[mythtv-users] HDHomeRun Vs. PCIe tuner card?

[David Rees]

On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 2:37 PM, Raymond Wagner<raymond at wagnerrp.com> wrote:
>> I chose to go with a HD HomeRun.  The reason was quite simple.  Heat.
>> I wanted to keep heat out of my backend box that already had 5 hard
>> drives in it.  This also had the added benefit that the backend box
>> didn't need more PSU to handle a PCI card.
>
> What? Just how much power do you expect a tuner card to take?

The (admittedly old) PVR-250s I have in my system draw about 10 watts each.

-Dave