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Ive got a Nova T-500 tv card installed in my media centre, does anyone know if theyre capable of picking up freesat HD channels as im thinking of switching over, but dont want to have to run a seperate set top box for it.
Ongoing Freesat & Nova T-500 (2 Viewers)
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but the Nova-T 500 is a terrestrial card (i.e. Freeview/aerial), you would need a Sattelite card for Freesat (i.e. via a sattelite).
So you need a) a sattelite dish, and b) a tv card that handled sattelite feeds.
To be honest though - there is only BBC HD and ITV HD at the moment - so not much to watch!
So you need a) a sattelite dish, and b) a tv card that handled sattelite feeds.
To be honest though - there is only BBC HD and ITV HD at the moment - so not much to watch!
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yeah the nova-t 500 is a DVB-T card, so currently picks up freeview coming through the main aerial. so i guess id need a DVB-S?
i wasnt 100% sure because i thought that freesat was transmitted down a normal coax cable when received by the dish, so i thought there might be a chance that a normal terrestrial card would be able to decode it.
i wasnt 100% sure because i thought that freesat was transmitted down a normal coax cable when received by the dish, so i thought there might be a chance that a normal terrestrial card would be able to decode it.
I think that you will find that satellite cable is different to normal coaxial aerial cable. If someone has wired a dish with normal coaxial cable then it is a bad installation.
You will need a satellite card to be able to get any form of satellite broadcast.
Hope that clears it up for you
Regards
kev
You will need a satellite card to be able to get any form of satellite broadcast.
Hope that clears it up for you
Regards
kev
Yes you will need a DVB-S card, possibly a DVB-S2 card (for future-proofing)
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cheers fellas, thats cleared it up for me
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