[mythtv-users] Build for dual HD recordings - also is PSU enough/too much

[Digital Hit Entertainment]

> There are 2 different considerations here: If you are recording multiple
> shows, and perhaps also watching one of those shows, the bottleneck
> (such as it is) is the disk and controller for where those shows reside.
> Realistically, there is no such bottleneck for these types of streams.
> I have a number of times had 3 HD streams (all OTA) and one SD stream
> (digitized cable feed using PVR-500) being recorded AT THE SAME TIME I
> WAS WATCHING another show.
>
> Meanwhile, the OTHER bottleneck, is commflagging and the database. This
> is all mysql table entries and while that is going on, you might also be
> commercial skipping in the show you are watching.
> This is a different sort of bottleneck, but it does depend on quick hard
> drive access.

Also, my incoming video will be hardware decoded with the HD Homerun...so will that make a difference?

So is there a consensus that a green drive for live TV video will be okay? Will be ordering the system soon. :-)