Best DVB-T card (2 Viewers)

[Sohvaperuna]

Hi,

I currently have working system with two DVB-C cards (technotrend C-1500). I am going to move
soon and I need to get DVB-T cards. So I am asking your suggestion, which cards I should select?

I use Windows Vista x64 and in future I will most likely change to Windows 7.

Currently I use "illegal" system for pay channels, with valid subscription of course.
If there is any reasonable "legal" system for DVB-T, I would like to hear that too.
I want to have atleast two DVB-T cards, and I want to watch pay channels with both
cards with one subscription.

Thanks,
Sohvaperuna

How about;

Hauppauge WinTV Nova-T 500 2x DVB-T PCI

?

or maybe

Pinnacle PCTV 2000i Dual DVB-T Pro 2xDVB-T PCI

?

 

[tourettes]

Hauppauge WinTV Nova-T 500 2x DVB-T PCI

At least few years ago when I tried that card it was causing lot of issues. Also it is just a 2xUSB tuner put into a single PCI card with USB controller. So, OS sees it as USB devices which is always giving some headache when it comes to stability on DVB tuners.

 

[framug]

Pinnacle PCTV 2000i Dual DVB-T Pro 2xDVB-T PCI

Be carefull, doesn't work with MP, for the moment. (at least on my system)
Regards.

 

[Sohvaperuna]

Nice, so is there any good choice?

 

[Gixxer]

the T500 is working very well now in mp. i dont put my server to suspend mode but i read that issues related to this had been solved.

i would recommend you the hauppague

 

[Spragleknas]

Regarding the Hauppauge WinTV Nova-T 500 (TD version at least): There are two different types of these. Can't remember what it was, but it did make a big difference... (Sorry - that's all I remember)

 

[framug]

Regarding the Hauppauge WinTV Nova-T 500 (TD version at least): There are two different types of these. Can't remember what it was, but it did make a big difference... (Sorry - that's all I remember)

If I remember correctly, TD version has 2 antennas IN.
Tuners can work separated (2 tuners) or, together (2 tuners became 1 tuner) and this helps you, when you are in a place with bad signal reception, each tuner try to keep the more signal strength to finally give you the best possible.

Regards.

 

[Spragleknas]

But CI-CAM only works in diversity mode (1 tuner)

 

[Sohvaperuna]

Thanks for sharing your experiences.. How about

Terratec 2400i DT Dual DVB-T PCI-E?

 

[petsa]

Hi Sohvaperuna,

I used to have this Terratec card but it gave me some headache when it froze the picture after som 5-8 mins after a resume. Having said that a colleague of mine had no such issues.

I now have Hauppauge HVR-2200, which is also a twin-tuner card, and it have worked really well for me.

/Peter