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<DIV><SPAN class=112082520-25072007><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2>i'd
think that the pci solution would be better. I had 3 of the pvr-500's in my
system at one point and had them all recording at the same time, and was also
playing a recording back, and the system handled it just fine. P4 system, but
still.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=112082520-25072007><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2>As
for usb, i tried to make my recording hard drive USB (via an external caddy) and
ran into trouble, playback was not smooth while recordings were going on...not
sure why...but i put the drive back inside the computer and everything was fine
again. It was usb 2.0, so i am not sure what the reason for this
was.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=112082520-25072007><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff
size=2>Also, you can add a pci card that gives you usb ports (we sell them at my
company). That way, you have a second usb bus so that if you are maxing out the
main usb bus, you can put more usb stuff on the computer and have more bandwith
to play with. But realistically, usb tuners won't max out the bandwidth
available (i would think).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=112082520-25072007><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff
size=2>-steve</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org] <B>On
Behalf Of </B>Robert Bradbury<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, July 25, 2007 12:59
PM<BR><B>To:</B> Discussion about mythtv<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [mythtv-users]
Seeking Advice<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>Somewhat off topic, what are the best
multi-tuner single card solutions?<BR><BR>I imagine one can stick 4-5 USB
tuners on a hub but at some point you have to max out the USB 2.0...<BR>Then
you could stick a couple of the 4-5 port USB cards into your PCI slots but at
some point you have to max out the PCI bus... <BR><BR>Can the USB tuners and
hubs *really* support full rate capture on a fully loaded USB bus? (I
can't believe there is much buffering capacity in the tuner (+ converter?)
and/or the USB hub/card -- at some point something has to start losing data.)
<BR><BR>Is there a table around which matches the USB bus / PCI bus (or PCIe
bus) / Disk bandwidth vs. tuner throughput requirements for NTSC and
HDTV?<BR><BR>Thanks,<BR>Robert<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>