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<blockquote data-quote="nfox" data-source="post: 849710" data-attributes="member: 24296">I used to have a T-500 and found it a complete pain in the arse. I replaced it with a Compro E700 Vista (dual DVB-t, PCIe), which has worked very well for me (I have seen someone complain about this card, but it has always worked well for me in three different PCs). I recently bought and installed a TBS 6280 (dual DVB-t2, PCIe), and so far that has been working very well too.&nbsp;The TBS card is capable of receiving HD signals (as well as SD, of course), and I would highly recommend it. The recordings are stored as .ts files, the same as SD recordings, although I believe that the contents are mp4 not mpeg. This causes no problems with playback in MP, VLC, or WMP. The EPG is a bit of a problem as the EPG for the HD channels is encrypted. I solved this by preventing the TBS card from grabbing the EPG and using WebEPG instead. (Actually, I allow the E700 to grab the EPG for all channels except the HD ones and use WebEPG to grab just the HD channels). The WebEPG plugin is included with the TV server and is quite easy to set up. IIRC I saw a post recently which suggested that someone (can't remember who) is working on sorting out the encryption of the HD EPG, so that will (hopefully) not be an issue for much longer.&nbsp;Hope this helps&nbsp;Neil</blockquote>

[QUOTE="nfox, post: 849710, member: 24296"] I used to have a T-500 and found it a complete pain in the arse. I replaced it with a Compro E700 Vista (dual DVB-t, PCIe), which has worked very well for me (I have seen someone complain about this card, but it has always worked well for me in three different PCs). I recently bought and installed a TBS 6280 (dual DVB-t2, PCIe), and so far that has been working very well too. The TBS card is capable of receiving HD signals (as well as SD, of course), and I would highly recommend it. The recordings are stored as .ts files, the same as SD recordings, although I believe that the contents are mp4 not mpeg. This causes no problems with playback in MP, VLC, or WMP. The EPG is a bit of a problem as the EPG for the HD channels is encrypted. I solved this by preventing the TBS card from grabbing the EPG and using WebEPG instead. (Actually, I allow the E700 to grab the EPG for all channels except the HD ones and use WebEPG to grab just the HD channels). The WebEPG plugin is included with the TV server and is quite easy to set up. IIRC I saw a post recently which suggested that someone (can't remember who) is working on sorting out the encryption of the HD EPG, so that will (hopefully) not be an issue for much longer. Hope this helps Neil [/QUOTE]

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