[mythtv-users] HDHomerun Prime - Preorders official on newegg

Raymond Wagner raymond at wagnerrp.com
Mon May 16 01:08:39 UTC 2011


On 5/15/2011 19:27, Steven Adeff wrote:
> On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 1:54 PM, Ronald Frazier<ron at ronfrazier.net>  wrote:
>> On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 9:23 AM, Raymond Wagner<raymond at wagnerrp.com>  wrote:
>>>    But if you're not going to use a cablecard, it would be far cheaper
>>> just get multiple of the two tuner units.  There's no real point running
>>> it in basic mode.
>> Sure there is, but mostly it's the same advantage that would persuade
>> one to get the 6 tuner instead of two 3-tuners: you prefer the
>> integrated form factor and reduced wiring. Not worth it to me, but for
>> some people I guess it is.
> I thought the 6 tuner model would be able to use all 6 tuners with one
> cablecard?

No.  The 6-tuner model is nothing more than the circuit boards strapped 
into a single case, with a shared power supply.

> still, when will MythTV support it? will it work with the current HDHR option?

MythTV will see it as three independent tuners, on each of two devices 
on two separate IPs.


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