Re: Dual USB Tuner and PVR on PC laptop?

On Sat, 01 Mar 2008 05:10:41 GMT, "Tom Scales" <tjscales@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:



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From: Journey [mailto:journey@xxxxxxxx]
Posted At: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 2:08 AM
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Conversation: Dual USB Tuner and PVR on PC laptop?
Subject: OT: Dual USB Tuner and PVR on PC laptop?

Again, my Mac easily works as a PVR. I want to use my Mac though and
not have it sitting there waiting for TV programs.

I have an extra laptop that I don't really need. I would like to set
it up as a PVR with two USB tuners (or one that has dual capability)
and good PVR / Guide software. I certainly would consider Beyond TV
for the guide part.

I am hoping that Tom might have some good ideas about how to
accomplish this.

Otherwise I can use my desktop PC but it's in another room.

Recording from what source?

From OTA (antenna) HD, I'd get the SiliconDust HDHomerun and use
BeyondTV or SageTV or MCE
For Unencrypted QAM HD (local channels on cable, if offered, don't need
the HD tier), same answer
For SD, probably a pair of Hauppauge PVR-USB2, although their clunky.

The HDHomerun is a network device. Plugs into your coax and your LAN.
Doesn't have to connect to the recording machine.

Tom

Thanks as usual Tom. I am going to get the SiliconDust HDHomerun
after doing a little more research. It seems reasonably priced for
what it does. I am just a little unclear about how I would connect it
to my network, and whether I could view TV wirelessly or if I'd have
to have the viewing TV connected via wire. Even if so I have a lot of
CAT6 cable, but am running out of places to hook to on my router.

I already have EyeTV 3 for my Mac,and it looks like SD HDHomerun will
work with it unless there are firmware differences for Mac and PC but
I doulbt it. I will go with the PC version if that's the case.

Hauppauge is going to send me a replacement (for free) for an older
USB unit that doesn't work right with Vista. It will be interesting
to see what they send me because my model is no longer being sold by
them.
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