[mythtv-users] fire tv as mythtv frontend

[Karl Dietz]

On 15.05.2014 18:15, Gary Buhrmaster wrote:
> On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 3:53 PM, Tom Bongiorno<tbjr at bongohut.com>  wrote:
> ....
>> I think that the new six tuner HDHR Prime demoed at CES in January is the
>> only new model that will NOT include a H.264 transcoder.  Or, did I miss
>> something?
>
> I believe you missed something.
>
> For "market differentiation" (i.e. price points), SiliconDust
> said there will be four tuner OCUR models with, and without,
> transcoding capability(*).  The transcoding chip they have
> chosen can support up to four streams, so that is the limit
> in one box (there is a lower cost version of the chip with
> only two streams, which is probably being used in the new,
> shipping two tuner (non OCUR) transcoding model, which
> also, btw, comes in a non-transcoding version).  The six
> tuner model is probably targeted toward a competitor
> in the OCUR market (you think?)

If I understood correctly six streams is the limit of one "Multi-Stream" 
CableCARD. So having devices with multiples of six concurrent channels 
appears logical.

Regards,
Karl