Should I swap PVR150 with DVB-T

Czar63 · 2005-01-19, 13:10

I ordered a PVR150 (non MCE with its remote), but since the vendor is taking too long to send it to me, I was wondering if, being the MP development so fast, would be better to buy a DVB-T board instead. So the questions, beeing a DVB-T newbie are:

-which one has MPEG HW encode?
-is there any board with a CI interface since in Italy will begin a service with prepaid card in order to look football matches and movies?
-anyone using remotes of these boards, or should I buy a MCE remote?
-last but not least, which one works best with MP at the moment?

I checked the Nova-T but it semms lacking both features.

Thanks

Callifo · 2005-01-19, 13:30

Nova-T has the hardware mpeg2 encoder but nothing about a CI interface whatever that is?

Czar63 · 2005-01-19, 15:00

I found this that states it's not hw:
http://www.hauppauge.co.uk/board/showthread.php?t=50

but here : http://www.hauppauge.com.sg/pc/products.htm they say Hw encoder / SW decoder.

What do you think?

Anyway CI states for Common Interface, it's a slot where you can insert a CAM ( ... Access Module) used for paytv or pay per view.

Is the Nova-T a good card, some forums says it's not?

rich710 · 2005-01-19, 15:25

Twinhan got some new DVB-T card with CI, I have not tried it myself.
I dont think you need some HW encoder since the DVB-T is already "encoded" as mpeg2.... There is no need for the card to encode anything since the stream already is...

2005-03-28, 11:12

Quote:

Nova-T has the hardware mpeg2 encoder but nothing about a CI interface whatever that is?

Do not mix things.

If limited to hardware solution:
Cards designed to receive digital data only need a decoder.
The encoder is only needed if the card has to encode analog to digital.

The PVR can not receive a DVB-T signal so iif you want to switch to DVB-T
in the very near future, then swap the card.

Nova-T:

Hauppauge uses wrong terms on their website. Sure, a digital card is
able to receive a digital stream but decoding that digital stream
is still done with software on the Nova-T
A minor side-effect of hardware decoders is sometimes that ..if you want
to use this hardware decoder, then you can only use the TV-out of that card and not the video card anymore. Unless the digital card has been modded to give out the data stream.
The intention these days is to use a software decoder but encoding is still the work of a hardware controller.

Nova-T has no CI slot connector so you can not maount any cam module to the card.

conclusion : de not mix encoding with decoding.

2005-01-19, 13:10	#1 (permalink)
Czar63 Portal Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Padova, Italy Posts: 46 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Should I swap PVR150 with DVB-T I ordered a PVR150 (non MCE with its remote), but since the vendor is taking too long to send it to me, I was wondering if, being the MP development so fast, would be better to buy a DVB-T board instead. So the questions, beeing a DVB-T newbie are: -which one has MPEG HW encode? -is there any board with a CI interface since in Italy will begin a service with prepaid card in order to look football matches and movies? -anyone using remotes of these boards, or should I buy a MCE remote? -last but not least, which one works best with MP at the moment? I checked the Nova-T but it semms lacking both features. Thanks __________________ Silverstone LC03 modded - Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe - Athlon XP 3200+ 400 FSB - Thermaltake SilentBooster :-( - 512 mb DRAM - Samsung SP1614C SATA - Lifeview DVB-T - Sapphire ATI 9550SE 128mb - MCE 2005 Italian Remote - XP SP2 - Directx 9.0c - MP 2.0 RC2

2005-01-19, 15:00	#3 (permalink)
Czar63 Portal Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Padova, Italy Posts: 46 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I found this that states it's not hw: http://www.hauppauge.co.uk/board/showthread.php?t=50 but here : http://www.hauppauge.com.sg/pc/products.htm they say Hw encoder / SW decoder. What do you think? Anyway CI states for Common Interface, it's a slot where you can insert a CAM ( ... Access Module) used for paytv or pay per view. Is the Nova-T a good card, some forums says it's not? __________________ Silverstone LC03 modded - Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe - Athlon XP 3200+ 400 FSB - Thermaltake SilentBooster :-( - 512 mb DRAM - Samsung SP1614C SATA - Lifeview DVB-T - Sapphire ATI 9550SE 128mb - MCE 2005 Italian Remote - XP SP2 - Directx 9.0c - MP 2.0 RC2

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rich710 Portal Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Sweden Posts: 31 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Twinhan got some new DVB-T card with CI, I have not tried it myself. I dont think you need some HW encoder since the DVB-T is already "encoded" as mpeg2.... There is no need for the card to encode anything since the stream already is...