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Review: DN LIVE! quattroS -4 Tuners in 1 card!
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<blockquote data-quote="datfreak" data-source="post: 97769" data-attributes="member: 19079"><p>About a week ago I wrote a post asking about the Quattros card and didnt get any replys SO I thought Id write something quickly about it, for others doing a search...</p><p></p><p>I originally was interested in multituner cards because my HTPC motherboard is a SLI model and doesnt have many pci slots ie: two. Anyone who has built a HTPC would know that having one tuner is really useless as you get no choice, you are either watching or recording but you cant do both.</p><p> So I thought about buying a Dvico two tuner card, then read that it uses a usb connection for its second tuner..then I also read that (on some systems) usb tuners dont always "wake up" from standby which is very crappy for want I needed.</p><p></p><p>So I bought two PCI cards- a Videomate t300 and a winfast dtv2000, both hybrid an/digital cards...that was great but then I wanted to use a satillite dish and maybe a soundcard...but no more PCI slots to do so.</p><p></p><p>Then I saw the Quattro card..</p><p>check out the link:</p><p><a href="http://www.digitalnow.com.au/product_pages/QuattroS.html" target="_blank">http://www.digitalnow.com.au/product_pages/QuattroS.html</a></p><p></p><p>2 X dvb-t tuners and 2 X dvb-s tuners on one card!</p><p>and it pcie X 1 ,, which I have never used before on any motherboard, but leaves my two pci slots open for other stuff and I have my sat tuners to boot.</p><p></p><p>So I got the card(which looks great--as a techno nerd point of view--check out the link above)and put it in the weird little pcieX1 slot- which amazes me, that small number of pins can "flow" so much data. </p><p>It didnt like booting up with both of my old tv cards in--?do they take up the same address on something? but I took the winfast card out and it booted up fine.</p><p></p><p>Another different thing with this quattroS is that it needs a HDD power supply to the back of the card--maybe the pcieX1 slot doesnt supply any power? </p><p></p><p>If you are going to use the QuattroS with Mediaportal you first need to download</p><p>CaptureCardDefinitions.zip from:</p><p><a href="http://forums.dvbowners.com/index.php?showtopic=6907&st=0&p=55426&#entry55426" target="_blank">http://forums.dvbowners.com/index.php?showtopic=6907&st=0&p=55426&#entry55426</a></p><p></p><p>and also the new card drivers from:</p><p><a href="http://www.digitalnow.com.au/downloads.html" target="_blank">http://www.digitalnow.com.au/downloads.html</a> </p><p></p><p></p><p>Both dtb-t tuners where detected in MP setup straight up(unlike the winfast OR the videomate). And for some weird reason only 1 dvb-S tuner(anyone know how to bring up the other?).</p><p></p><p>Edit : The DIGITALNOW people sent me a new card def file and now it sees the other dvb-s..</p><p>So I have one card in 1 pci-e and MP setup shows four (4!) tuners-- 2 X dvb-t and 2 X dvb-s</p><p>..how cool is that</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Ive only been using the quattoS for a few days but so far I'm very impressed.</p><p></p><p>I was using the winfast dvt2000 card of my viewing card and the video mate t300 as the recording because the winfast has a quicker channel change time then the videomate. </p><p>The quattro changes channels twice as fast as the winfast and three times quicker then the videomate, which(to me anyway) makes it a great deal and very much worth it- The slow change times of the others where very annoying.</p><p></p><p>I havnt used the sat tuners yet in MP but will post on here when I do..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="datfreak, post: 97769, member: 19079"] About a week ago I wrote a post asking about the Quattros card and didnt get any replys SO I thought Id write something quickly about it, for others doing a search... I originally was interested in multituner cards because my HTPC motherboard is a SLI model and doesnt have many pci slots ie: two. Anyone who has built a HTPC would know that having one tuner is really useless as you get no choice, you are either watching or recording but you cant do both. So I thought about buying a Dvico two tuner card, then read that it uses a usb connection for its second tuner..then I also read that (on some systems) usb tuners dont always "wake up" from standby which is very crappy for want I needed. So I bought two PCI cards- a Videomate t300 and a winfast dtv2000, both hybrid an/digital cards...that was great but then I wanted to use a satillite dish and maybe a soundcard...but no more PCI slots to do so. Then I saw the Quattro card.. check out the link: [url]http://www.digitalnow.com.au/product_pages/QuattroS.html[/url] 2 X dvb-t tuners and 2 X dvb-s tuners on one card! and it pcie X 1 ,, which I have never used before on any motherboard, but leaves my two pci slots open for other stuff and I have my sat tuners to boot. So I got the card(which looks great--as a techno nerd point of view--check out the link above)and put it in the weird little pcieX1 slot- which amazes me, that small number of pins can "flow" so much data. It didnt like booting up with both of my old tv cards in--?do they take up the same address on something? but I took the winfast card out and it booted up fine. Another different thing with this quattroS is that it needs a HDD power supply to the back of the card--maybe the pcieX1 slot doesnt supply any power? If you are going to use the QuattroS with Mediaportal you first need to download CaptureCardDefinitions.zip from: [url]http://forums.dvbowners.com/index.php?showtopic=6907&st=0&p=55426&#entry55426[/url] and also the new card drivers from: [url]http://www.digitalnow.com.au/downloads.html[/url] Both dtb-t tuners where detected in MP setup straight up(unlike the winfast OR the videomate). And for some weird reason only 1 dvb-S tuner(anyone know how to bring up the other?). Edit : The DIGITALNOW people sent me a new card def file and now it sees the other dvb-s.. So I have one card in 1 pci-e and MP setup shows four (4!) tuners-- 2 X dvb-t and 2 X dvb-s ..how cool is that Ive only been using the quattoS for a few days but so far I'm very impressed. I was using the winfast dvt2000 card of my viewing card and the video mate t300 as the recording because the winfast has a quicker channel change time then the videomate. The quattro changes channels twice as fast as the winfast and three times quicker then the videomate, which(to me anyway) makes it a great deal and very much worth it- The slow change times of the others where very annoying. I havnt used the sat tuners yet in MP but will post on here when I do.. [/QUOTE]
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