[mythtv-users] HD Homerun question about both tuners

[Fred Squires]

On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 10:04 AM, Alan Murrell <lists at murrell.ca> wrote:
> Dan Ritter wrote:
>> No settop boxes are involved with the HDHR at all. You plug
>> coax connections into each tuner. You can use an antenna or a
>> cable feed for either.
>
> Can a single HD feed be split off, like it can with analog cable, or
> would I have to get multiple feeds?  If it can be split off, I could
> then put it into both tuners on the HD Homerun and record off of both,
> or, do what I do now with the digital cable:

Yes you can use a splitter to split the cable going into the HD
Homerun, If that's what you're asking.

>   - Single feed coming in from cable provider to 4-way splitter
>   - 4-way splitter to:
>     a.) cable modem (for Internet)
>     b.) digital settop box (which i use to watch TV)
>     c.) Two feeds to PVR-500 for recording TV (no digital channels
> though; just analog)
>
> Also, I seem to recall that the HD Homerun will not decrypt any
> channels; that would have to be done by the settop box provided by the
> cable company; the HD Homerun will only let you record "clear" channels,
> whether HD or not... is that recollection correct?

This is true, the HD Homerun can only record unencrypted QAM or ATSC channels.
The only way to record the encrypted channels is either with the HD
PVR 1212 from Hauppauge through component from your cable box, or with
your PVR-500 through s-video or composite from your cable box (of
course with the latter you would end up with an SD recording, though a
very good one)

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