TRIPLE (or more) channel recorders?

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RustyViewer

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#116307 24-Apr-2013 21:04

Jus wondered if anyone had heard of the possiblity of triple (or more) channel recorders in the works.

With the increase in disk space for these machines plus the increase in channels, sometimes you might want to record more than two channels at once and there's defintely the space for it.

As it is, I have both a Panasonic twin tuner plus a magic TV. Doesn't happen often but its good to know I can record up to 4 channels at once if I want. :)

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#805286 25-Apr-2013 05:50

There are plenty of such devices - they're called HTPC's. Providing you have 3 tuners your ability to record every channel simultaneously will be limited solely by HDD throughout in your PC.

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#805299 25-Apr-2013 08:07

sbiddle: There are plenty of such devices - they're called HTPC's. Providing you have 3 tuners your ability to record every channel simultaneously will be limited solely by HDD throughout in your PC.

+1
Just add a tuner (card or USB) to your PC or Laptop.
I have a Panasonic Recorder plus a Hauppage HVR2200 card in my PC so I can record up to 4 channels at a time.

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#805333 25-Apr-2013 10:15

B1GGLZ:
sbiddle: There are plenty of such devices - they're called HTPC's. Providing you have 3 tuners your ability to record every channel simultaneously will be limited solely by HDD throughout in your PC.

+1
Just add a tuner (card or USB) to your PC or Laptop.
I have a Panasonic Recorder plus a Hauppage HVR2200 card in my PC so I can record up to 4 channels at a time.

I have 1 Dual DVB-T tuner (Nova t 500) and a Satellite/DVB-T hybrid - giving me 3 DVB-T tuners, one for each transmitter frequency.

I have (mostly as a test) recorded every channel that is available to me. And no the hard drive didn't start smoking - but it was probably close.

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#805338 25-Apr-2013 10:27

B1GGLZ:
sbiddle: There are plenty of such devices - they're called HTPC's. Providing you have 3 tuners your ability to record every channel simultaneously will be limited solely by HDD throughout in your PC.

+1
Just add a tuner (card or USB) to your PC or Laptop.
I have a Panasonic Recorder plus a Hauppage HVR2200 card in my PC so I can record up to 4 channels at a time.

I've never seen one of these gadgets in action. Do you just have one aerial cable going into it?

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#805342 25-Apr-2013 10:35

DarthKermit:
B1GGLZ:
sbiddle: There are plenty of such devices - they're called HTPC's. Providing you have 3 tuners your ability to record every channel simultaneously will be limited solely by HDD throughout in your PC.

+1
Just add a tuner (card or USB) to your PC or Laptop.
I have a Panasonic Recorder plus a Hauppage HVR2200 card in my PC so I can record up to 4 channels at a time.

I've never seen one of these gadgets in action. Do you just have one aerial cable going into it?

Essentially yes. It's the software onthe computer that makes all the difference. From simple record now, record between this time and that time on this day, and the last (and best open) is record this program, recardless of day, channel or time or length.

But I will say unlike a consumer device they do need a little baby sitting - depends how complicated you make it. I'd have to do something on mine about once a month. But that more the playback side that recording - its rock solid for recording.

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#805363 25-Apr-2013 11:01

^^^

Thanks for that info. My PC is so old it could just about vote now. Hehe.

One of these days I'll shell out on a fancy new one. In the mean time, the only computer I use at home is the partner's lappy.

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#805374 25-Apr-2013 11:21

DarthKermit:

I've never seen one of these gadgets in action. Do you just have one aerial cable going into it?

One UHF antenna, new RG6 co-ax and a good quality 2-way splitter under the house with one output to the PC and the other looped thru the Recorder to the TV.

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#805447 25-Apr-2013 14:00

I was wondering specifically if there was any upcming retail devices but thanks. :)

Magic TV now has support for 2 or 4TB hard drives,and with multiple processor chips aroound, perhaps it's just a matter of time.

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#805470 25-Apr-2013 15:07

RustyViewer: I was wondering specifically if there was any upcming retail devices but thanks. :)
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UltraPlus X-9200HD has mix and match tuner facility. 2 Sat or 2 Terrestrial or 1 of each and can record 3 channels and watch 2.
http://www.satnet.net.nz/ultraplus-x-9200-hd-pvr-digital-satellite-terrestrial-cable-internet-receiver.html
Internal HDD and USB record as well. Just buy 2 of them?

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#805667 26-Apr-2013 00:04

B1GGLZ:
RustyViewer: I was wondering specifically if there was any upcming retail devices but thanks. :)
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UltraPlus X-9200HD has mix and match tuner facility. 2 Sat or 2 Terrestrial or 1 of each and can record 3 channels and watch 2.
http://www.satnet.net.nz/ultraplus-x-9200-hd-pvr-digital-satellite-terrestrial-cable-internet-receiver.html
Internal HDD and USB record as well. Just buy 2 of them?

and also supports using a compatible usb tuner stick. But i think you can't record via the usb tuner.

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#805697 26-Apr-2013 07:57

And just in case you want to get really silly. I've tested recording up to 16 Sky channels on a quad tunder card with MediaPortal.

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