[mythtvnz] PCIe DVB-S/S2 card

Stephen Worthington stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz
Sun Mar 14 22:48:13 GMT 2010


On Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:57:20 +1300, you wrote:

>On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 9:17 PM, Stephen Worthington <
>stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz> wrote:
>
>> I have a Sky dish
>> connected to a Sky decoder (Pace DSR600) next to my MythTV box.  The
>> installers wired it for two connections to the dish in case I later
>> wanted a MySky box, so I have a spare connection I can use for a DVB-S
>> card.  But will that work with a Sky decoder on the other connector?
>>
>
>Yes.
>
>
>> Do I need DVB-S or DVB-S2?  All the DVB-S2 cards I have seen so far
>> seem to also do DVB-S anyway.  And will I be able to get both the
>> Freeview and Sky EIT data with just one DVB-S/S2 card?
>>
>
>DVB-S. The HD channels are DVB-S2 but they're encrypted anyway. You can get
>Freeview and Sky EIT data with a single card.
>
>Cheers,
>Steve

Thanks, now I know it will work, I am off to order a TeVii S470.



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