Connecting Satellite to PC - opinions required

Harry Palmr

Hi

I'm thinking of adding a DVB-S2 Dual Tuner TV card to my DELL Inspiron 530 I dunno which card is best but I see dabs have this http://www.dabs.ie/products/best-value-compro-videomate-s350-dvb-s-pci-card-6L3F.html?src=17 anyone done this who advise as to quality, useability etc?

As a side question - is there a way to connect a PVR to a PC using the boxes HDMI output?

Khannie

That's DVB-S (so no high def). Just FYI.

edit: There is a HTPC forum where you'll probably get more people giving you the answers that you want.

Morrisseeee

I've the Inspiron 531 and recently added a single DVB-S2 card, but I also added a graphics card as I was getting pixelation on the HD channels. Also note that recording HD channels takes up ALOT of space !

Harry Palmr

Its about 1.5 GB per hour so yes they take up space!

Khannie

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Its about 1.5 GB per hour so yes they take up space!

Much higher than that for HD content when recorded off a satellite feed.

peneau

I'm using one of these http://www.hauppauge.co.uk/site/products/data_hvr4400.html
in my Win7 desktop, using it with DVB Viewer Pro, works very well with DVB-T and DVB-S standard and HD channels

Morrisseeee

Khannie wrote: »

Much higher than that for HD content when recorded off a satellite feed.

Yep, I recorded a 3.5hr program on Ch4 HD and it took up.....15GB.
I then used VLC converter to bring it down to 2.6GB, as part of my experiment to see what's best for quality & size. It took over 6 hours.
/I need a faster PC, i7 me thinks !