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<blockquote data-quote="ziphnor" data-source="post: 34641" data-attributes="member: 14215"><p>I did also consider the Twinhan but i have the following reasons for currently leaning towards Fire/Floppy DTV:</p><p></p><p>1. The Fire/Floppy-DTV directly states that it works with my Digital cable provider(TDC). Also, judging from the support forums(where quick responses are given) alot of attention is paid to support almost all mediaportal-like programs.</p><p></p><p>2. I want dual tuners, so i will need to buy 2 DVB-C cards, if i go with the Twinhan ill use up 2 precious PCI slots, whereas firewire will only cost me one slot for the firewire controller. Firewire isnt exactly slow btw, its 400Mbit for the slowest type, plenty to carry a few video feeds even in HDTV. But i guess there might be some slight latency.</p><p></p><p>2. The Floppy/Fire DTV is guaranteed to work also if the providers start using MPEG-4(ie might happen for HDTV broadcasts), is that also the case for the Twinhan? I suspect it will properly work as well sinceit like the FireDTV has no hardware decoder, but i would like to be sure.</p><p></p><p>3. This thread has me a bit worried:</p><p><a href="http://nolanparty.com/mediaportal.sourceforge.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=9054&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0" target="_blank">http://nolanparty.com/mediaportal.sourceforge.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=9054&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0</a></p><p>But its hard to judge whether or not so many people are having problems because so many own the Twinhan, or just because it doesnt quite work yet. Compared to this the Fire/Floppy DTV seems to be working better for the people who own it.</p><p></p><p>On the other hand the twinhan is significantly cheaper, especially if i have to buy 2 of them.</p><p></p><p>Im in no way convinced that i should buy the Fire/Floppy DTV, so im open to argument for and against.</p><p></p><p>Just noticed that the price difference is even more than i thought:</p><p>The Twinhan can be bought for ~ €105 while the FloppyDTV in its cheapest version is ~€170 ( CAM and shipping not included in either one).</p><p>If i could be sure that the Twinhan would work just as well as the FireDTV now and in the future i guess i would buy that instead.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ziphnor, post: 34641, member: 14215"] I did also consider the Twinhan but i have the following reasons for currently leaning towards Fire/Floppy DTV: 1. The Fire/Floppy-DTV directly states that it works with my Digital cable provider(TDC). Also, judging from the support forums(where quick responses are given) alot of attention is paid to support almost all mediaportal-like programs. 2. I want dual tuners, so i will need to buy 2 DVB-C cards, if i go with the Twinhan ill use up 2 precious PCI slots, whereas firewire will only cost me one slot for the firewire controller. Firewire isnt exactly slow btw, its 400Mbit for the slowest type, plenty to carry a few video feeds even in HDTV. But i guess there might be some slight latency. 2. The Floppy/Fire DTV is guaranteed to work also if the providers start using MPEG-4(ie might happen for HDTV broadcasts), is that also the case for the Twinhan? I suspect it will properly work as well sinceit like the FireDTV has no hardware decoder, but i would like to be sure. 3. This thread has me a bit worried: [url]http://nolanparty.com/mediaportal.sourceforge.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=9054&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0[/url] But its hard to judge whether or not so many people are having problems because so many own the Twinhan, or just because it doesnt quite work yet. Compared to this the Fire/Floppy DTV seems to be working better for the people who own it. On the other hand the twinhan is significantly cheaper, especially if i have to buy 2 of them. Im in no way convinced that i should buy the Fire/Floppy DTV, so im open to argument for and against. Just noticed that the price difference is even more than i thought: The Twinhan can be bought for ~ €105 while the FloppyDTV in its cheapest version is ~€170 ( CAM and shipping not included in either one). If i could be sure that the Twinhan would work just as well as the FireDTV now and in the future i guess i would buy that instead. [/QUOTE]
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