[mythtv-users] Newbie Question about tuners, IR Blasters, and Cable Box

[Viitasaari]

On Tue, 2006-11-21 at 03:49 +0000, Dennis Whitson II wrote:
> I have researching Myth but have been drowning in information and the various ways that folks have been setting up their systems.
> 
> I have Comcast/Time Warner and a Motorola DCT2224 and plan to get a couple of PVR-250 or 350 tuner/decoder cards.
> 
> My questions are:
> 
> 1. The PVR-250's are tuners, why do I need an IR Blaster?
You need something to transmit channel changes to your STB
> 
> 2. Don't the tuners select the proper channel based on freqency, without using the STB?
The tuners will only select channels off a feed which has
channels...i.e. standard cable.
> 
> 3. -or- Does the channel have to change on the STB to record on the tuner card?
Yes
> 
> 4. Do I need more than one STB if I plan to have more than one tuner card?
Should be able to use an A/V splitter
> 
> 5. Does Motorola (or anyone else) make a dual tuner STB?
???
> 
> Is my understanding correct or am I way off?
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> 
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