I may have misread the original poster, but... The PVR500 MCE doesn't have any IR blasting action built in. So, you'd be using a 3rd party IR blaster regardless in that scenario. But what I don't understand is why you think you couldn't control two cable boxes with a PVR 500 (especially since the 500 has little to say in that regard/department it's more LIRC/mythtv config than anything). You'd probably want the additional svideo/audio header for the 500 if you went that route though I imagine.
Someone correct me if i'm off base on my assumptions here =) E. -- http://www.byopvr.com On 8/19/05, Joe Votour <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > See inline. > > -- Joe > > --- "Zach.Burlingame" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > I am reading up on creating my own MythTV setup > > in our apartment and one > > of the things I am currently debating is using 2 > > Hauppauge PVR-150s or 1 > > Hauppauge PVR-500 because of its dual > > tuners/encoders. I noticed that in the > > case of the PVR-150 there is both a "vanilla" > > version and an "MCE" (for > > Windows XP Media Center Edition). However, I can > > only find the PVR-500 in > > the MCE flavor. I will be receiving one signal from > > digital cable using an > > IR blaster to control the cable box and the other > > signal from the basic > > cable. I do PLAN on moving both to digital cable, so > > if the PVR-500 does not > > support dual IR blasters, that would break its > > contention in my decision. My > > questions are as follows: > > > > > > > > Is the Hauppauge PVR-500 only offered as the > > "PVR-500MCE"? > > > That appears to be the case. I figure that if > Hauppauge was selling the cards in the non-MCE > version, they likely would, because lots of people > would be interested in it. (On the other hand, it > might cut into their sales of PVR-x50 cards too). > > > > > > How is the support in Linux for the PVR-500 (e.g. is > > it any more difficult > > running two tuners/encoders on the PVR-500 versus 2 > > separate PVR-150s)? > > > The ivtv driver sees PVR-500 as two PVR-150 cards. I > don't know about the radio though, I haven't tried it. > > > > > > What is your general experience / recommendation on > > the single PVR-500 > > versus dual PVR-150 decision? > > > I've never used a PVR-150, but I'm very happy with my > PVR-500. I use it along with a PVR-250 for a total of > three tuners. > > > > > > Thanks for any and all help/feedback. > > > > > > > > - Zach > > > > > > > > Here is some background on what type of > > hardware/software environment I am > > currently looking at: > > > > ------------------------------------- > > > > Backend: > > > > ------------------------------------- > > > > Linux Distro: Gentoo Linux > > > > Processor: AMD Athlon64 3000+ (Winchester > > Core) > > > > Mobo: Asus A8N-E (w/ Nforce4 Ultra > > chipset, PCI-E, and SATAII) > > > > RAM: 2x 512MB DDR 400 PC-3200 CAS 2.5 > > > > Storage: 2x 40GB 7200 RPM 2MB cache ATA133 > > in RAID 1 (system) > > > > 3x 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB cache > > SATA in software RAID 5 > > (data, video) > > > > Network: 100Mbit switched LAN > > > > Tuners: 2 x Hauppauge PVR-150 or 1 x > > Hauppauge PVR-500 > > > > Signal: For starters, 1 digital cable + > > 1 basic cable signal. > > Moving to dual digital cable signal. > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------- > > > > Frontend(s): > > > > ------------------------------------- > > > > TBD > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > mythtv-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
