<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 12:37 PM, Misc Things <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:formisc@gmail.com">formisc@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div><div></div><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 11:58 AM, John Drescher <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:drescherjm@gmail.com" target="_blank">drescherjm@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>> WOW!<br>
> Are you saying that i _CAN_ record as many channels _in parrallel_ as i wish<br>
> ( as i many as i bought tuners)? So i STB doesn't limit me in anyway? ( I'm<br>
> cablevision customer and have SA8300HD box).<br>
><br>
<br>
</div>Not encrypted channels well unless you have more than 1 cable box.<br>
<div><div></div><div><br>
John<br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div>hmm.. i think i'm getting conflicting information. so can or can i not record in parallel 4 channels (premium and unencrypted) using the cablevision box with attached mythtv. If i have 4 tuners installed on the (mythtv box) and have premium channels encoded with 5c encryption?<br>
Can i please have a definite answer?<br><br>If the answer is "NO". then how many channels can i record simultaneously?<br><br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>If you are recording the output of the STB, you can record a single channel at a time. If you have N STBs, you can record N channels at once, as long as you have N tuners. That is, you'll need a tuner for each STB for simultaneous recording.</div>
<div><br></div><div>For recording straight off the coax, you can only record unencrypted content, both SD and HD. For multiplexed channels, some tuners can record multiple shows off the same multiplex simultaneously. So generally, 1 tuner per channel (no STB needed), but sometimes 1 tuner for multiple channels, depending if the two channels you want to record at a given time are on the same multiplex.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Note that for the STB case, if you want to record HD content, you'll need a specific tuner, the HD-PVR, attached to the component output of the STB. Unless you have a STB with firewire output enabled, in which case you can record unencrypted HD over firewire using a firewire card.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I'm sure I'm leaving out an exception or two, but I think those are the main cases.</div><div><br></div><div>-Jerry</div><div><br></div></div>