[mythtv-users] HDHomerun Prime - Preorders official on newegg

[Tom Bongiorno]

On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 9:08 PM, Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com> wrote:
> On 5/15/2011 19:27, Steven Adeff wrote:
>> On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 1:54 PM, Ronald Frazier<ron at ronfrazier.net>  wrote:
>>> On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 9:23 AM, Raymond Wagner<raymond at wagnerrp.com>  wrote:
>>>>    But if you're not going to use a cablecard, it would be far cheaper
>>>> just get multiple of the two tuner units.  There's no real point running
>>>> it in basic mode.
>>> Sure there is, but mostly it's the same advantage that would persuade
>>> one to get the 6 tuner instead of two 3-tuners: you prefer the
>>> integrated form factor and reduced wiring. Not worth it to me, but for
>>> some people I guess it is.
>> I thought the 6 tuner model would be able to use all 6 tuners with one
>> cablecard?
>
> No.  The 6-tuner model is nothing more than the circuit boards strapped
> into a single case, with a shared power supply.
>
>> still, when will MythTV support it? will it work with the current HDHR option?
>
> MythTV will see it as three independent tuners, on each of two devices
> on two separate IPs.
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The six-tuner model was always advertised to use two CCs.  Think of it
as 2x three-tuners because it literally is 2x three-tuners in one
enclosure as I mentioned earlier.

It is already supported in MythTV as of .24.
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Silicondust_HDHomeRun_Prime