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<blockquote data-quote="Mew" data-source="post: 315606" data-attributes="member: 29012">Hi Henry_CastleI must admit I never used the analogue part of the HVR-4000 because it was software encoded and thought it might take up a reasonable amount of CPU. I bought a PVR-500 (which uses hardware encoding) to handle the 2 main UK channels that were not FTA DVB-S at the time (one has since moved FTA and it is rumored the other will also go FTA). All the main channels are on DVB-T so that works OK for me at the moment.With regards to DVB-T HD, in the UK I think that they are planning to use DVB-T2 when scheduled transmissions take place. I don't believe you can buy a DVB-T2 PC card or set-top box yet. I think that when they did test transmissions using DVB-T that these could be received OK.&nbsp; Elsewhere I would assume if DVB-T is used for HD then using TV Server you should be able to view this on MediaPortal (a bit like people can view BBC HD which is broadcast on DVB-S at present (rather than DVB-S2)). Unless anyone knows any different I would have thought that DVB-T HD transmissions should work OK with TV Server an MediaPortal (if you check the forum threads I think this may be the case in Australia and New Zealand). The only reason I could see they would not is if a non-standard protocol is used (such as ITV HD using a H.222 data transmission via DVB-S rather than H.264 video).Mew</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mew, post: 315606, member: 29012"] Hi Henry_Castle I must admit I never used the analogue part of the HVR-4000 because it was software encoded and thought it might take up a reasonable amount of CPU. I bought a PVR-500 (which uses hardware encoding) to handle the 2 main UK channels that were not FTA DVB-S at the time (one has since moved FTA and it is rumored the other will also go FTA). All the main channels are on DVB-T so that works OK for me at the moment. With regards to DVB-T HD, in the UK I think that they are planning to use DVB-T2 when scheduled transmissions take place. I don't believe you can buy a DVB-T2 PC card or set-top box yet. I think that when they did test transmissions using DVB-T that these could be received OK. Elsewhere I would assume if DVB-T is used for HD then using TV Server you should be able to view this on MediaPortal (a bit like people can view BBC HD which is broadcast on DVB-S at present (rather than DVB-S2)). Unless anyone knows any different I would have thought that DVB-T HD transmissions should work OK with TV Server an MediaPortal (if you check the forum threads I think this may be the case in Australia and New Zealand). The only reason I could see they would not is if a non-standard protocol is used (such as ITV HD using a H.222 data transmission via DVB-S rather than H.264 video). Mew [/QUOTE]

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