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Sat TV on PC
« on: 25 March 2009, 11:09:22 »
I am thinking of setting up my Media PC again with an upgrade and I am looking at running Sky TV on the PC.  I have found a Sat TV card that can utilise the CI card for the subscriptions but I was trying to find one with dual tuners:

http://www.cdtronix.com/pc-tv-cards/technisat-skystar-hd-pci-card/prod_485.html

This only has one.

Also I am looking at streaming my music and video collection off this PC to other machines around the house.  Which is the best wireless network for this?  Will I have to go N?
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Re: Sat TV on PC
« Reply #1 on: 25 March 2009, 11:42:34 »
Plenty of info here http://www.avforums.com/forums/streamers-network-media-players/ which I found useful when setting up our various wireless streamers around house. I'm managing to get flawless results streaming movies wirelessly from NAS drive with G+ router but imagine if you want HD capability you'll need to go wired.
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Re: Sat TV on PC
« Reply #2 on: 25 March 2009, 13:05:27 »
Is this what you're after?
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Re: Sat TV on PC
« Reply #3 on: 25 March 2009, 13:18:35 »
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Is this what you're after?
Clicky.

Presumably that's for freesat?

I believe for Sky you would need two subscriptions and two cards connected to the receiver by some mechanism since each card can only decrypt one stream at a time, IIRC.

I believe the Sky "free to air" channels are still encrypted - i.e. need a (free) card to receive them even if you're not a Sky subscriber.

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Re: Sat TV on PC
« Reply #4 on: 25 March 2009, 13:21:06 »
If your a Sky customer, dont you get Skyplayer on your PC for free?
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