On Dec 24, 2007 8:24 AM, Andrew Williams <<a href="mailto:andy@tensixtyone.com">andy@tensixtyone.com</a>> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">> I have often seen this device mentioned but I don't understand the<br>> advantage to using it in place of a PCI or USB device. Like a MythTV<br>> backend, it needs to be located near a power, ethernet and TV signal
<br>> source. Presumably it consumes no less power than a PCI or USB receiver.<br>> I assume it does meet the OP's requirements but what makes it better<br>> than a tuner built in to the backend?<br><br></div>
The HDHR is silent, and produces very little heat, and as some cable<br>installs drop in near your TV to be easy, some people don't want a<br>noisey backend to be sat there too. In my house I can see a definate<br>advantage to this type of setup, and I wish they'd come out with a
<br>dual DVB-T version.<br><br>In another mind-flash, You could wire up a HDHR up a aerial mast in a<br>weatherproof box, keeping the cabling to the source as short as<br>possible...<br><font color="#888888"><br>--<br>Andrew Williams
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</a><br></div></div></blockquote></div><br>Or you can put your frontend out of site and the HDHR under the TV. We assume you have TV signal at the TV so thats a snap. Then all you need is to run your video cables, audio, and ethernet from the FE. With the built in Lirc reciever you have a PVR the size of a small book (or thats how it appears)
<br><br>MItchell<br>