UK DVB-T dual tuner reccomendations (1 Viewer)

[Paranoid Delusion]

If you have pci-e available, these supposedly do not have any standby issues (seen none reported),

T500 is 2xusb tuners using a via usb chip to convert the transmissions to the pci bus, again have not had major problems with standby using the current Vista MCE or Mediaportal Release Candidate installations.
If it was me, i would most probably go for something like the Terratec, as there is no bing bong with Vista as it restarts the tuners on resume.
That's not knocking the T500 as it has been rock solid for the last 2 years, but then i have had to choose which version of MP to use with it, currently it works absolutely fine with MP1.0RC2

It's one of those things where you read critisism about both components and you make a choice, mine was easy, it was the only dual tuner available at the time, now there are lots more, and i have found out driver support can be far more important nowadays than the hardware purchased.

Sorry, its a choice you have to make

Best Wishes

 

[gloomyandy]

Hi Ray,
A couple of questions (since you have a very similar system to mine)...
1. How do you get the green button to start mp?
2. Do you have suspend/resume working with any of the RC2 svns? There seem to have been a few problems reported...

Thanks...

Andy

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

Hi gloomyandy

I use MPTrayMOD to start MP, regarding svn, had to revert to RC2, as just too many issues after S3 standby with latest svn (some channels will not work and unable to delete recordings are two).

This is being actively worked on to find out why and fix, but as mine is a working setup, i need all these functions so reverted to stable release.

Regards

 

[Otaku Punk]

I've had a look at the Pinnacle 3010ix and it seems to meet all my needs (also should work with TVTV, a bonus). Does anyone have any experience with this card? I've heard reports of it working with mediaportal and just wanted to confirm either way.

 

[Tapin]

Otaku Punk did you get this card? did it work?

 

[sii]

I can confirm that the pinnacle 3010ix PCI-e does work with the current (RC4) version of mediaportal.
I had a problem that the card was not recognised using the internal TV engine but switching to the TV Server solved this and it has been trouble free since.
Good luck in your choice, It can be a bit of a gamble choosing hardware for any situation