Advice about setup. Englishman living in Germany (1 Viewer)

[PureLoneWolf]

Hi all

I am looking to build a HTPC setup and, typically, I am not certain about cards.

I live in Germany and will be fitting a dual or quad LNB to the dish when I get it.

Initially I would be looking at FreesatHD with the possibility of moving to Sky HD if I can find a method of subscribing over here that doesn't have an extortionate middle-man annual fee.

Looking on here, I have seen a few recommending the TBS 6981 dual satellite card. Would this be a good choice to connect to FreesatHD and be able to record one channel/watch another?

If I were to then sort out Sky HD...would this card still be enough, or would I need another card to control the box?

I don't need to control any motors as the dish will only be pointing to English satellites. I was also thinking of an extra card to be able to potentially connect to the wall socket in my apartment...for German TV.

Many thanks in advance for any advice

 

[mm1352000]

Hi PureLoneWolf

I think the TBS 6981 would be an excellent choice for satellite TV. It would indeed enable you to watch/record at least two channels simultaneously. No comment about Sky HD - I think you'd be getting into territory that we don't talk about on this forum (please ask about that elsewhere).

Regarding the German TV: I think you'd need a DVB-C or DVB-T tuner there. Plenty of tuners are available, however I guess the question would be whether you only want free channels or you intend to subscribe to a pay TV provider and decrypt the channels somehow.

mm

 

[PureLoneWolf]

Hi PureLoneWolf

No comment about Sky HD - I think you'd be getting into territory that we don't talk about on this forum (please ask about that elsewhere).

Apologies, I didn't realise. I just thought it would be nice to have every device controlled through the HTPC (including the Sky Box)..not to circumnavigate any security etc.

Thanks