[mythtvnz] HD DVB-T tuner card recommendation

[Steven Ellis]

Steve Hodge wrote:
> On Nov 16, 2007 1:07 PM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com
> <mailto:nick.rout at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     On Nov 16, 2007 1:01 PM, Craig Whitmore <lennon at orcon.net.nz
>     <mailto: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.
>
You can do MPEG4/H.264 over DVB-S. Just most broadcasters have decided
to switch to DVB-S2 at the same time

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