[mythtvnz] Skystar 2 cards

[sam at samborambo.ws]

Like I've said before, those Twinhan cards aren't worth the money (and they
usually go for around $100). The high phase noise and/or poor sensitivity
means you'll need a bigger dish to get the same performance as a Technisat
or Technotrend card. Stick to what's proven and popular.

That said, there is active work on the SAA716x based (7160, 7161, 7162)
PCI-E cards at the moment (the PCI-E ones on trademe are based on the same
chip family). Philips have a closed source linux driver (kernel specific)
but a couple of developers are working on an open source version under an
NDA. Check out the LinuxTV website for more details. There will be a lot of
interest in this driver since PCI-E and the SAA716x chipset is the way that
most DVB cards are going these days. It will also open the way for multiple
dvb tuners on one PCI-E card being supported.

Sam.


From: "Craig Whitmore" <lennon at orcon.net.nz>
Subject: Re: [mythtvnz] Skystar 2 cards
To: "MythTV in NZ" <mythtvnz at lists.linuxnut.co.nz>
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From: "Noel & Di" <noel at igrin.co.nz>
To: "MythTV in NZ" <mythtvnz at lists.linuxnut.co.nz>
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 10:07 AM
Subject: [mythtvnz] Skystar 2 cards


>I went to order another Skystar card from trademe... & there are no
> listings for it.  Where can I get another one? or even a twin tuner
> DVB-S card?
>


The onely ones I can see really at the moment which will work under linux 
are the VisionPlus cards on trademe. Not seen any skystar cards for a while.

There are other PCI-E cards on trademe (AD-SE20's) , but as far as I know 
they are not supported under linux.

Seems like the price at the moment for these DVB-S cards are about
$120-$140 
each on trademe.

I expect a in a very short while alot of DVB-T cards coming up on trademe 
when the DVB-T broadcasts start coming. Also I think alot of S/H DVB-S 
tuners/dishes/cards as well when ppl start viewing DVB-T.


Thanks
Craig




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