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Searching PCIe DVB-S2 TV card - experiences/recommendations?
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<blockquote data-quote="Andy_2639" data-source="post: 1280604" data-attributes="member: 161048"><p>At first, I measured the overall power consumption of my PC. With my PCTV DVB-S2 Stick (461e), the power consumption rises when I start recording tv and goes back when I stop it. With the three tested PCIe cards, the power consumption rises but didn't go back after stopping the recording.</p><p>(The PCTV DVB-S2 Stick (460e) had a similar behavior: it has an LED showing that the TV card is active. Even with the manufacturer software, it didn't stop listening to the satellite signal.)</p><p></p><p>So I decided to dig further into it. I startet recording, unpluged the coax-cabel and used a voltmeter to measure the voltage between the inner and outer conductor. It showed the expected 14V/18V. After re-connecting the cable, I stopped the recording, unplugged the cable and measured the voltage again.</p><p></p><p>The TBS card turned off the LNB supply voltage as soon as I stopped the MediaPortal TVService. Also with the software TBS ships with the card (I think DVB Viewer (?)), the supply voltage was turned off when I stopped watching TV.</p><p>I contacted TBS and IIRC they said that the continued turned on LNB supply voltage is a compatibility problem of MediaPortal as it's turned off after watching TV with the software they ship.</p><p></p><p>That's all from my memory as I did these testings 2 years ago ...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy_2639, post: 1280604, member: 161048"] At first, I measured the overall power consumption of my PC. With my PCTV DVB-S2 Stick (461e), the power consumption rises when I start recording tv and goes back when I stop it. With the three tested PCIe cards, the power consumption rises but didn't go back after stopping the recording. (The PCTV DVB-S2 Stick (460e) had a similar behavior: it has an LED showing that the TV card is active. Even with the manufacturer software, it didn't stop listening to the satellite signal.) So I decided to dig further into it. I startet recording, unpluged the coax-cabel and used a voltmeter to measure the voltage between the inner and outer conductor. It showed the expected 14V/18V. After re-connecting the cable, I stopped the recording, unplugged the cable and measured the voltage again. The TBS card turned off the LNB supply voltage as soon as I stopped the MediaPortal TVService. Also with the software TBS ships with the card (I think DVB Viewer (?)), the supply voltage was turned off when I stopped watching TV. I contacted TBS and IIRC they said that the continued turned on LNB supply voltage is a compatibility problem of MediaPortal as it's turned off after watching TV with the software they ship. That's all from my memory as I did these testings 2 years ago ... [/QUOTE]
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