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<blockquote data-quote="rabies" data-source="post: 779483" data-attributes="member: 58476">Hello!I am new to using Mediaportal to watch TV and as a newb it can sometimes feel like moving around a jungle with all different setups and solutions. For many years i've been using Mediaportal as my main frontend for watching movies and playing music with my HTPC. Today I've decided to take a step forward and use it as a TV-frontend as well. I've been reading around on different forums and trying to figure out what sort of hardware I should get. So therefore I am writing this post, and hopefully get a little bit smarter.I've been looking at the Hauppage Colussus, but I understand that this card doesn't have a satellite tuner and that it's main purpose is the PVR functionality. As I already have a HD STB with a subscription from Canal Digital in Norway I was wondering if I can use this card, connect my tuner to the card, and then use my HTPC and Mediaportal as the frontend for watching TV instead of the STP itself?Would I be better of to get a DVB-S2 card with a CAM and just skip the whole STB?Regards,Rabies <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="rabies, post: 779483, member: 58476"] Hello! I am new to using Mediaportal to watch TV and as a newb it can sometimes feel like moving around a jungle with all different setups and solutions. For many years i've been using Mediaportal as my main frontend for watching movies and playing music with my HTPC. Today I've decided to take a step forward and use it as a TV-frontend as well. I've been reading around on different forums and trying to figure out what sort of hardware I should get. So therefore I am writing this post, and hopefully get a little bit smarter. I've been looking at the Hauppage Colussus, but I understand that this card doesn't have a satellite tuner and that it's main purpose is the PVR functionality. As I already have a HD STB with a subscription from Canal Digital in Norway I was wondering if I can use this card, connect my tuner to the card, and then use my HTPC and Mediaportal as the frontend for watching TV instead of the STP itself? Would I be better of to get a DVB-S2 card with a CAM and just skip the whole STB? Regards, Rabies :) [/QUOTE]

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