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<blockquote data-quote="Steve.Rayner61" data-source="post: 1093808" data-attributes="member: 117356">LOL, thanks <a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/members/mm1352000.82144/" target="_blank">mm1352000</a> for not answering re my oddity <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> Sorry, I'm a little too dumb to understand the &quot;analog hole&quot; thing. I just thought the TV Stations transmitted a DVB-T signal which requires a DVB-T TV Tuner to receive it? At least that's the way it works in Australia since they dropped the Analogue service.&nbsp;OK, my requirements are (as far as I'm aware?) very simple. I want a nice neat, tidy and reliable Dual DVB-T PCI-e (Current or recent version) card. I have recently been using the AverMedia AVerTV TwinStar PCI-E A188D card <a href="http://avertv.avermedia.com/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?Id=470" target="_blank">http://avertv.avermedia.com/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?Id=470</a>. They are beautifully built, rock solid card, with two DVB Tuners and a single Antenna Connection and they are relatively cheap at around AU$80.00. Unfortunately though, it seems they are PCI-e Version 1.0. I purchased two of them and had them delivered to my Dad (who lives about 200km from me) to install in his Dell Inspiron 660 Tower, only to find that the on-board PCI-e Version 2.0 Slots will not even acknowledge these cards :-(&nbsp;The only cards I can seem to find now are a complex and/or expensive combination of things I neither need, nor want to pay for, like analogue &amp; DVB-T or DVB-T/C/S etc.&nbsp;So, happy to hear any suggestions <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Steve.Rayner61, post: 1093808, member: 117356"] LOL, thanks [URL='https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/members/mm1352000.82144/'][B]mm1352000[/B][/URL] for not answering re my oddity :-) Sorry, I'm a little too dumb to understand the "analog hole" thing. I just thought the TV Stations transmitted a DVB-T signal which requires a DVB-T TV Tuner to receive it? At least that's the way it works in Australia since they dropped the Analogue service. OK, my requirements are (as far as I'm aware?) very simple. I want a nice neat, tidy and reliable Dual DVB-T PCI-e (Current or recent version) card. I have recently been using the AverMedia AVerTV TwinStar PCI-E A188D card [url]http://avertv.avermedia.com/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?Id=470[/url]. They are beautifully built, rock solid card, with two DVB Tuners and a single Antenna Connection and they are relatively cheap at around AU$80.00. Unfortunately though, it seems they are PCI-e Version 1.0. I purchased two of them and had them delivered to my Dad (who lives about 200km from me) to install in his Dell Inspiron 660 Tower, only to find that the on-board PCI-e Version 2.0 Slots will not even acknowledge these cards :-( The only cards I can seem to find now are a complex and/or expensive combination of things I neither need, nor want to pay for, like analogue & DVB-T or DVB-T/C/S etc. So, happy to hear any suggestions :-) [/QUOTE]

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