mythtv-users] PVR150 and 250 extra Tuner/Svideo Inputs

[Cymen Vig]

On 11/3/05, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
> Robert Macaulay wrote:
>
> > On 11/3/05, *Michael T. Dean* <mtdean at thirdcontact.com
> > <mailto:mtdean at thirdcontact.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     Sergio P. Cesar wrote:
> >
> >     >How do I delete the extra inputs in the configuration for the PVR
> >     150 and
> >     >250? it show "tuner 1", "Svideo 1", "Svideo 2", "Svideo 3" for
> >     each card.
> >     >
> >     >
> >     You'll have to take the electronics off your PVR-x50...  (So don't
> >     do it.)
> >
> >     Just don't associate them with a source and they won't be used.
> >
> >
> > What is the tuner1 for in that case? how would one use it?
> >
> > The card can only capture one thing at a time, so why does it have two
> > tuners?
>
> Nothing.  The PVR-150 has tuner 0 and tuner 1 (PVR-250 only has tuner 0)
> because it's made from the same components as a PVR-500 (which does have
> two tuners and two encoders).  The PVR-150 doesn't have any inputs
> allowing you to send a signal to the other tuner, and even if it did, it
> doesn't have an encoder that could encode the signal, so it doesn't help
> you.  Basically, they're made from standard components that would have
> allowed Hauppauge to include more functionality than they did.
>
> However, you can actually make use of some of those extra
> S-Video/Composite connections (
> http://registration.hauppauge.com/webstore/hardware1.asp#av_cable ), but
> note that it doesn't make your PVR-150 record two things at once--it
> only allows you to choose which S-Video input to use (i.e. the one
> connected to your cable box or the one connected to your VCR or something).

The explanation for the extra tuner on the PVR-150 sounds great except
the PVR-500 has 4 tuners listed so I do not think that explanation is
correct.