Advice On dual tuner

2005-05-08, 06:35

Ok I have a FusionHDTV DVB-T card and I am looking at a 2nd tuner. What I like about this card is its ease of use and tuning.

So what I am looking for is a dual tuner setup (i know a little funny seeing as I am from oz and only have 6 channels to choose from) with a bonus of possibly a FM tuner onboard for $150 or less.

I have looked at the following
- Visionplus
- Xpert DTV (seems to require quite alot of fiddling)
- FusionHDTV DVB-T Lite (looks like what I want but doesn't have Radio tuner)

Can anyone give me an opinion? Also on a sidenote If the lite card from dvico has Antenna passthrough does that mean I can run antenna to lite card first from wall and then into second card?

Cheers Again

SiLenTYL · 2005-05-08, 09:08

im thinking of getting a 2nd Dvico HDTV tuner too...i already have a Dvico USB2(no PCI slots available)..so i may get another USB...

also i see no reason why the antenna passthru would not work...i thought it may look kinda weird, perhaps the signal strength may drop if u use crappy cables...but otherwise i see no problem with that at all

i would go the Dvico USB2 again quite happily

2005-05-08, 09:11

Cheers mate. Yeah still debating over FM radio tuner but it really isn't worthh it with all the radio streams i can get now.

I spoke to Renura at digitalnow. I can get a Dvico Fusion lite to go with my full version fusion and passthrough the signal. The passthorugh has a 3db amplifier on it so I assumethe signal strength shows so adverse affects.

now I can pause the 7pm simpsons and watch Home and Away and then go back to simpsons and timeshift

(just kidding about the Home and away though

)

2005-05-08, 06:35	#1 (permalink)
Anonymous Guest Posts: n/a	Advice On dual tuner Ok I have a FusionHDTV DVB-T card and I am looking at a 2nd tuner. What I like about this card is its ease of use and tuning. So what I am looking for is a dual tuner setup (i know a little funny seeing as I am from oz and only have 6 channels to choose from) with a bonus of possibly a FM tuner onboard for $150 or less. I have looked at the following - Visionplus - Xpert DTV (seems to require quite alot of fiddling) - FusionHDTV DVB-T Lite (looks like what I want but doesn't have Radio tuner) Can anyone give me an opinion? Also on a sidenote If the lite card from dvico has Antenna passthrough does that mean I can run antenna to lite card first from wall and then into second card? Cheers Again

2005-05-08, 09:08	#2 (permalink)
SiLenTYL Portal Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 318 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	im thinking of getting a 2nd Dvico HDTV tuner too...i already have a Dvico USB2(no PCI slots available)..so i may get another USB... also i see no reason why the antenna passthru would not work...i thought it may look kinda weird, perhaps the signal strength may drop if u use crappy cables...but otherwise i see no problem with that at all i would go the Dvico USB2 again quite happily __________________ My HTPC : * Zalman HD135 HTPC Case (Black), Core2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.4 Ghz, 8600GT 512MB Silent, 2GB Corsair DDR2 1066Mhz RAM, Pioneer BDC-S02 (Blu-Ray reader, DVD-Burner), FireDTV DVB-T * MY CODECS - http://forum.team-mediaportal.com/sh...3&postcount=17

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2005-05-08, 09:11	#3 (permalink)
Anonymous Guest Posts: n/a	Cheers mate. Yeah still debating over FM radio tuner but it really isn't worthh it with all the radio streams i can get now. I spoke to Renura at digitalnow. I can get a Dvico Fusion lite to go with my full version fusion and passthrough the signal. The passthorugh has a 3db amplifier on it so I assumethe signal strength shows so adverse affects. now I can pause the 7pm simpsons and watch Home and Away and then go back to simpsons and timeshift (just kidding about the Home and away though )