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<blockquote data-quote="mickypnz" data-source="post: 233933" data-attributes="member: 60125">Hi Darkman,I have an HVR 4000 - which is very similar to the 3000's. Just a few words of advice:1. Although they have a DVB-S (satellite) tuner, a DVB-T (terrestrial) tuner and an analogue tuner, I believe that you can only use one of these at a time - you may wish to confirm this.2. If you are planning on using Mediaportal, at this stage the analogue tuner of my HVR-4000 (and I would imagine your 3000) does not work reliably as it relies on software encoding (rather than hardware)The upside is that they have DVB-T tuners on board, so when the DVB-T service is switched on soon, may be able to utilise that (although given you have rubbish reception this may be unlikely)If you want to go the satellite only route - I have heard people recommending the Technisat Skystar 2 which is available on trademe for $145 new I believe. However, I have no knowledge/experience as to whether two of these cards are happy together in the same box.And yes - you need two DVB-S tuners as freeview uses two transponders at the moment. Media Portal (using TV engine 3) can record multiple streams so long as they are on the same transponder - so two means you can record/watch everything and anything simultaneously.Regards,Michael</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mickypnz, post: 233933, member: 60125"] Hi Darkman, I have an HVR 4000 - which is very similar to the 3000's. Just a few words of advice: 1. Although they have a DVB-S (satellite) tuner, a DVB-T (terrestrial) tuner and an analogue tuner, I believe that you can only use one of these at a time - you may wish to confirm this. 2. If you are planning on using Mediaportal, at this stage the analogue tuner of my HVR-4000 (and I would imagine your 3000) does not work reliably as it relies on software encoding (rather than hardware) The upside is that they have DVB-T tuners on board, so when the DVB-T service is switched on soon, may be able to utilise that (although given you have rubbish reception this may be unlikely) If you want to go the satellite only route - I have heard people recommending the Technisat Skystar 2 which is available on trademe for $145 new I believe. However, I have no knowledge/experience as to whether two of these cards are happy together in the same box. And yes - you need two DVB-S tuners as freeview uses two transponders at the moment. Media Portal (using TV engine 3) can record multiple streams so long as they are on the same transponder - so two means you can record/watch everything and anything simultaneously. Regards, Michael [/QUOTE]

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