[mythtvnz] DVB-T

Nick Rout nick.rout at gmail.com
Thu Jan 20 02:20:44 GMT 2011


On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 2:45 PM, Chris Bayley <chris at thebayleys.net> wrote:
> On 20/01/11 2:17 PM, Jason Taylor wrote:
>> Looking at upgrading from DVB-S to DVB-T what's the best card to get
>> at the moment ?
>>
>> Also how many cards do you need?
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Jason Taylor
>>
> I don't know much about 'best' but one snippet of wisdom I can offer is
> that the Sony 'PlayTV' usb DVB-T device works just fine under linux...
> since about 2.6.30
>
> I recently ended up with one I couldn't use (DVB-S reception only), gave
> it to colleague who made it go in a short amount of time.
>
> While we're on the subject of DVB-S what is the recommend dual tuner
> DVB-S card ? And does anyone want to swap a dual DVB-S for a HVR-4000
> (DVB-S/DVB-T combo) ?
>
> Will dual tuner cards run from a single LNB with a splitter or is a dual
> LNB required also ?

Single LNB is fine so long as all of freeview stays on the same polarisation.



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