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

[Raymond Wagner]

James Oltman wrote:
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>     > Perhaps this question has been done to death, but I'm really torn about the
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>     > question of whether to build a Myth box with a pair of tuner cards in the
>     > PCIe slots, or plug it into a HDHomeRun box.
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> I chose to go with a HD HomeRun.  The reason was quite simple.  Heat. 
> I wanted to keep heat out of my backend box that already had 5 hard
> drives in it.  This also had the added benefit that the backend box
> didn't need more PSU to handle a PCI card.
What? Just how much power do you expect a tuner card to take?