[mythtv-users] PVR-350 + PVR-350 or PVR-350 + PVR-250

[John F DeLuca]

Thanks to the hardwork and efforts of Issac, Jarod, Axel, the developers 
and the posters, I have a working MythTV system.  It currently has a 
PVR-350 in it and I am contemplating another video capture / tuner card. I 
am still a newbie at all this so it may be a dumb question but is there 
any benefit to getting another PVR-350 or is that redundant....

If PVR350 #1 is recoding a show and I want to watch live TV, then I'd 
benefit from another PVR350, right?  Cause if I understand, livetv is 
simultaneous encoding and decoding, right?  And am I correct, only the 
PVR-350 does both?  I have an old BT8x8 card as well but watching live TV 
with that is very choppy (although watching a recording which has been 
recorded with the bt8x8 plays just fine).  So I assume I need the benefits 
of the PVR-350.

On a related note, I am getting my hands on a 43" Plasma HDTV.  I have 
Comcast Digital Cable (and since digital requires a set-top box to watch 
channels over 80).  Comcast will be providing a new set-top box which 
provides the HD signal.  If I understand correctly, the pcHDTV card only 
works for the Over the Air (OTA) signal.  Is there a recommended approach 
to recording/watching cable company supplied HDTV with Myth?
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