Allen1066 said:Has anyone built a system that can receive and record both Satellite and Freeview ? Ideally with PVR functionality for both systems. How easy would this be to accomplish ?
Cheers,
Allen
Allen1066 said:Paul, Not getting $ly would be no worry to me.
Llew, What sort of conflict. Were these to PCI cards ? What operating system were you using ?
I would be nice to use a Shuttle type system (SFF), but the trouble is most of them only have one PCI slot. Also it would need to be very quiet as it would be in the living room.
Allen1066 said:Has anyone built a system that can receive and record both Satellite and Freeview ? Ideally with PVR functionality for both systems. How easy would this be to accomplish ?
Cheers,
Allen
Allen1066 said:hmtheping, I'd like to see that! What sort of case do you use. How much noise does the system make ?
Can you send me a link for the case.hmtheping said:Hi allen
I use a matrix case with a morex CWT-550ADP power supply £30
got a AMD 64 bit cpu
2x 80gig SATA drives @ 10,000 RPM
GForce NVIDIA FX 5950 ULTRA 256meg
airstar 2pci freeview card
skystar 2 pci card
Pinnacle PCTV card
1 gig ram @ 400 mhz
It runs so quiet its unbelieveable
if you want the link for the case & PSU just let me know as they deliver anywhere in the uk next day
kind regards
hmtheping
I tried but the skystar & airstar use same drivers and as i had the skystar installed, when i tried to instal the airstar it wanted to uninstal the driver for the skystar, so i have the airstar in the wife's pc , but would be nice if they could both be in my pc with the extra harddrive for recordingshmtheping said:No Probs allan
i have the 2 cards running ok with pvr
they are
technisat airstar 2 pc card cost me ( freeview) £70
technistar skstar 2 pc card £59
both work under windows ME
windows XP Home
windows XP pro inc service pack 2
let me know if or anybody wants the link to it
kind regards
hmtheping
Allen1066 said:
I would be nice to use a Shuttle type system (SFF), but the trouble is most of them only have one PCI slot. Also it would need to be very quiet as it would be in the living room.
<snip>jeallen01 said:Asus do a low-line unit Asus Pundit-R P4 Barebones System (Silver) which takes an Intel P4 (FS-014-AS) and has TWO PCI slots but no AGP slot - see below for description from a UK retailer. Costs about £100 + VAT in UK.
I may build a PVR using this case, but I understand from the Den that this will mean using an non-Windows OS. Look at the PVR section on that site for more info.