[mythtv-users] 3 tuners in 1 device versus 2 broadcast sources

[Daryl McDonald]

On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 1:50 PM, James Miller <gajs-f0el at dea.spamcon.org>
wrote:

> The 3-tuner device I'm referencing would be something like the HDHR3-CC:
> it apparently has 3 tuners built into it, but has only one coaxial plug. As
> I understand it, this allows the device to receive up to three channels
> simultaneously from, say, a cable hook-up. So, three people, for example,
> that had TV's that could access (via its ethernet port) the HDHR3-CC, could
> each be watching programming on different channels simultaneously. Have I
> understood correctly how this device works?
>
> If so, let's say someone wanting to use this device has two broadcast
> sources: one ATSC cable, and the other OTA. Since there is only one coaxial
> input on the HDHR3-CC, could one feed both sources using, say, a splitter
> into the HDHR3-CC? Would it somehow be able to sort out how to record,
> using its tuners, from either or both of those sources?
>
> Thanks in advance for any input you may offer to this query.
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I think cable signals and OTA signals wont play nice together, battling for
coincident channel numbers etc. I use an HDHR for OTA and a PCI card for
cable and a PCE-e card for QAM.
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