Terratec Cinergy T PCIe Dual (1 Viewer)

[mamachan]

The Terratec Cinergy T PCIe Dual works fine with Mediaportal (for example on resume from standby S3/S4)?
It is a good choice for HTPC?
TerraTec - Products - TV - Aerial (DVB-T) - TerraTec

Thanks.

 

[MrCrabs]

I've got that one and I am completely happy with it. It replaced a hauppauge card i used before and all my problems are gone. Also no problems with resuming from standby (s3), didn't try s4 but guess it'll do to.

 

[mamachan]

OK! thanks for your feedback

 

[reeven]

Terratec Cinergy T PCIe Dual works with 2 live-tv channels in the same time? 2 channels on differents transponders?
with mediaportal, dvbviewer, dvblink+mediacenter?

stability is good? no discontinuties, no graph to slow, no image freeze?

thank you.

 

[MrCrabs]

I don't quite know if that are really questions, but if you ask if that card works with two different channels on two different transponders without any instibility then I can say: yes!
Though I only know that in combination with MP, never used any other program to watch tv.

 

[Arena]

Hello!

I also plan to buy this for my first HTPC. Not a lot of dual DVB-C cards to choose from however, but this is the only one sold by local shops.

But, something a bit weird with this card. Is this a HD card? (Or every DVB cards are HD?) Because on its official page and in data sheets there's nothing about HD mentioned.
Which resolution can this handle: watch/record?
The given remote works with MP? Fully controllable? (I mean can I spare to by a Logi Harmony or anything else?)

And thanks for the previous infos. It's good to hear, there's no problems from resuming.


There's a single C tuner (Cinergy C PCI HD) on T's page. It has HD in it's name. Does this mean that this Dual is not HD? Not support FullHD view/rec/H.264/MPEG4?

 

[MrCrabs]

AW: Terratec Cinergy T PCIe Dual

I can't tell you much about that. HD is sent in MPEG4 while SD is sent in MPEG2, I am not quite sure if the TV card needs to be able to decode that or your tv card. But for sure I can tell you that at the moment there are no two different delivering systems for DVB-C as there for satellite with DVB-S and DVB-S2.

Never tried the remote and can't tell you about that one.

 

[ROLA]

Terratec Cinergy T PCIe Dual works with 2 live-tv channels in the same time? 2 channels on differents transponders?
with mediaportal, dvbviewer, dvblink+mediacenter?

stability is good? no discontinuties, no graph to slow, no image freeze?

thank you.

Yes, you can record and watch all channels on two transponders/MUX:es when using a dual tuner..

You cannot tune 3 transponders at the same time with only 2 tuners (doh..)

 

[Arena]

Thanks, MrCrabs for the answer.

I hope it can record SD at 785×576 / HD at 1980x1080.

Does anyone use this card in a PCIe x16 slot? It should work, but who knows... (remote controlled mITX case is lot cheaper)

 

[mm1352000]

Hi and welcome Arena

HD channel support is not usually dependent on the TV card - any DVB-C tuner can receive 1920x1080 video streams *as long as they are DVB-C broadcasts*. In other words, the TV tuner does not have to decode h.264 or MPEG 2 video. The confusion is possibly caused by satellite and terrestrial tuners where HD channels are usually transmitted using DVB-S2 and DVB-T2. Regular DVB-S and DVB-T tuners can't receive DVB-S2 or DVB-T2 signals.

Regarding the PCIe x16 slot: it *might* work. I put x1 cards in x16 slots in my Shuttle test PCs and they work, however there is a limitation: I have to use VGA video output instead of DVI. For some reason Intel chipsets have a limitation that non-video cards in a x16 slot prevent the digital onboard graphics output from working.

mm