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Old 04-07-2008   #1
meditating_hamster
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My System: Quad Core AMD q6600 2.4GHz 4GB RAM, Hauppauge 1300PVR, Vista Ultimate (no sat setup just yet, am about to embark on this TV journey soon!)
Unhappy CAMs, Cards, CI's for newbies

Hi,

I am looking to get SkyHD with the appropriate official dodgybox, however, I want to record to PC also (Vista Ultimate box is connected to the TV via HDMI). I have read lots of threads on these forums which suggest I can get a Skystar HD2 and a cam that will work with the official sky card.

I'm definitly going to get the Skystar for watching the BBCHD etc.. but trying to figure out which CAM/CI to get that would do the job. I get the impression that I could get a Phoenix infinity and that would do the job using progdvb or dvbviewer and poormans cam etc.. (my PC is is a quad 2.4, so should handle soft decoding). But I've been seeing other sites/forums talking about having both Phoenix usb + Dragoncam + diablo, TREX etc..and then programming them with predator files whatever those are!! I'm finding I'm going 'round in circles trying to find out if I would even need loader cards or a programmer if I were going to use an original $ky card.

At the moment, all I want is the $kyHD and freesat channels (I may go for a torroidal later on and explore!)

I'm trying to figure out if I need just a the usb infinity, or whether I would have to go for the full blown CAS3 programmer with the latest TREX or something. There is a fair difference between the cost of each option. I want the best for the job and will pay the ££ for it, but I don't want to get stuff I won't even use.

Thank you to anyone in advance who can help me with this. I really appreciate it as it's driving me insane.
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