Well, after unsuccessfully trying to migrate to TV Server with the DVICO (all sorts of weird problems that I just couldn't be bothered with), I've bitten the bullet and accepted marcusb and mrkaras recommendations and going with the DNTV card. $139 for a dual tuner is a pretty good price.
BTW, I did find out that the Blackgold gear is pure PCIe - no USB brdge, for those who are looking for what looks like a good DVB-T / DVB-S combo.
Update:
DNTV card arrived today. Removed the DVICO c**p, which by the way also has an uninstallation problem just to put the icing on the cake (ie didn't remove the driver package that shows up in the installed programs). Installed the DNTV in a few quick minutes, and tuners auto-tuned in MP a few minute after that.
AND I get SBS now off the same antenna that the DVICO was using and couldn't find it.
AND channels change MUCH faster.....
Whoot! No looking back now..... next job is to migrate to TV Server...... thanks for the recommendation guys.
Last edited by globaldonkey; 2008-04-16 at 05:23.
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