[mythtvnz] Re: DVB-S cards: Twinhan VisionPlus VisionDTV Sat VP-1020A

[Nick Rout]

Thanks, I'm glad I didn't buy one. The Skystar seems to work well, so for
an extra $40 it sounds like the way to go. Please DO post your findings t=
o
the list once you have compared them.



On Wed, July 18, 2007 8:50 am, sam@samborambo.ws wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> Just a quick note before anyone buys a Twinhan card:
>
> DO NOT BUY A TWINHAN CARD!!!
>
> Hehe, sorry, I bought one of these 1020A's over a year ago for mythtv b=
ut
> it has not been without problems. Firstly, the driver for the frontend =
is
> not complete - meaning the signal strength and S/N ratio parameters are
> not
> reported properly. I could live with that but it meant I had no indicat=
ion
> on how close I'm getting to rain fade. These cards have low sensitivity
> too. Even with a 90cm dish I still can't see Optus B3 and I've had a
> number
> of rain fade drop outs this winter. The most annoying thing though is t=
he
> EPG collection that runs while the backend is idle - every 15 minutes.
> During the EPG polling, the driver almost locks up the PC for a couple =
of
> seconds causing glitches in movie playback and games. Very annoying. I
> could probably live with that if the EPG collection only ran once a nig=
ht
> at some ungodly hour but, unfortunately, the backend setup won't let yo=
u
> set the time interval to more than 15 minutes. How often does EPG data
> really change?
>
> So I just bought a SkyStar off "The Trademe Guy" (Martin) which arrived
> this morning. I can give some more conclusive comparisons probably by t=
he
> weekend.
>
> PS: Twinhan remotes suck.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Sam.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> mail2web.com - Microsoft=AE Exchange solutions from a leading provider =
-
> http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> mythtvnz mailing list
> mythtvnz@lists.linuxnut.co.nz
> http://lists.ourshack.com/mailman/listinfo/mythtvnz
> Archives http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/mythtvnz/
>
>


--=20
Nick Rout