[mythtv-users] Most tuners in a single machine

[Jim Reith]

At 12:15 PM 3/3/1984, you wrote:
>Kevin Kuphal wrote:
> > R. G. Newbury wrote:
> >
> >> SIX tuners is only THREE PVR500's, only THREE PCI slots, and only THREE
> >> cable feeds from a splitter/amp.
> >> Both tuners are on the same board on a 500.
> >>
> >> A six slot motherboard should give you the capability of having 3 HD
> >> cards and 3 PVR500 cards for a total of 6 tuners.
> >>
> >>
> > Not to nitpick, but that's 9 tuners, each PVR-500 has 2.  There is
> > always USB for expansion of additional tuners.
> >
> > Kevin
> >
>
>Hmmmm,
>MORE COFFEE REQUIRED!!!!
>
>Yes,,, 3x2 + 3  does equal 9.....

and you could use 6 PVR-500s for 12 inside the case but at some point
the PCI bus will be saturated (not to mention the case heat issue)
and unless you are recording something like NFL Season Ticket, how
many simultaneous streams do you really need? One PVR-500 for each
front end should be enough so you can record stuff as well as watch
live tv on each. Multiple backends seems most sensible and then you
have redundant hardware if something fails.

>G.
>
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