[mythtv-users] seeking suggestion for network-based tuner (in USA)

[Stephen P. Villano]

I'm an old electronics technician, so that tends to be a pet peeve with me.
Thermal management isn't rocket science and it isn't expensive to
provide for thermal relief of components in something as simple as a
power supply! I'll not even go into electrolytic capacitors that are
operating close to their maximum rated voltage and are placed next to
heat sinks to further reduce their life expectancy.

On 8/29/13 8:42 PM, Gary Buhrmaster wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 12:16 AM, Robert M. Riches Jr.
> <rm.riches at jacob21819.net> wrote:
> ...
>> After one too many times of having the USB-connected WinTV
>> HVR-1950 Model 75111 (or its driver modules) go comatose, lose a
>> night's recordings, and require host reboot to restore function,
>> I'm thinking it would save me time to use an ethernet-connected
>> tuner and sideline the USB-connected unit.
> HVR-1950's are notorious (in my experience) for having bad
> power bricks, and for over-heating.  Both generate random
> hangs/resets.  When I was using them, I ended up replacing
> all the power supplies (after two, i proactively replaced the
> other two) with higher quality ones from my local electronic
> surplus store.  I also had failures when I put them on top
> of each other in a semi-closed cabinet (the top ones failed
> first) which I attributed to heat since (a) they felt very hot,
> and (b) moving them to cooler location (and not placing them
> on top of each other) solved that problem.
>
> Gary
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