[vdr] Re: What about an passive mode of VDR?

[Steffen Koch <Steffen.Koch@sphinx-electronics.de>]

Stefaan Coddé wrote:

> I had a multiswitch configuration (2 LNB's). I don't like it. It's better to
> avoid  any
> electronic device between LNB and receiver, less parts means less things
> that can break
> and less connections which stay the weakest spots in the whole system.
> Second: more then one LNB on normal dish : the second and other LNB's look
> not optimal
> in the focus point of the dish.  Also the special formed dishes that support
> more LNB's
> have a smaller visual size then a normal dish and ...it's more difficult to
> keep a dish into it's shape.
> My first one rather cheap steel disk bended out of shape due to weather
> conditions and was
> become almost useless.. severe signal drop.
> Bottom line : keep it simple; both on dish/LNB as receiver part.

Just put a quad LNB (integradted switch) up. You've to put down 4 cables
anyway for a multiswitch and so you can use 4 receivers independently
without an extra multiswitch.