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Michael Nguyen wrote:
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Ok... Hauppauge HVR-1600? What would you guys get? How many tuners
would you have? <br>
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This might sound strange, but I haven't owned a TV since 1994 so this
is a particularly hard gift for me to judge. I take it you want more
than one tuner so you can record with one and watch with another?
Would I want two HVR-1600s? Is this even the right brand I should be
going for?<br>
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Yah, two tuner min so you can record and watch at the same time.
However there is a Myth axiom - you can never have to many tuners :)
Have three on mine, others have many more. <br>
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However as pointed out the PVR-500 is dual tuner so you're covered
there, and there are alternatives (USB, Net streamers) that don't use
PCI slots.<br>
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To start of with I'd go with dual tuners, its enough and you can always
expand later. The PVR-500 sounds ok but I have never used it myself.<br>
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Lindsay
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