[mythtvnz] HD DVB-T tuner card recommendation

[Steve Hodge]

On Nov 16, 2007 1:07 PM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Nov 16, 2007 1:01 PM, Craig Whitmore <lennon at orcon.net.nz> wrote:
> >
> >
> > >
> > > So if this is the case, why in the case of DVB-S will we allegedly
> > > need to upgrade to DVB-S2? Surely the same should apply, the card
> > > doesn't care what is in the stream, its up to the software to decipher
> > > it?
> >
> > DVB-S2 is quite a bit different than DVB-S
> >
>
> but why is it needed? is there too little bandwidth in dvb-s? if so is
> this a point of difference between dvb-s and dvb-t?
>

DVB-S2 increases bandwidth by about 30%. It also allows the use of
MPEG4/H.264 streams.

Cheers,
Steve
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