[mythtv-users] HDHomeRun Prime up for pre-order at Amazon

[Tom Bongiorno]

On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 12:05 AM, Jay Ashworth <jra at baylink.com> wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Matt Emmott" <memmott at gmail.com>
>
> > The first part of that paragraph is awesome and I hope that SD
> > really showcases that feature - If I'm reading it correctly, it works as
> a
> > 3-tuner QAM recorder out of the box, correct? And it has an internal
> splitter
> > so it only needs one coax input? I plan on renting a cable card when I
> buy
> > one, but I just wanted to make sure that I'm understanding this feature
> > correctly.
>
> It's one box, with one F-connector and one Ethernet, and has 3 physical
> tuners.
>
> If you put in a Cablecard, then each physical tuner can pass one decrypted
> Program Stream to the Mythbox for recording.
>
> If you don't put in a Cablecard, then each physical tuner can pass one
> Transport Stream to the Mythbox for multirec processing (a "mux" or
> "multiplex"), but while you can record up to $SOFTMUXLIMIT programs from
> each of those three multiplexes, none of them can be encrypted.
>
> So it's either a 3-tuner encrypted-QAM box, or a "15"-tuner clear-QAM
> box, but not both.  If you want lots of programs, and have good muxes
> for that, but you *still* want to record encrpyted things, you'll need
> two (or the upcoming rackmount model which effectively *is* two),
> with a Cablecard in only one.
>
> Cheers,
> -- jra
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This thread inspired me to pass along the question to SD.

Response:  "Unfortunately this is not allowed for an OCUR device."

http://www.silicondust.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9907
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