Hurgh wrote:
Hi All,
I have been around the list for a while, and in the past have asked a
few questions.
I have started setting up a new PVR and am looking at putting in a
Digital (as appose to the analog one i have now) TV card.
Can people in australia please let me know 1) What card they are
using, and 2) if you were building it again, would you opt for the
same card or go for a different one.
The cards I'm currently using are the DVico Fusion (one Plus and one
Light) HDTV cards. If I was to build another one, I wouldn't use a Plus
card (as I'm not using the video in feature).
The previous cards I used were Twinhan. I've since sold them on eBay
and I would definitely NOT buy one of those again. The signal quality
difference is chalk and cheese. On the Twinhan's I could only ever get
ABC and SBS reliably, while my el-cheapo Teac STB had no problems at
all. Even after recabling my house with quad shielded RG6, replacing
all the connectors with F-type, reducing the number of splits to three
and having an antenna expert (with all the appropriate gear for checking
digital signal quality) reposition the antenna I didn't get a much
better result with the Twinhans. The DVico's have performed flawlessly,
with the only problem being occasional errors where audio drops out
(although, the audio is still there if I watch it using winamp).
Also possibily some places to buy (online) would be a real help.
<shameless_plug>
I actually sell the DVico's online at http://hometheatreheaven.com.au,
but there are a number of other places you can get them from.
</shameless_plug>
If there are some of you that think i should go for HD TV cards, feel
free to reply also with your comments on Which card, and possibily
where to buy.
I have thought about it, but dont know if enough of the shows i want
to record will be in HD.
One of the problems with HDTV in Australia is the listings (at least the
ones generated from yahoo) don't make it possible to schedule it. But
you'll be hard pressed to find a DTV card that doesn't at least claim to
record HDTV. Plus it'll be worth it when the listings catch up and/or
the amount of HDTV content grows.
Thanks again for any help in this.
Regards
-Hurgh-
Np, I hope whatever you get works well.
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