[mythtv-users] Woot Special $69.99 Sale for Dual Tuner HDHR

[jedi]

On Wed, May 09, 2012 at 10:26:45AM -0400, Aaron wrote:
> On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 10:22 AM, John Drescher <drescherjm at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > > For those building a mythtv system, I recommend the HDHR boxes.  I
> > switched
> > > over from the Haugpage PCI Tuners a few years back and been happy ever
> > > since.  You don't need to worry about buggy kernel drivers.  The HDHR box
> > > sits on the network and mythtv will discover them during setup and use
> > them
> > > with minimal configuration.
> > >
> >
> > The only problem is how much digital is not encrypted these days?
> >
> > John
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> 
> Depends on where you live and what provider you have. I have FiOS and get
> 22 ATSC channels from them. I do get a number of MPEG, DVB and other
> channels as well, but do not have them configured. My HDHR Prime get's
> nearly everything I'm subscribed to (there are a few SD channels that do
> not work)

    If you record any OTA channels, an HDHR might be handy. You an prioritize
the HDHR so it gets used first when it can be used and that reduces demand and
conflicts on any tuner(s) you're using for cable.