[mythtvnz] PCIe DVB-S/S2 card

[Stephen Worthington]

On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:58:51 +1300, you wrote:

>Steve Hodge wrote:
>> On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 9:17 PM, Stephen Worthington 
>> <stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz <mailto: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
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>Hi Stephen
>Have a look at this twin-tuner card.  Runs OK with multirec.
>http://www.trademe.co.nz/Computers/Components/Other-PCI-cards/auction-277227696.htm
>Having two tuners on the one card keeps things clean and simple
>Noel

Looks like it is the same company auctioning that - and they have the
card cheaper on special on their web site!  In any case, since I will
not be recording from satellite, I only need one tuner and cost is a
serious consideration, so I am going with the TeVii S470.