[mythtv-users] PCI Express DVB-T card

[Another Sillyname]

2009/4/28 John Pilkington <J.Pilk at tesco.net>:
> Roy Lofthouse wrote:
>>
>> 2009/4/28 Paul Gardiner <lists at glidos.net>:
>>>
>>> Bill Williamson wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 7:24 PM, Phil Wild <philwild at gmail.com
>>>> <mailto:philwild at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>   I am going to purchase another DVB-T capture card and after checking
>>>>   my server last night I noticed that my only spare slot is a PCI
>>>>   Express slot. Looking through the wiki, I get the feeling this is not
>>>>   very well supported. Is there any personal experience out there that
>>>>   differs?
>>>>
>>>>   Are USB style capture devices as good as actual cards? My gut feel is
>>>>   that they just can not be as good given the miniaturisation etc...
>>>>
>>>>   '
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Your only worry with USB is whether or not it supports full multiplex
>>>> grabbing.  If you look at the PCI cards the chip isn't even the size of
>>>> a
>>>> stamp... there's no "not as good" going on.q
>>>
>>> I thought I'd heard that generally the USB dongle-type capture cards
>>> need a stronger signal than PCI cards. That not true?
>>>
>>> P.
>
>>
>> I've been using a hauppauge usb dual dvb-t for a few months now... no
>> issues
>>
>> I have each input set to record two channels at once and it works fine.
>>
>> I did have to buy an attenuator as the signal was too strong rather
>> than too weak.
>
> I used a Freecom usb device for some time - date of manufacture May 2006 -
> but was bitten by the inadequate number of hardware filters, which made the
> BBC4/BBCradio multiplex inaccessible after a channel reorganisation.  There
> may be the usual difficulty of knowing what device is actually inside the
> package, too.
>
> John P
>
>
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Make sure there's enough ventilation around any USB tuner as they can
get a bit toasty!!