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<blockquote data-quote="mruane" data-source="post: 252160" data-attributes="member: 21044">[USER=52447]armourking[/USER]:&nbsp; I use the HVR4000 for DVB-T and DVB-S with an additional Nova S Plus for DVB-S only. Knowing what I know now, I would go with two HVR4000's so that I had two DVB-T tuners in addition to two DVB-S tuners.&nbsp; The HVR4000 (whilst being a hybrid) does apparently have seperate DVB-T/Analog tuner plus a DVB-S Tuner making two tuners in all for the card. I say apparently because I have never tried to record a DVB-S and a DVB-T program from the same card.That combination plus the codec's I mentioned should be all that is needed to get a stable platform. I have had more than my share of issues with MP over the last 12 months, but since rebuilding the platform and getting rid of a heap of codecs, it is now more stable than it has ever been - but the lack of dual DVB-T tuners will become a pain I know for sure. So two HVR4000's for me next time for sure...[USER=54136]mcraenz[/USER]: Good luck getting the patch accepted into the SVN.&nbsp; That patch will make a HUGE difference to us Kiwi's and probably the Norwegians in handling EPG for the DVB-T service.Cheers Mike</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mruane, post: 252160, member: 21044"] [USER=52447]armourking[/USER]: I use the HVR4000 for DVB-T and DVB-S with an additional Nova S Plus for DVB-S only. Knowing what I know now, I would go with two HVR4000's so that I had two DVB-T tuners in addition to two DVB-S tuners. The HVR4000 (whilst being a hybrid) does apparently have seperate DVB-T/Analog tuner plus a DVB-S Tuner making two tuners in all for the card. I say apparently because I have never tried to record a DVB-S and a DVB-T program from the same card. That combination plus the codec's I mentioned should be all that is needed to get a stable platform. I have had more than my share of issues with MP over the last 12 months, but since rebuilding the platform and getting rid of a heap of codecs, it is now more stable than it has ever been - but the lack of dual DVB-T tuners will become a pain I know for sure. So two HVR4000's for me next time for sure... [USER=54136]mcraenz[/USER]: Good luck getting the patch accepted into the SVN. That patch will make a HUGE difference to us Kiwi's and probably the Norwegians in handling EPG for the DVB-T service. Cheers Mike [/QUOTE]

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