[mythtv-users] DVB-S2 tuner cards for the UK

Chris Dennis cgdennis at btinternet.com
Tue Sep 19 12:38:10 UTC 2017


On 18/09/17 17:41, Stephen Worthington wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Sep 2017 17:30:50 +0100, you wrote:
>
>> On 18/09/17 16:51, Chris Dennis wrote:
>>> Hi folks
>>>
>>> I'm planning to upgrade my Mythtv backend to have four DVB-S2 tuners.
>>>
>>> The TBS6904 DVB-S2 Quad Tuner comes in at about £230, whereas two
>>> TBS6902 DVB-S2 Dual Tuners are £90 each, which would work out cheaper.
>>>
>>> Which is likely to be the better buy?  The cards will go into a
>>> bog-standard PC running Linux.
>>>
>>> Or is there a better approach?
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> Chris
>>>
>> I don't have either of those cards, but I do have two of the older TBS
>> 6981 (dual DVB-S/S2) cards.
>> These cards have been working since March 2011 and June 2012.
>>
>> Personally, I would go for the dual cards,  if one breaks for any reason
>> you will still have recording capability,
>>
>> The other consideration is how many PCIe slots are available on your
>> motherboard, and how many you might need in the future, particularly  if
>> you have or will have  a PCIe graphics card (some of these obscure
>> adjacent  PCIe slot).
> If you have a video card like mine (Asus Bravo 220, silent), where
> there is a little space below the heatsink, then you may be able to
> use a product like this:
>
> https://www.dhgate.com/product/mini-pci-e-x1-extension-cable-to-be-powered/398631785.html
That's a weird gadget -- might be useful one day.
>
> That allows you to cable out the PCIe x1 slot to somewhere else
> (inside or outside your PC) and use a PCIe x1 card at the end of the
> cable.  I have my TBS6909 tuner working that way.
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