[mythtvnz] Skystar DVB-S Card

[Graeme Woollett]

Johan Schuld wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I've recently moved to a new flat and they have a dish. So time for 
> freeview. (prime reception = bad.. :(.
>
> So from what i've seen the Skystar2 is an easy and good choice for a 
> mythtv system. So i've been on the look around and found them hard to 
> get. I've found them on e-bay but have not located a NZ supplier yet.
>
May have to be careful, from what I've heard on this list the board 
revision has changed and the new Skystar 2's may not work with the 
current Linux kernel.  Others on the list may know more.

The distributor in NZ is Martain Sommerville, he sells them via Trademe

> Also, recently someone mentioned that the latest revision (2.8a ?) is 
> not properly supported by linux, is this still the case and should I 
> go for a 2.6 revision?
>
> Plan is to leave my PVR-150 in there.
>