Re: TT budget card

[Klaus Schmidinger <Klaus.Schmidinger@cadsoft.de>]

Carsten Koch wrote:
> 
> David Toth wrote:
> ...
> >  My question: is this the same card it was on topic some week ago (the
> > TT budget card?).
> 
> I would guess so.
> The feature description ("budget card, no MPEG decoder on board")
> matches the description Ralph gave a few weeks ago.
> 
> > is it
> > possible to connect a CAM somehow?)
> 
> >From the picture at
>    http://www.hauppauge.de/images/fotos/board_nova.jpg
> I'd say it has no connector for it.
> 
> IMHO, the two main purposes for this card would be:
> 
> 1.  EOL.
> 2.  As a secondary DVB-S card for recording only.
>     Playback can be done via the primary card.
> 
> 
> The card costs less than half the (list) price of the DVB-S
> card, so it may be a bargain for the above two purposes.
> Does anyone know whether Ralph's driver already supports it?
> 
> And: Can Klaus' VDR record a programme with this card while
>      you watch THE SAME programme with the other card?

Watching the same programme on the other card should not pose any
problems. This is basicly the same as just using two full featured
DVB-S cards, I believe.

Klaus
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