[mythtv-users] DVB-T card with high sensitivity

[Mike Choy]

Matt
sadly this is not really an option for digital reception. A more
sensitive card is also more sensitive to noise. You dont change the
signal to noise ratio by having a better card. There really is no option
than to either get the aerial re-done, or more likely the cause of your
problem is the down lead, which is probably an analogue grade downlead.
Replace with digital quality cable will make a huge diff. If you cant do
this then think about a signal booster as close to the aeriel its self
(ie up in the loft) that way you are not also amplifying the noise that
the downlead picks up.
have a read of this for more info
http://www.megalithia.com/elect/aerialsite/dttcon.html

Kind regards
Mike C


 

Matthew Harrison wrote:
> I have a very old WinTV NOVA-T PCI card (version 1.2) which gets 
> marginal reception. By marginal, I mean some channels are perfect, some 
> break-up and some I can't get at all.
>
> As realigning my rooftop aerial would be expensive (either to get 
> someone round, or to buy ladders), I was wondering if anyone could 
> recommend a more sensitive card?
>
> This is for a backend machine in my loft, I could go for PCI or USB.
>
> My system is running Debian Etch with kernel  2.6.18-3-486.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Matt,
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