[mythtv-users] USB DVB-T2 tuners

[Mike Perkins]

On 25/03/15 17:12, Damian wrote:
> On 25/03/2015 15:49, Ian Oliver wrote:
>> I've been using four Hauppauge Nove-T DVB-T sticks for many years, and
>> they have been rock solid.
>>
>> I'm now building a new backend and want to go HD.
>>
>> 1) The setup when mixing SD and HD tuners looked tricky (UK Freeview if
>> it matters) but maybe I should bite the bullet and just do it?
>> 2) I have one Hauppauge PCTV 290e, and went to buy more, but they have
>> been replaced with the 292e. Is the 290e available anywhere still?
>> 3) I've seen reports on this list regards issues with the 292e and
>> mythtv. Have these been fixed in the latest 14.04 LTS or should I just
>> avoid the 292e?
>> 4) Any other USB DVB-T2 tuners that I should look at?
>> 5) Or are any of the quad tuner PCI-e cards worth looking at? I was
>> one, and did some searching, but people seemed to be having issues.
>> (Oh, and I only have one PCI-e slot!).
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Ian
> This is exactly what I want to know! :-)
>
> I've just updated my projector to HD, so want to make the most of any available
> HD channels.
>
> I'm a little disturbed by the description of mixing SD and HD tuners being
> 'tricky'! Things that you guys describe as tricky is probably way out of my league.
>
> I don't think that my micro-server has any free internal slots, so it's USB
> solutions I'm interested in.
>
> Going to be very interested in the advice that comes from this thread.
>
> How 'tricky' is having a combination of SD and HD tuners? And can the SD tuners
> be simply replaced by HD ones, or do they not pick up the SD channels?
>
> Thanks,
> Damian
>
If you're in the UK, which I believe your email address indicates, it isn't 
tricky at all.

All the HD channels are put together in one multiplex, except in certain regions 
where they are split between two or perhaps more.

So, you just need a 290/292 for each of the HD multiplexes you get and ordinary 
SD tuners, say hauppauge, for the others.

Some people have one tuner per multiplex, but you don't need that overkill 
unless you're recording a serious amount of TV for your huge family. Two is 
enough for me, together with one 290e for the HD. Strangely enough, I have found 
the quality of the SD channels to be good enough, the 290e hardly ever gets used.

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Mike Perkins