Is there a stick USB PC tuner that I can buy to get 4:2:2 and HD signals?

[zamar23]

JP

It makes no sense to buy now a sat tuner at full price that can't receive DVB-S2 signals and has obsolete low sensitive demod. You can buy a Twinhan 1020A card (new A version, but no DSS support) for $5 on 2-day EBay auctions (program EBay to notify you about such new postings), but I would consider a sound investment only a DVB-S2 tuner. PC DVB section here has several threads about current best tuner models, and you'd get more advice starting it there.

 

[John Popper]

thanks Zamar

one final question on this thread and ill take my bugging self to the pc dvb section, would the DVB-S2 USB dvdworld box that Sadoun sells allow me to get dvb-s HD also?

DVB-S2 USB BOX2104C DVBWorld HD FTA Satellite Receiver - eBay (item 390132823878 end time Feb-15-10 16:31:16 PST)

 

[qwert1515]

Yes it will, however the "D" version has the potential to support "Blind Scan".

 

[John Popper]

Yes it will, however the "D" version has the potential to support "Blind Scan".

and for 20 bucks more it makes better sense to get that one!
Thanks qwert

 

[starman345]

To muddy the waters even more for you, here is another choice worth looking at http://www.satelliteguys.us/free-air-pc-dvb-discussion/191655-prof-7301-7500-8000-tuners.html I dont' have any experience with the Prof 7500 but do with the pci 7301 and can say I'm happy with it.

 

[John Popper]

Update: I ended up buying the DVBWorld from Sadoun and I'm very happy with the results, I am getting weak DVB-S TPs that I was not getting with the Coolsat, not to mention the HD, 4:2:2, S-2 and S-2 8PSK I was missing.
Only thing I haven't figured out is how to do blind scan, cause whenever I try to scan a satellite it only scans the pre-programmed channels already in the sat list

 

[qwert1515]

Currently the DVBWorld receivers do not have blind scan (The hardware supports it but the software does not)
DVBWorld said in another thread that they will add it soon. (Maybe if you send him a PM soon will happen quicker )

 

[John Popper]

thanks qwert good to know!

 

[Tron]

Currently the DVBWorld receivers do not have blind scan (The hardware supports it but the software does not)
DVBWorld said in another thread that they will add it soon. (Maybe if you send him a PM soon will happen quicker )

Does the hardware in both the DVBWorld USB and PCI express card models support blind scan? If so, this may be my entry point into DVB-S2.

 

[qwert1515]

This is what DVBWorld said in January, then the Sathawk was released and then it was the Chinese New Year,
so I don't think they have been able to get to it yet. (DVBWorld's blind scan will work in Windows)
The new "D" versions and the PCI-E2006 hardware support blind scan. (The tuner and demodulator are from the Montage Company)

in fact, DVBWorld New hardware solution ( pci-e2006pci2004d/usb2104d)all support blindscan, but the software no support the function.
of course, we can add blindscan to our software, but now we are developing CI , when we release the CI model, we will start to add blindscan function,pls attention DVBWorld company,thanks!!

Just to let you know, Pendragon has a blind scan for some of the Prof Tuners. It only works in Linux, and Pendragon has not released it yet, but it works
Prof 7301 first time Linux user driver install

 

[Tron]

Good information, Qwert, thanks! Since I do Windows, I'll probably be looking toward the DVBWorld solution.

 

[Blindowl1234]

John, I'm confused. Will this work with Windows or Linux only? Looks like on the top of the receiver it says Windows though.
It does 4:2:2? I was thinking it did Dvb and S2 4:2:0. Maybe I'm missing something here. How fast of a processor do you have in your computer? I'm a little worried with mine being a 2.3 which is probably really only a 2.1 AMD that it won't be fast enough. The Tv tuner card in it seems to process OTA HD ok though. But thats an internal card not an external box. Thanks Blind