USB Satellite Twin Tuner?

Added by Chris Townson about 11 years ago

I'm looking to replace my ageing Humax HDR. I have a Synology DS212+, so I thought I could use that as a PVR?
Is there such a thing as a USB satellite twin tuner? I still require the ability to watch one channel whilst recording another.

Thanks

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RE: USB Satellite Twin Tuner? - Added by Tony Pilborg about 11 years ago

Sure... Well actually not, but its not a big deal. You can just get 2 USB tuners...
(On a side note - some PCI-e twin tuner cards are in fact just 2 USB cards put on one PCI-e card.. Just like the Tevii S480, which is two S660 tuners on a card..)

I run the Tevii S660 USB tuner card (on i868 hardware) - It is working very reliable and stable for me...

RE: USB Satellite Twin Tuner? - Added by Chris Townson about 11 years ago

Thanks for the reply, Tony.
That's great! So I just buy 2 USB tuners and TVheadend can detect them both so I can still record whilst watching another channel?

RE: USB Satellite Twin Tuner? - Added by Michael Neurohr about 11 years ago

Yes. That's the way I'm doing it.
I have two Technisat Skystar HD USB (but on a normal PC).
Works really great and Tvheadend recognised the second tuner automatically.

RE: USB Satellite Twin Tuner? - Added by Chris Townson about 11 years ago

I wonder if a couple of these would do the trick?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/USB-Digital-Satellite-DVB-S-SDTV-HDTV-TV-Tuner-Receiver-Box-for-PC-UK-Shipping-/370827771421?pt=UK_Computing_Video_Capture_TV_Tuner_Cards&hash=item56570ebe1d

No mention of Linux support though. I'm assuming it would need this (Linux driver) to run on a Synology NAS?

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