New TBS6284 quad DVB-T2 tuner

[holidayboy]

Looks like this could be a nice Freeview HD card, hopefully it will be a bit cheaper than the BlackGold one.

It's a shame that it's a full height card though........

http://www.buydvb.net/blog/tbs-announce ... -6284.html

[Fleadh]

It fills a gap sorely lacking in the UK and Irish markets. This is ideal for a tuner server or similar.

[tony_park]

The one part that I like about the BlackGold product, is that it only requires 1 aerial feed - can't tell from the picture of the TBS product, whether its 2 or 4 feeds.

[Fleadh]

8. RF-Input Impedance 75Ω (IEC-DIN female)
9. RF-Output Impedance 75Ω (IEC-DIN male)

Looks like its two twins so its two inputs. Kinda makes sense if you have more then one aerial input source, two tuners for each.

[holidayboy]

Maybe it will work like the old Pinnacle 3010ix/7010ix cards and have internal combining circuitry?

[CyberSimian]

Maybe it will work like the old Pinnacle 3010ix/7010ix cards and have internal combining circuitry?

The thread below has some pictures, including one showing a short (circa 3-inch) co-axial patch lead connecting the output of one dual-tuner to the input of the other dual-tuner:

http://www.tbsdtv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=1500

This suggests that there is no internal connection between the two dual-tuners.

-- from CyberSimian in the UK

[dduk]

How thin (read unshielded) is that 'bridge' cable?! I suppose a custom replacement would be simple build, however I would probably give it two dedicated feeds from my TV amplifier.

I'm really interested in this product, hopefully it won't be twice the price of a dual card.

Does anybody have any experience of TBS products?

[amor]

i'm looking forward to it....

[mattya]

it's said it will be available on 25th Oct, that's tomorrow, i'm wondering is it the same in the UK???