[mythtvnz] PCIe DVB-S/S2 card

[Steve Hodge]

On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 9:17 PM, Stephen Worthington <
stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz> wrote:

> I have a Sky dish
> connected to a Sky decoder (Pace DSR600) next to my MythTV box.  The
> installers wired it for two connections to the dish in case I later
> wanted a MySky box, so I have a spare connection I can use for a DVB-S
> card.  But will that work with a Sky decoder on the other connector?
>

Yes.


> Do I need DVB-S or DVB-S2?  All the DVB-S2 cards I have seen so far
> seem to also do DVB-S anyway.  And will I be able to get both the
> Freeview and Sky EIT data with just one DVB-S/S2 card?
>

DVB-S. The HD channels are DVB-S2 but they're encrypted anyway. You can get
Freeview and Sky EIT data with a single card.

Cheers,
Steve
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