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<blockquote data-quote="mruane" data-source="post: 256473" data-attributes="member: 21044">Hi DiecastblueFrom my location in Wellington, I cannot see KauKau at all and the analog signals from Fitzherbert and Thorndon are pretty poor also. However with DVB-T I get the Fitzherbert signals just great. So, as long as you can get a signal the quality will be significantly better. You will either get a signal or not - no significant middle ground. I also use a small Kingray signal amp which helps for the one analog signal I need i.e. Prime. I use an HVR4000 card and it will enable you to record all of the channels on a single transmitter using TVEnginev3. The built Media Portal built in tuner will not do that. So use the separate TVEngine for sure.To get all of the DVB-T channels at the same time, you will need three HVR4000 or equivalents. For DVB-S though two are sufficient because only two DVB-S transponders are used.&nbsp; Two DVB-T tuners should cover most of your needs though - but not all.&nbsp; I have not seen any dual tuner DVB-T cards available at the local suppliers here yet.&nbsp; I like the HVR4000 because it has separate DVB-S and DVB-T tuners on board. So two of them covers all that I need - plus a PVR150 for the single remaining analog station (i.e as I said Prime).&nbsp; The HVR4000 does have an analog tuner but its useless for Media Portal because the card does not have an MPEG encoder - hence the need for the PVR150.Cheers Mike</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mruane, post: 256473, member: 21044"] Hi Diecastblue From my location in Wellington, I cannot see KauKau at all and the analog signals from Fitzherbert and Thorndon are pretty poor also. However with DVB-T I get the Fitzherbert signals just great. So, as long as you can get a signal the quality will be significantly better. You will either get a signal or not - no significant middle ground. I also use a small Kingray signal amp which helps for the one analog signal I need i.e. Prime. I use an HVR4000 card and it will enable you to record all of the channels on a single transmitter using TVEnginev3. The built Media Portal built in tuner will not do that. So use the separate TVEngine for sure. To get all of the DVB-T channels at the same time, you will need three HVR4000 or equivalents. For DVB-S though two are sufficient because only two DVB-S transponders are used. Two DVB-T tuners should cover most of your needs though - but not all. I have not seen any dual tuner DVB-T cards available at the local suppliers here yet. I like the HVR4000 because it has separate DVB-S and DVB-T tuners on board. So two of them covers all that I need - plus a PVR150 for the single remaining analog station (i.e as I said Prime). The HVR4000 does have an analog tuner but its useless for Media Portal because the card does not have an MPEG encoder - hence the need for the PVR150. Cheers Mike [/QUOTE]

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