Multiple TV Tuners and EyeTV

[SilverL]

For those considering using the Mac Pro as a media hub/PVR, I have to say, I've never been more pleased.
I have 2 USB tuners (EyeTV HYbrid and Hauppauge 950Q) and a dual tuner network device (HDHomerun) which allows me to record up to 3 HD and 1 SD signals simultaneously!
EyeTV 3 is very much worth it as well since I can transcode (albeit inefficiently since it uses quicktime in the background) to AppleTV or iPhone/iPod format which is imported directly into iTunes and is ready for me to sync in the morning.

The only major issue I had was with USB bandwidth being exhausted by 2 tuners on the same bus - to solve that, I purchased the Sonnet USB card which has 4 external ports and 1 internal one and that's worked out very well so far.

Anyway, here's a pic
Cheers!

P.S. - Large image

 

[gugucom]

You are better off with Digital Everywhere tuners with Firewire interface. Much more stable and reliable. Works seamlessly with EyeTV.

 

[SilverL]

You are better off with Digital Everywhere tuners with Firewire interface. Much more stable and reliable. Works seamlessly with EyeTV.

Unfortunately, we don't have those tuners available in the US.