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<blockquote data-quote="doveman" data-source="post: 895485" data-attributes="member: 67412">Is this likely to help my Nova-T 500? I'm still thinking of putting this in my brother's PC and getting myself a USB dual-tuner but it's quite slow tuning and it could be a bit irritating/confusing for my brother when nothing happens for 5+ seconds when he chooses a channel from the EPG. Changing channel isn't so much of an issue. It's probably a bit quicker but more importantly there's obvious visual clues that it's doing something.&nbsp;I've seen the KWorld DVB-T PC160-2T (AF9015 + AF9013) for £30 and could get that for myself (or my brother) but I'd rather get a USB stick myself for the reason I mentioned previously. K-World USB sticks I can get are the UB499-2T or 399U but it doesn't mention what chipset they use on the website. I don't need to get a K-World though. The only thing I'm slightly nervous about with USB sticks is that they might not work as well with weak signals as PCI cards as noted here <a href="http://forums.sagetv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36625" target="_blank">http://forums.sagetv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36625</a> as I've had some problems with signal strength in the past, although it seems to be a lot better now (I'm still using a powered splitter/amp though, so I need to check what it's like without that).&nbsp;EDIT: Just seen this <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dual-Freeview-Tuner-Receiver-Recorder/dp/B001CW68BU" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dual-Freeview-Tuner-Receiver-Recorder/dp/B001CW68BU</a> for £15 which the reviews say shows as a AF9015BDA device. I've seen a B-Grade K-World UB499-2T for £18 too if that would be better.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="doveman, post: 895485, member: 67412"] Is this likely to help my Nova-T 500? I'm still thinking of putting this in my brother's PC and getting myself a USB dual-tuner but it's quite slow tuning and it could be a bit irritating/confusing for my brother when nothing happens for 5+ seconds when he chooses a channel from the EPG. Changing channel isn't so much of an issue. It's probably a bit quicker but more importantly there's obvious visual clues that it's doing something. I've seen the KWorld DVB-T PC160-2T (AF9015 + AF9013) for £30 and could get that for myself (or my brother) but I'd rather get a USB stick myself for the reason I mentioned previously. K-World USB sticks I can get are the UB499-2T or 399U but it doesn't mention what chipset they use on the website. I don't need to get a K-World though. The only thing I'm slightly nervous about with USB sticks is that they might not work as well with weak signals as PCI cards as noted here [url]http://forums.sagetv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36625[/url] as I've had some problems with signal strength in the past, although it seems to be a lot better now (I'm still using a powered splitter/amp though, so I need to check what it's like without that). EDIT: Just seen this [url]http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dual-Freeview-Tuner-Receiver-Recorder/dp/B001CW68BU[/url] for £15 which the reviews say shows as a AF9015BDA device. I've seen a B-Grade K-World UB499-2T for £18 too if that would be better. [/QUOTE]

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