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Just to give you all an update on how the story in my original post ended....

At a certain point my HTPC died. I could not determine the cause (later I got other problems that suggest it was all an intermittent short circuit in the front panel power switch, but anyway...), and I wanted to change quite a few things anyway (like upgrade from a very old MP version and also from XP to Win 7), so I went over to a new motherboard / CPU (also lower power than my old system) and swtiched over to Digitenne. Actually I later found out that there is an even cheaper way to get DVB-T in the Netherlands via EDPNet, but that's something I will do in a year after the Digitenne contract has expired. See - http://www.edpnet.nl/thuis/digitale-televisie

The new motherboard has firewire built in, so I bought two second hand Digital Anywhere FloppyDTV cards (as there seems to be lots of MediaPortal support for these cards) and so far it seems to more or less work. I am using them alongside the AverMedia Volar Black that I used before. So far I would say with one FloppyDTV it is rock solid. With two FloppyDTVs the jury is still out - yes I have of course the legacy firewire driver in place and the latest firmware updates - but still I would say that sometimes wierd stuff happens when both are required. However, the system is still pretty new, so I'll report back if I get it working in a way that is really stable.

Just to save anyone else the hassle - the CAM module you get from Digitenne does not work with FloppyDTV, but you can buy one (Conax type) pretty cheaply e.g. on eBay. I got my CAMs with the FloppyDTVs from the guys who were selling them. It might well be that the CAM module from EDPNet does work - it looks like the right one in the pictures on their website - but I cannot confirm this.

Also, this combination of tuner card / CAM / Smartcard does allow multiple decrypted channels on the same multiplex (DVB-T channels sent together on the same frequency), so in general a set up like mine of three tuners with only two CAMs (one tuner for Ned 1 / 2 / 3 only) will cover "normal" use - you can generally just record whatever you want and still be able to watch live TV unless you are really unlucky.

<blockquote data-quote="mpadam" data-source="post: 893669" data-attributes="member: 89459">Just to give you all an update on how the story in my original post ended....&nbsp;At a certain point my HTPC died. I could not determine the cause (later I got other problems that suggest it was all an intermittent short circuit in the front panel power switch, but anyway...), and I wanted to change quite a few things anyway (like upgrade from a very old MP version and also from XP to Win 7), so I went over to a new motherboard / CPU (also lower power than my old system) and swtiched over to Digitenne. Actually I later found out that there is an even cheaper way to get DVB-T in the Netherlands via EDPNet, but that's something I will do in a year after the Digitenne contract has expired. See - <a href="http://www.edpnet.nl/thuis/digitale-televisie" target="_blank">http://www.edpnet.nl/thuis/digitale-televisie</a>&nbsp;The new motherboard has firewire built in, so I bought two second hand Digital Anywhere FloppyDTV cards (as there seems to be lots of MediaPortal support for these cards) and so far it seems to more or less work. I am using them alongside the AverMedia Volar Black that I used before. So far I would say with one FloppyDTV it is rock solid. With two FloppyDTVs the jury is still out - yes I have of course the legacy firewire driver in place and the latest firmware updates - but still I would say that sometimes wierd stuff happens when both are required. However, the system is still pretty new, so I'll report back if I get it working in a way that is really stable.&nbsp;Just to save anyone else the hassle - the CAM module you get from Digitenne does not work with FloppyDTV, but you can buy one (Conax type) pretty cheaply e.g. on eBay. I got my CAMs with the FloppyDTVs from the guys who were selling them. It might well be that the CAM module from EDPNet does work - it looks like the right one in the pictures on their website - but I cannot confirm this.&nbsp;Also, this combination of tuner card / CAM / Smartcard does allow multiple decrypted channels on the same multiplex (DVB-T channels sent together on the same frequency), so in general a set up like mine of three tuners with only two CAMs (one tuner for Ned 1 / 2 / 3 only) will cover &quot;normal&quot; use - you can generally just record whatever you want and still be able to watch live TV unless you are really unlucky.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mpadam, post: 893669, member: 89459"] Just to give you all an update on how the story in my original post ended.... At a certain point my HTPC died. I could not determine the cause (later I got other problems that suggest it was all an intermittent short circuit in the front panel power switch, but anyway...), and I wanted to change quite a few things anyway (like upgrade from a very old MP version and also from XP to Win 7), so I went over to a new motherboard / CPU (also lower power than my old system) and swtiched over to Digitenne. Actually I later found out that there is an even cheaper way to get DVB-T in the Netherlands via EDPNet, but that's something I will do in a year after the Digitenne contract has expired. See - [url]http://www.edpnet.nl/thuis/digitale-televisie[/url] The new motherboard has firewire built in, so I bought two second hand Digital Anywhere FloppyDTV cards (as there seems to be lots of MediaPortal support for these cards) and so far it seems to more or less work. I am using them alongside the AverMedia Volar Black that I used before. So far I would say with one FloppyDTV it is rock solid. With two FloppyDTVs the jury is still out - yes I have of course the legacy firewire driver in place and the latest firmware updates - but still I would say that sometimes wierd stuff happens when both are required. However, the system is still pretty new, so I'll report back if I get it working in a way that is really stable. Just to save anyone else the hassle - the CAM module you get from Digitenne does not work with FloppyDTV, but you can buy one (Conax type) pretty cheaply e.g. on eBay. I got my CAMs with the FloppyDTVs from the guys who were selling them. It might well be that the CAM module from EDPNet does work - it looks like the right one in the pictures on their website - but I cannot confirm this. Also, this combination of tuner card / CAM / Smartcard does allow multiple decrypted channels on the same multiplex (DVB-T channels sent together on the same frequency), so in general a set up like mine of three tuners with only two CAMs (one tuner for Ned 1 / 2 / 3 only) will cover "normal" use - you can generally just record whatever you want and still be able to watch live TV unless you are really unlucky. [/QUOTE]