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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 01/06/2015 12:55, Gordon McCrae
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On 1 Jun 2015 10:38, "Tim Draper" <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:veehexx@zoho.com">veehexx@zoho.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> I use the TBS6981 (PCIe) with the OSS drivers and it's been
flawless on FC21 (3.19-something kernel)<br>
> iirc kernel support is built in to >= 3.16 kernels so
any new distros and you'll be covered. i believe the opensource
TBS drivers support all the normal tbs models.<br>
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> I cannot fault the TBS card with quality or stability
problems.<br>
><br>
> I am the opposite of you though - USB would be second to a
plug in card.<br>
> every USB tuner i've used has had dropouts about the 1
month period (ttusb-budget tuner, and the 292e) which resulted
in a reboot to fix - my mythtv BE is in the loft so re-plugging
isnt an option.<br>
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> It would be worth saying that i'm on my 2nd 6981 card
though. the first one failed with 1 of the 2 inputs dying. The
card still worked on input2. input1 was disabled in mythtv-setup
while i got the RMA progressed.<br>
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<p dir="ltr">That pretty much is the reason why I would prefer USB
sticks! You were lucky only one tuner died rather than the card
as a whole. I've had one USB stick die in over 8 years, and all
I had to do was disable it in MythTV. That aside, it sound like
the TBS 4 channel card is my best option from a price
perspective also, I'll just keep the DVB-T tuners as a backup.</p>
<p dir="ltr">So how did d you supply all the inputs? Do you have
cable runs direct to the dish, or do you take one feed and
connect to a booster with multiple ports?</p>
<p dir="ltr">Also, what about it EPG, do you use EIT or XML feed?</p>
<p dir="ltr">Cheers<br>
Gordob</p>
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+1 for the PCI-E DVB-S2 TBS 6981. Mine runs on XuBuntu 14.04.2 and
it just works. No fuss.<br>
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Gavin<br>
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