[mythtvnz] satellite or terrestrial options

[Criggie]

Roger Searle wrote, On 07/10/14 10:38:
> Hi - I am moving house soon, my mythtv backend has a Hauppage DVB-T
> card for the terrestrial aerial and works well.  The new house has a
> sky satellite dish and no terrestrial aerial.
>
> I'm interested in list recommendations or experience or pros/cons on
> whether to stay with DVB-T and install an aerial, or to go with
> satellite and get a DVB-S card.  There is good line of sight for
> either.  I know of rain fade, is this actually much of an issue in dry
> Canterbury?  Are there more HD channels via one or the other?
>
> Which DVB-S cards are well regarded and easily obtained in NZ?  Are
> there some that are USB so I can keep the DVB-T card or is there no
> advantage to this given we are accessing the freeview channels only
> (no sky subscription and no intention of getting).  The
> motherboard/cpu/RAM is new-ish/lots of cores/large amount of.
>
> Apologies in advance if my searching of the list was lame and I failed
> to find numerous threads on this very topic.  Otherwise thanks for any
> feedback :)


Why would you spend money to go backwards?

DVB-S is all well and good if you have it working, but there are no HD
channels and no Prime.

Since you already have DVB-T, you'd be better served by getting a new
UHF aerial installed.

You're moving in Christchurch?  I know a chap who does good aerial
installs in Canterbury - let me know and I'll dig up his details.


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