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 Post subject: New System
PostPosted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 5:02 am 
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Hi there

I am just about to bite the bullet and buy a new tv system, courtesy of my latest work bonus, after the one in my sig below stopped working a few months back (Motherboard fault, I think).

I will be getting a new LCD or plasma, so may need a new graphics card, and I plan on re-using the 2 dvbt cards for UK Freeview, my longterm plan is to get a motherboard and CPU that is capable of dealing with HD recording and watching, along with the freeview. I am very confused about the dvb-s situation. I have read a few posts from people using the older/original dvb-s cards to capture the HD fta broadcasts, and have also seen mention of the new dvb-s2 cards. A friend of mine is using a dvbs2 with WINMCE (yuk!) and says it is brilliant. I obviously want the HD to be captured and played back in all of its glory, just a bit confused as to which card(s) I need.

Could one of you lovely people give me some help with the dvbs/2 issue, also a few cpu and graphic cards recommendations would be lovely.

Really sorry to hear the terrible news about Dale, he will be missed....Best wishes to all who were close to him....

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Matt Shaw
matt@shagshaw.com

AMD Sempron 2400+ on Via Motherboard,
512MB Ram, 160GB IDE HDD,
Nvidia Geforce FX5500 128MB TV-Out,
2 x Twinhan DVB-T BT878 (Freeview UK)
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 Post subject: suggestion
PostPosted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 9:35 pm 
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Location: Beverly Hills, Michigan
Hi There,

You might want to go with a standard motherboard (a dragon or reference motherboard). One of the ones that I saw that looked good was the "Parcel" the Cecil had built (specs below).

I run a two HD3000 cards and it works great. My co worker runs a HD Homerun and it works very well also (plus it is external to your mythbox...less heat and more room in your PC).



# CASE: Athenatech Black SECC
# PSU: See above
# MOTHERBOARD: GIGABYTE] GA-M78SM-S2H
# CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3500+
# RAM: 2 Gigabytes.
# CPU HEATSINK: Stock AMD.
# NORTHBRIDGE HEATSINK: N/A
# CD/DVD-RW: Samsung 22X dual layer DVDRW.
# HDD: 500 gigabyte WD.
# GRAPHICS CARD: See motherboard link (nVidia GeForce 8200).
# SOUNDCARD: See motherboard link.
# TUNER CARD: Pinnacle PCTV HD PCI.
# REMOTE CONTROL: Pinnacle remote included with tuner.
# WIRELESS KEYBOARD: Phillips SWK-8630


Good Luck

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ASUS M4A78-EM w/8400GS 4G RAM pcHDTV 3000 + PVR500 (1045), 1TB, 250 & 320. Iguana IR USB (running R6)
Frontend_1
Asus M2NPV-VM - 1GB RAM - 40 GB Hard Disk - StreamZap
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Dragon 1.0 w/ 2G RAM - 40 GB Hard Disk StreamZap


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PostPosted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 11:26 am 
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When I said I was confused about what hardware to get, I meant do I need to get a dvbs2 card for satellite HD channels, or will a standard dvbs card suffice ???

I was also asking about the most future proof processor to get, what with Blu-ray discs and hd tv recording/playback in mind....

Can anyone please help

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Matt Shaw
matt@shagshaw.com

AMD Sempron 2400+ on Via Motherboard,
512MB Ram, 160GB IDE HDD,
Nvidia Geforce FX5500 128MB TV-Out,
2 x Twinhan DVB-T BT878 (Freeview UK)
KnoppMYTH R5F27


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PostPosted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 2:52 am 
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Location: Germany
DVB-S vs. DVB-S2 is a difference in encoding. HD can be broadcast over DVB-S.

According to:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVB-S2

DVB-S2 is still experimental in the UK. Basically, DVB-S should work for now, but may need to be replaced in a few years.

Where I am, DVB-S2 cards cost roughly 3x a DVB-S card. I bought a DVB-S card and by time I need a S2 card, they should be much cheaper. Also, DVB-S2 cards are newer, so finding linux supported ones is more difficult too.

I have to admit, I haven't tried HD. You might want to double check with other UK people who have done HD to confirm DVB-S works there.

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