Quad DVB-T tuner (1 Viewer)

[MLH01]

Hi All.

I'm looking to upgrade my HTPC, which currently has a dual DVB-T tuner (Nova-T 500). It works reasonably well, but sometimes I need more than 2 tuners.

Has anyone tried this PCI-E quad DVB-T tuner?

From what it says on the web site, it looks like a good all-in-one solution for DVB-T and DAB+. The only potential downside is the requirement to be in an area with relatively strong DVB-T signals.

Thanks,
MLH01.

 

[mm1352000]

Hi MLH01

I haven't got personal experience with that particular device, but I do have experience dealing with other DigitalNow devices (Quattro S, Dabby) and Renura. I can't speak highly enough of Renura's support. The Quad is currently only partially supported in MP (the FM and DAB/DAB+ modes are not yet supported - I hope to add that for 1.3.0). The only slightly out-of-the-ordinary requirement that I know of is that you do need clean and strong signal. Otherwise the 4 DVB-T tuners should just work out of the box.

mm

 

[MLH01]

Thanks mm for your response.

I will give it a try. If MP eventually supports DAB/FM (as you hinted at) then it will be a bonus

With signal level/quality, I have a TV signal amp lying around if necessary. I bought it thinking that I was in a poor-signal area only to find I didn't have a proper digital-ready antenna After installing a digital antenna, the signal improved.

MLH01.

 

[TommySharp]

Did anyone ever get one of these cards?

 

[cunnox]

Mine works fine, can't speak to signal strength though as I can see the transmission tower from my house.

 

[markus_g]

Mine worked ok with my old TV antenna but now works great with my new antenna which has much more signal. The only thing I found was I needed to add a 5 sec delay for TV card detection in TV server configuation under the general tab. Without this the TV server didn't always find the 4 tunners.
It will be great if the DAD+ is added to mediaportal.

 

[MLH01]

I installed mine last weekend (more than 1 year on!) after needing to clean-install Win7, MePo etc due to a problem with FTR 1.7.0.0 that ended up corrupting the database Probably overkill, but it is working reasonably well now.

I also set a 5 sec delay on the card to be sure the tuners were recognised after resuming from sleep. All 4 tuners were recognised and worked flawlessly in the TVSetup stress test (a great addition to TVSetup in v1.2.3).

I get a few pixelated frames and squeaks on the speakers from time to time, which could be due to the distance from the towers. I will tinker around a bit more to try and get rid of that problem.

Overall I am quite happy with the quad tuner

MLH01