[mythtv-users] satellite tuner card

[Simon Hobson]

Elizabeth Steinke wrote:

>What are the advantages of the quad LNB versus single LNB? Does myth 
>support quad LNB's?

Start at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-noise_block_converter
and follow the links to related articles.

As already said, all a quad/octo/whatever LNB does is allow you to 
connect multiple receivers. Because of the way the signals are 
arranged (high/low band, horizontal/vertical polarisation), you can't 
just split one feed between multiple receivers (at you would with a 
terrestrial TV aerial) as then they'd be limited to all using the 
same combination of band and polarisation.

Myth will just treat multiple tuner cards as just that - more than one tuner.

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