[mythtv-users] HDHomeRun Vs. PCIe tuner card?

[Tom]

At 08:57 PM 8/11/2009 -0400, you wrote:
>Tom wrote:
>>I might use a second NIC and put the HDHomeRun on its own private 
>>network, if that would help. Pity it has only the 100mb interface; 
>>perhaps there would have been some small performance gain if it were 
>>gigabit. I will be using the same box as a back end and front end in one box.
>ATSC is limited to around 19mbps per channel, and QAM around 38mbps.
>Even with multirec, the most you will EVER see is somewhere around 
>75mbps.  That's well below the level that any 10/100 equipment should be 
>expected to function.  There is no bandwidth issue if the rest of your 
>network is gigabit, as switched networks have no trouble handing devices 
>at different speeds.
>>Does the HDHomeRun box limit me in some way? I would like to record one 
>>or two ATSC OTR programs at once, perhaps while playing back a prior 
>>recording. I have no cable or satellite. I'd be recording in SD for now, 
>>looking to moving to HD down the road.
>The HDHR functions no different than any other tuner card in mythtv.
>You record to disk, you play back from disk, and the two functions never meet.

Wow, five good solid answers in a very short time, including some HDHR 
users and a few who do both. This is a great list. Thanks all. Any further 
discussion welcomed.

-Tom



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