[mythtv-users] Question about switching from cable to satellite

[Brian Wood]

On Friday, October 29, 2010 08:46:47 am Adam Jimerson wrote:
> On Friday 29 October 2010 7:17:28 am Jim Morton wrote:
> > On 10/28/2010 11:08 PM, Adam Jimerson wrote:
> > > Does the type of TV tuner being used matter when switching from cable
> 
> to
> 
> > > satellite?  I currently I have WinTv 950Q and would like to know if
> > > switching like that would make it useless or not.  If I need a new
> > > tuner can people here give recommendations on some that are MythTv and
> 
> Linux
> 
> > > friendly?
> > 
> > The HDPVR seems to be best bet for capturing from satellite boxes.
> > http://www.hauppauge.com/site/products/data_hdpvr.html
> > 
> > and most definitely read this -
> > http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Hauppauge_HD-PVR
> 
> The HDPVR is a bit more than I would like to spend, but it seems like it
> will do what I want and then some.  From the wiki page you linked to it
> seems like setting it up will be very simple.  Thank you for the
> suggestion, but one question is left is if it has a single tuner or two?

None. The HD-PVR only accepts baseband input (component for HD), so you need an external STB or receiver.

The only "tuner" you can use for satellite is the receiver/STB provided by the satellite carrier.

I'll grant that the HD-PVR is expensive, but it works extremely well, and is the only solution I'm aware of to record HD 
from a sat receiver.