<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 3/2/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">James Minihane</b> <<a href="mailto:j.minihane@minihane.tzo.com">j.minihane@minihane.tzo.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Ultimately I'll have 3-4 front ends, plus want the ability to record at<br>the same time.<br>That means at LEAST 6 tuners. Even if I use the PVR-500, that's still 6<br>PCI slots. The additional input ports for the 2nd encoder on the PVR-500
<br>takes up a PCI slot in the case, even if it doesn't take up a slot on the<br>board.<br>Has anyone tried a passive backplane case for all of the additional slots?<br><br>J. Minihane<br></blockquote></div><br>
If you are using the cable input to the PVR500, the both tuners work
off of that. There is no need for a second PCI connector unless you are
using S-Video or composite inputs to both tuners.<br>
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You might find that the demaind for liveTV is less than one would
expect given the number of frontends. Once you have a large enough
stock of recordings, there's always something on (watching a recording
doesn't require a free tuner).<br>
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Cheers,<br>
Les<br>
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