Thanks. I see what you mean about saturating the USB bus, but I would be using USB2 devices on seperate busses (AMD 780G motherboard).<br><br>Assuming that this works okay, nobody has voiced that having two of the same device under linux is going to be a problem?<br>
<br>Thanks,<br><br>Mike.<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2008/6/9 Another Sillyname <<a href="mailto:anothersname@googlemail.com">anothersname@googlemail.com</a>>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Mike<br>
<br>
Bandwidth is a problem for Freesat HD.....on DVB-T the BBC test in HD<br>
was using up to 24mbps as against a 'normal' channel using<br>
4-6Mbps....I don't know the Sat numbers but would expect them to be in<br>
the same order.<br>
<br>
If you want to record more then 1 HD channel at a time you could well<br>
start to saturate the USB bus (Some PC's have different USB devices on<br>
different busses so it's worthy checking).....the other issue I've<br>
found is that USB devices can run a bit 'warm' and have no real<br>
cooling....this can cause cutouts in warm weather (never used to be a<br>
problem in the UK but has been the last few summers).<br>
<br>
J<br>
<br>
2008/6/9 Mike Beeson <<a href="mailto:michaelbeeson@gmail.com">michaelbeeson@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">> Thanks everyone. This is really helpful info.<br>
><br>
> I'd like to go DVB-S2 for future compatibility as I don't want to junk the<br>
> tuners and get new ones if the BBC or ITV decide to go to DVB-S2. It looks<br>
> like the Technotrend S3600 is the best option at the moment.<br>
><br>
> My main concern is having two of these USB and whether I will get any<br>
> trouble with this??<br>
><br>
> Mike.<br>
><br>
><br>
> On 09/06/2008, Robert <<a href="mailto:RobertCL@iname.com">RobertCL@iname.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> On Mon, June 9, 2008 1:30 pm, Mike Beeson wrote:<br>
>> > Hi all,<br>
>> ><br>
>> > I've searched high and low, but can't find a product (either USB, PCI or<br>
>> > PCI-E) that can allow me to have twin tuners and pick up the UK freesat<br>
>> > service (with BBC and ITV HD content). Does such a thing exist?<br>
>> ><br>
>> > I wouldn't mid going with 2 single tuner USB products, but even then I'm<br>
>> > not<br>
>> > sure what is required.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > The wiki pages don't seem to offer any light and neither does a large<br>
>> > amount<br>
>> > of googling.<br>
>> ><br>
>><br>
>> I've been looking for the same thing for a while, and haven't found<br>
>> anything. I was planning on buying the Technotrend S-1500 (PCI card)<br>
>> which appears to be fairly well supported.<br>
>><br>
>> I think someone else has said it, but all freesat broadcasts are currently<br>
>> DVB-S only. I can currently get BBCHD and ITVHD using the DVB-S part of<br>
>> my HVR-3000 (Analog + DVB-T + DVB-S hybrid card)<br>
>><br>
>> I think that DVB-S2 support in Linux is still fairly new, and not<br>
>> officially supported by (m)any apps (VDR or MythTv)<br>
>><br>
>> Robert.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
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