Fed up of DVB-T2 whats the best DVB-S2 card

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Fed up of DVB-T2 whats the best DVB-S2 card

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Post by vila2k » Fri May 17, 2013 2:58 pm

Im in the uk and was looking for some advice

Having lived with a black gold DVB-T2 card since release Ive had enough of the hit and miss reception and lack of proper 5.1 I get on the HD channels.

I was thinking of trying a DVB-S2 card as my block has twin outlets for sky in each room. Am I also right in thinking that S2 broadcasts in normal 5.1?

Unfortunatly I need a low profile card as my case is slim but wanted to see which was the 'best' dual tuner S2 card in terms of ease of set up tuning and handling reception?

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Post by holidayboy » Fri May 17, 2013 3:07 pm

I'm using a TBS6981 and have no issues with it.

Just run through TV setup, scan for the channels that MC doesn't automatically put in the guide and you're done. (Except for assigning guide data to the channels that have none by default - but that affects all satellite cards....)
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Post by vila2k » Sat May 18, 2013 11:32 am

Doesn't sound as simple as i'd hoped but ive ordered one from amazon and will see how i get on.

Whats the best way to import the guide data for channels regularly without too much interjection ?

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Post by holidayboy » Sat May 18, 2013 11:43 am

You should find that most channels have data included in the MS download, it just isn't automatically mapped.

You can use guidetool to do it:

http://1geek1tool.com/guidetool

Or from in Media Center:

Tasks>settings>TV>Guide>Edit Channels> Click on a channel and select Edit Listings.
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Post by milli260876 » Sat May 18, 2013 7:50 pm

epgcollector as a scheduled task for me for guide info -hasn't missed a beat..
id av got a tbs6984 if you could afford it any decent programs are always on at the same time!!!
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Post by vila2k » Tue May 21, 2013 12:09 pm

The flat i live in only has a twin outlet and in all the time Ive some sort of twin PVR ive never come across a conflict where theres been a third programme on at the same time as two others i wanted to watch / record.

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Post by bobbob » Fri May 24, 2013 3:41 pm

tbs6984 quad dvbs2 has served me very well since replacing 2 happauge nova's and 2 HVR440's. Nothing bad to say about any of them but obviously replacing 4 cards with 1 was a bit of a result

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