Inglor
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- Joined
- Feb 12, 2006
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- Age
- 52
- My Satellite Setup
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Microsoft Media Center,
Intel Core 2 Duo,
1 Gig DDR2 800,
NVidia 7950 GTX with component out)
JVC 36" Widescreen TV with component in.
70cm Motorized Dish and sat receiver.
- My Location
- Ireland
Hello all,
I'm very new to all this, i'm interested in getting a PCI satellite card. I was wondering if anyone could tell me which is the best one to get. I've been told that I need a card that can have its software updated (don't know if thats correct or not). Can anyone point point me in the right direction. I've read in a previous post that the Technotrend Premium S2300 WM-Edition 200, and the skystar2 are good cards. I don't know exactly what softcams are, I have an idea but if someone could someone please define what they are. Will the above 2 cards run softcams? I already have a motorized dish, which I set up myself. I also have a receiver set up in the living room. I'm receiving quite a few channels. I now want to set it up on my PC. Is a PC with a card better than a dreambox? Can it do everything a dreambox can do?
My PC is
3.2GHz 64Bit AMD Athlon.
1 gig of ddr400 ram,
256 Meg ATI X800 with HD-TV out (Component)
Hardware decode of MPEG2 would suit me best. Would like a card thats capable of HD-TV or progresive scan at least).
My Tv
36" JVC CRT widescreen with component in.
Thanks
P.S Sorry for all the questions. I just don't want to spend money on the wrong card or buy a dreambox if I don't have to.
I'm very new to all this, i'm interested in getting a PCI satellite card. I was wondering if anyone could tell me which is the best one to get. I've been told that I need a card that can have its software updated (don't know if thats correct or not). Can anyone point point me in the right direction. I've read in a previous post that the Technotrend Premium S2300 WM-Edition 200, and the skystar2 are good cards. I don't know exactly what softcams are, I have an idea but if someone could someone please define what they are. Will the above 2 cards run softcams? I already have a motorized dish, which I set up myself. I also have a receiver set up in the living room. I'm receiving quite a few channels. I now want to set it up on my PC. Is a PC with a card better than a dreambox? Can it do everything a dreambox can do?
My PC is
3.2GHz 64Bit AMD Athlon.
1 gig of ddr400 ram,
256 Meg ATI X800 with HD-TV out (Component)
Hardware decode of MPEG2 would suit me best. Would like a card thats capable of HD-TV or progresive scan at least).
My Tv
36" JVC CRT widescreen with component in.
Thanks
P.S Sorry for all the questions. I just don't want to spend money on the wrong card or buy a dreambox if I don't have to.