paddyharben
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I am about to buy a new PC and will be fitting it with a TV tuner card for FTA satellite TV.
My impression from browsing previous postings on this forum is that the Skystar and Hauppage cards are the best for this. As I want the card to have onboard decoding and need a TV-out, I assume my choice is between the Skystar 1 and Nexus-S cards.
The important thing will be the sensitivity of the tuner when dealing with fringe reception conditions, as I will be using the card to get the BBC's digital TV and radio channels in Madrid, Spain. These channels are on Astra 2D, and Madrid is well outside the official footprint for this satellite. I am currently using a Pace 2600 Sky Box with a 1.8 metre dish to pick these up, and this works well most of the time.
My first question is: Which of the two cards will do a better job of picking up these channels, given my location?
Also, the Skystar 1 appears to have some kind of "loop-through" for the antenna - does this mean I can plug the cable from the LNB into the card and take a line out again to the Sky Box? And if so, would such a setup affect the Sky Box in terms of channels received or reception quality?
Paddy Harben
My impression from browsing previous postings on this forum is that the Skystar and Hauppage cards are the best for this. As I want the card to have onboard decoding and need a TV-out, I assume my choice is between the Skystar 1 and Nexus-S cards.
The important thing will be the sensitivity of the tuner when dealing with fringe reception conditions, as I will be using the card to get the BBC's digital TV and radio channels in Madrid, Spain. These channels are on Astra 2D, and Madrid is well outside the official footprint for this satellite. I am currently using a Pace 2600 Sky Box with a 1.8 metre dish to pick these up, and this works well most of the time.
My first question is: Which of the two cards will do a better job of picking up these channels, given my location?
Also, the Skystar 1 appears to have some kind of "loop-through" for the antenna - does this mean I can plug the cable from the LNB into the card and take a line out again to the Sky Box? And if so, would such a setup affect the Sky Box in terms of channels received or reception quality?
Paddy Harben