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TV Card Recommnedatin - Any Thoughts
« on: 12 January 2010, 23:12:37 »
A while back TB posted on wanting some Blackgold TV cards.

Seems they aint going to be any for the forseeable future.  So any recomdations as that was potentially a cracking card.  As I fancied one of them as well.  :-/

http://shop.blackgold.tv/epages/BT3159.sf/secx2FdvXv41WA/?ObjectPath=/Shops/BT3159/Categories/Product_News
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Re: TV Card Recommnedatin - Any Thoughts
« Reply #1 on: 13 January 2010, 00:32:13 »
They look quite good. I  was a fan of the Nebula DVB-T cards, as you could record several programs on the same multiplex with each card, but they went bankrupt. :'( :'( :'( 

Shame,  tried a Haupauge card as an alternative, and it and the software are not a patch on the nebula offering.

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Re: TV Card Recommnedatin - Any Thoughts
« Reply #2 on: 13 January 2010, 00:34:54 »
depends on what you want to watch, Zatoo is a free player  :y
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Re: TV Card Recommnedatin - Any Thoughts
« Reply #3 on: 13 January 2010, 00:46:39 »
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depends on what you want to watch, Zatoo is a free player  :y


Doesnt allow an external source (Video etc) to be added to trasfer old camera footage to Hard dish though.
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Re: TV Card Recommnedatin - Any Thoughts
« Reply #4 on: 13 January 2010, 08:55:29 »
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depends on what you want to watch, Zatoo is a free player  :y


Doesnt allow an external source (Video etc) to be added to trasfer old camera footage to Hard dish though.
you can get usb adapters for that now costs about £15+ :y
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Re: TV Card Recommnedatin - Any Thoughts
« Reply #5 on: 13 January 2010, 09:21:31 »
excuse me for being slightly thick  :-[  but what do these cards do ?

i have noticed my tv upstairs has a slot for one ?
 
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« Reply #6 on: 13 January 2010, 09:26:42 »
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excuse me for being slightly thick  :-[  but what do these cards do ?

i have noticed my tv upstairs has a slot for one ?
 
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yeh mine has and i aint got a clue what its for either
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Re: TV Card Recommnedatin - Any Thoughts
« Reply #7 on: 13 January 2010, 09:47:28 »
The blackgolds also suffered awful driver issues from what I could make out (never managed to source one).

Most of the bundled software is pretty poor/buggy/featureless.  Not an issue for me, as I use MCE as everyone knows.

Personally, my 2 'proper' media centres:
Main one: 1 x Hauppauge Nova DT 500, 1 x Hauppauge HVR2200
Secondary one: 1 x Hauupauge Nova-T

My main desktop uses a Freecom USB jobby, again run via MCE.


The DT500 is a shit card - 2 x usb tuners, connected via a usb hub, all on a PCI card. When it works, its great, but Windows (re)enumeration when it comes out of standby means it doesn't always. Avoid IMHO.

HVR2200 - PCIe dual hybrids (2 x hybrid DVB/Analogue) - good card. May well get another to replace shitty DT500

Nova-T - PCI, does what it says on tin. No more, no less. Only single tuner.

Freecom stick - again, does what it claims. Needs better aerial than that supplied. Drivers not easy to find.



Note, I only use freeview.
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Re: TV Card Recommnedatin - Any Thoughts
« Reply #8 on: 13 January 2010, 10:36:27 »
I have a bunch of dual tv cards I am looking to offload.  I'll have a look when I get home at the weekend but as far as I can remember one is dual analogue, one is dual digital and one is 1xdigital 1xanalogue.
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Re: TV Card Recommnedatin - Any Thoughts
« Reply #9 on: 13 January 2010, 11:50:30 »
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excuse me for being slightly thick  :-[  but what do these cards do ?

i have noticed my tv upstairs has a slot for one ?
 
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yeh mine has and i aint got a clue what its for either

Just to explain.

These are TV cards to fit in a computer to watch TV on.   :y
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« Reply #10 on: 13 January 2010, 11:52:48 »
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depends on what you want to watch, Zatoo is a free player  :y


Doesnt allow an external source (Video etc) to be added to trasfer old camera footage to Hard dish though.
you can get usb adapters for that now costs about £15+ :y


My polite reply there, I feel you get what you pay for.

But would (personaly) have a PC based card and therefore less clutter in my case.

(and yes I have got a USB TV setup for my lappy - (no comment))
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Re: TV Card Recommnedatin - Any Thoughts
« Reply #11 on: 13 January 2010, 12:56:33 »
I have a NOVA-T. Does the job nicely. Binned the software that came with it and just use it with MythTV though.

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Re: TV Card Recommnedatin - Any Thoughts
« Reply #12 on: 13 January 2010, 16:42:22 »
Currently using Avermedia A700 DVB-S PCI ..

old card but working well with win 7..(patch downloaded from a UK site for Turksat ;D )

can record 1 channel at a time :-/ but enough for my needs..
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« Reply #13 on: 13 January 2010, 19:42:41 »
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depends on what you want to watch, Zatoo is a free player  :y


Doesnt allow an external source (Video etc) to be added to trasfer old camera footage to Hard dish though.
you can get usb adapters for that now costs about £15+ :y
You try capturing more than 30 minutes of proper video (that's 720x576 @ 25fps) with ANY usb or pci capture device and see what happens  ;)
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Re: TV Card Recommnedatin - Any Thoughts
« Reply #14 on: 14 January 2010, 09:55:34 »
TB - Intrested to hear about that as I have just upgraded to W7 and put my old Nova T 500 in (Dual DVBT tuner). Its working just fine but havn't used in anger yet and noticed the multiple USB hubs when it installed.
Are you using the HVR-2200 with MCE? if so, are you happy with it via MCE?

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