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<blockquote data-quote="archive10" data-source="post: 1024834"><p>Are you sure your tuner's can't handle HD?</p><p>Technically there is not difference between SD and HD *in the tuner* - HD is mostly a matter of how you decode the streams.</p><p>The transport stream format is the same.</p><p>I am guessing that your tuners are DVB-S, rather than DVB-S/2. Most HD channels these days are on DVB-S/2 modulated transponders.</p><p></p><p>Which means you want a four-port DVB-S/2 capable tuner card.</p><p></p><p>You can choose any SAT>IP LNB, but I have only ever seen the Invertos in actual action.</p><p>If you go with a SAT>IP solution, you need to have Cat-5 or 6 cable all the way to close to the LNB.</p><p>How far does your PDS cabling extend?</p><p>You still need to go the last mile with coax, and you will then be limited to a single tuner/cable.</p><p>Unless you upgrade to a four-coax cable run to the LNB.</p><p></p><p></p><p>No, if you have gigabit network, the HD streams should be fine on the network (disregarding any penalty imposed by old server / WIFI etc)</p><p></p><p>I am not aware of a SAT>IP server that support Unicable, but then again, I haven't been looking for a while.</p><p></p><p></p><p>No, it's all the same. The Unicable LNBs has an additional electronic circuit that pretends it is more IF LNB oscillators.</p><p>The mechanicals of the dish is exactly the same as with "normal" dish set-ups.</p><p>HOWEVER, if you have an oval (ellipsoid) Sky Dish, the feed-horn of the LNB needs to match the shape of the dish.</p><p>I do not know of any unicable LNBs that match Sky dishes, but I will leave that to be commented upon by my esteemed UK-based co-members on this board.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="archive10, post: 1024834"] Are you sure your tuner's can't handle HD? Technically there is not difference between SD and HD *in the tuner* - HD is mostly a matter of how you decode the streams. The transport stream format is the same. I am guessing that your tuners are DVB-S, rather than DVB-S/2. Most HD channels these days are on DVB-S/2 modulated transponders. Which means you want a four-port DVB-S/2 capable tuner card. You can choose any SAT>IP LNB, but I have only ever seen the Invertos in actual action. If you go with a SAT>IP solution, you need to have Cat-5 or 6 cable all the way to close to the LNB. How far does your PDS cabling extend? You still need to go the last mile with coax, and you will then be limited to a single tuner/cable. Unless you upgrade to a four-coax cable run to the LNB. No, if you have gigabit network, the HD streams should be fine on the network (disregarding any penalty imposed by old server / WIFI etc) I am not aware of a SAT>IP server that support Unicable, but then again, I haven't been looking for a while. No, it's all the same. The Unicable LNBs has an additional electronic circuit that pretends it is more IF LNB oscillators. The mechanicals of the dish is exactly the same as with "normal" dish set-ups. HOWEVER, if you have an oval (ellipsoid) Sky Dish, the feed-horn of the LNB needs to match the shape of the dish. I do not know of any unicable LNBs that match Sky dishes, but I will leave that to be commented upon by my esteemed UK-based co-members on this board. [/QUOTE]
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