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I think that this may have originated years ago with WMC:
WMC can record only one channel per tuner, and so a quad-tuner can serve up only four channels.
MP can record all of the channels in a MUX and use only one tuner. So a quad-tuner card can serve up four entire MUXes.
I am not sure of the total datastream of an entire MUX, but I have a vague recollection that it is around 40 Mbits/sec for a DVB-T2 MUX, and 30 Mbits/sec for a DVB-T MUX. So potentially one DVB-T2 MUX plus three DVB-T MUXes would result in a datastream of 40 + 3x30 = 130 Mbits/sec (and that doesn't include the housekeeping that the network connection requires). This may be an extreme scenario, but on occasion I do record 8-9 programmes concurrently. If MP requests the entire MUX from the HD Homerun, and I am recording from four different MUXes, the 130 Mbits/sec total datastream might actually occur.

-- from CyberSimian in the UK

<blockquote data-quote="CyberSimian" data-source="post: 1294034" data-attributes="member: 141969">I think that this may have originated years ago with WMC:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">WMC can record only one channel per tuner, and so a quad-tuner can serve up only four channels.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">MP can record all of the channels in a MUX and use only one tuner. So a quad-tuner card can serve up four entire MUXes.</li>
</ul>I am not sure of the total datastream of an entire MUX, but I have a vague recollection that it is around 40 Mbits/sec for a DVB-T2 MUX, and 30 Mbits/sec for a DVB-T MUX. So potentially one DVB-T2 MUX plus three DVB-T MUXes would result in a datastream of 40 + 3x30 = 130 Mbits/sec (and that doesn't include the housekeeping that the network connection requires). This may be an extreme scenario, but on occasion I do record 8-9 programmes concurrently. If MP requests the entire MUX from the HD Homerun, and I am recording from four different MUXes, the 130 Mbits/sec&nbsp; total datastream might actually occur.&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!&nbsp; &nbsp; :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /> -- from CyberSimian in the UK</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CyberSimian, post: 1294034, member: 141969"] I think that this may have originated years ago with WMC: [LIST] [*]WMC can record only one channel per tuner, and so a quad-tuner can serve up only four channels. [*]MP can record all of the channels in a MUX and use only one tuner. So a quad-tuner card can serve up four entire MUXes. [/LIST] I am not sure of the total datastream of an entire MUX, but I have a vague recollection that it is around 40 Mbits/sec for a DVB-T2 MUX, and 30 Mbits/sec for a DVB-T MUX. So potentially one DVB-T2 MUX plus three DVB-T MUXes would result in a datastream of 40 + 3x30 = 130 Mbits/sec (and that doesn't include the housekeeping that the network connection requires). This may be an extreme scenario, but on occasion I do record 8-9 programmes concurrently. If MP requests the entire MUX from the HD Homerun, and I am recording from four different MUXes, the 130 Mbits/sec total datastream might actually occur. :eek: -- from CyberSimian in the UK [/QUOTE]