Looking for a FTA card for a PC?

[ken2400]

I have been thinking about getting a FTA card for the PC.
Any ideas?
Do any of them search?

Thanks

 

[Mr Tony]

I dont think any of them have a smart/blind search feature

 

[timmy1376]

No blind search, plus you need a pretty decent PC to run the software. It dogs on my Athlon 700. (its a software card, not a hardware one like the Nexus)

 

[Cascade]

Although the Nexus has the widest software base of any of the cards, the SkyStar2 do have a blind search app written for it although it's not user friendly and can be flakey.

Don't ask me how it works because I don't own a software card.

 

[PSB]

OT. Welcome Back Cascade!



: )

 

[Cascade]

Cheers
Now all I have to do is go through the PMs that built up while I was away, all 2 of them

 

[ken2400]

Thanks for the feedback so far.
What about the TwinHan VisionPlus 1022A card or any of the others they make?

Are they worth the $$ or should I just spend the $$ now and both the Nexus card?

Thanks

 

[Cascade]

How much are you expecting to pay for either card?
The Nexus is by far the better card IMHO.

 

[timmy1376]

Are you wanting it for recording? I now regret buying the Twinhan I have, and would trade it for a STB in a second.

tim

 

[ken2400]

I don't need to record now BUT might someday. It seems the cards have some ways to go. I realy am looking for something that will scan.

Thanks for the input.

Are you wanting it for recording? I now regret buying the Twinhan I have, and would trade it for a STB in a second.

tim

 

[Wayn23]

I don't need to record now BUT might someday. It seems the cards have some ways to go. I realy am looking for something that will scan.

Thanks for the input.

I use a Twinhan 1020 and it is a great card, it performs perfectly on HD
4:2:2 SD and regular 4:2:0 SD. The ability to timeshift and record makes
it a great deal for the money but if you don't have a blindsearch receiver
it might be better to get one also or first.

I use my Twinhan with a Sigma Designs X-card to send 4:2:0 SD to the TV's
S-video input and I use a great program called TVedia with the DVB upgrade and control everything from the remote that comes with the X-card.

If you want to do HD you do need a fast computer, I use an Athlon Xp3000+ but it works great.

 

[timmy1376]

I use a Twinhan 1020 and it is a great card, it performs perfectly on HD
4:2:2 SD and regular 4:2:0 SD. The ability to timeshift and record makes
it a great deal for the money but if you don't have a blindsearch receiver
it might be better to get one also or first.

I use my Twinhan with a Sigma Designs X-card to send 4:2:0 SD to the TV's
S-video input and I use a great program called TVedia with the DVB upgrade and control everything from the remote that comes with the X-card.

If you want to do HD you do need a fast computer, I use an Athlon Xp3000+ but it works great.

What HD are you getting? Are there many wild feeds of HD?

PS Where you you find TVedia???

 

[Wayn23]

You can find TVedia here. http://www.8dim.com

As for HD I have C-band and KU-band and find lots of HD feeds on C-band.
I would check your protected forum here to see if anybody posts any feeds
in HD, I don't belong to that forum here so I am not sure what is being posted. I would check Lyngsat also.

 

[ken2400]

Looks like there is a new generation of these cards? Don't know if it can scan tho?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=67893&item=5759055569&rd=1

 

[carload]

Hmm, I can't find that model on the manufacturer's site: http://www.twinhan.com/.

But I did see a recent press release: "In Q1, TwinHan will unveil the new and versatile Hybrid TV tuner USB box and PCI card, MagicBox Pro and TwinhanDTV Ter (D+A), which allow users to receive both analog and DVB-T TV signals by one single product." (http://www.twinhan.com/news_releases_2.asp?newsid=78)

 

[mkm4]

DVB-T TV signals by one single product." (http://www.twinhan.com/news_releases_2.asp?newsid=78)

This will not receive satellite signals. Which are sent as DVB-S.

 

[carload]

Yeah, I noticed a coupla minutes after I posted. I keep looking for my holy grail of a card that'll do FTA, OTAHD, and DVR the whole shebang.