UK Freesat USB Tuner Requirements (1 Viewer)

[SciDoctor]

The recordings wouldn't be any different in quality to another tuner though.

The better the quality of the tuner and demod will give less errors on the stream and lead to better recording and viewing experience.

BER has a dramatic affect on final quality.

 

[Nemulate]

Well ideally you should buy one that supports DVB-S2 rather than just DVB-S. I can't see why that usb tuner has 2 inputs though as it makes no mention of having dual tuners.

Does it not have 2 connectors as one is a lnb passthrough? That would be what I'd expect.

 

[allanp81]

But then a bad tuner would give lots of picture breakup surely and then be pointless in selling/buying.

Well ideally you should buy one that supports DVB-S2 rather than just DVB-S. I can't see why that usb tuner has 2 inputs though as it makes no mention of having dual tuners.

Does it not have 2 connectors as one is a lnb passthrough? That would be what I'd expect.

Maybe, it doesn't make it clear in the product description.

 

[swifty]

Thanks for the help guys - sat tuners are a unknown quantity to me as I've only ever used DVB-T.

Are there any external tuners that have two tuners built in so I don't have to use two seperate cards, both requiring a power socket, usb port etc..?
Also just noticed I have a firewire port so thats also an option for connectivity.

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

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