[mythtv-users] Heat issues with USB ATSC tuners?

[rsh1k]

On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 2:25 PM, Brian J. Murrell <brian at interlinx.bc.ca> wrote:
> On 12-08-30 03:16 PM, rsh1k wrote:
>> and have hardware MPEG2 video encoding onboard.   I
>> believe both the 950q and 801e are in this category...
>
> Are you sure about that?  The 950q at least, is not marketed as having
> an mpeg2 encoder on it.  It's a digital signal (i.e. clearqam/atsc)
> "conduit" or an analog signal "conduit" with no capability of digitizing
> the analog signal.
>
> Cheers,
> b.

Ahh, it seems as though you are correct.  I must have been thinking of
a different model.

Either way, the 950q has the whole set of analog audio/video
circuitry...  which might be much lower power without an encoder, but
it still takes *some* power to run.

- rsh1k