[mythtv-users] Recommendation for DVB-T USB tuner

Michael Watson michael at thewatsonfamily.id.au
Fri Feb 28 03:31:20 UTC 2014


On 26/02/2014 5:58 PM, Karl Dietz wrote:
> On 26.02.2014 01:41, Mark Perkins wrote:
>>
>>> Doug / Andrew, re the Sony PlayTV: does it handle two simultaneous
>>> multiplex at the same time, also does it support multirec (ie multiple
>>> simultaneous channels from a single multiplex?
>>> _______________________________________________
>> A further query regarding the Sony PlayTV. I've been keeping an eye on
>> prices with a view to getting one cheap but recently saw a comment 
>> that said
>> that whenever one of the tuners tunes or re-tunes to a new multiplex it
>> momentarily drops both tuners causing a small glitch in any in-progress
>> recordings on the other tuner. Is anyone with a Sony PlayTV able to 
>> confirm
>> if this occurs? It would definitely be a deal-breaker for me.
>
> this appears to be a common problem.
> http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hauppauge_WinTV-NOVA-T-500#About_the_stabilty_of_this_driver 
>
> I had to disable active EIT scan on the second tuner as every channel 
> change would result in a glitch on the other tuner.

I don't see this problem on my setup, but I dont have EIT Enabled, I use 
shepherd for guide data.
Ive had one for over 12 months, and it performs well.



More information about the mythtv-users mailing list