[mythtv-users] upgrade to low-power-consumption-system query

[Karl Newman]

On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 2:48 PM, James Miller <gajs-f0el at dea.spamcon.org>wrote:

> On Thu, 22 Aug 2013, Tom Lichti wrote:
>
>  I am using a laptop as a slave backend, but the only thing connected to
>> it is an HD-PVR. I think your biggest hurdle will
>> be having enough dedicated USB ports. For sure the HD-PVR *really* wants
>> to be on it's own USB 2.0 port unshared, For
>> reliability I would think you'd want the same for the HVR's or whatever
>> other USB tuners you want to use. I do not use
>> the laptop as a frontend at all.
>>
>
> Thanks for the input, Tom. So I'll be wanting a laptop with as many USB
> ports as possible, if I want to use 3 USB capture devices plus an external
> hard drive. That's definitely an important consideration.
>

It may not matter how many ports the laptop has if they're all tied to the
same host controller. That's what Tom meant by "unshared". A laptop with
some USB 3.0 ports and some USB 2.0 ports is highly likely to have at least
two host controllers, though.

Karl
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