[linux-dvb] Re: Choosing the "best" DVB-S premium card

[Michal Dobrzynski <michal@appl.com.au>]

Thanks for the suggestion but I've already wasted at least a thousand 
dollars on things that could possibly work but didn't (at least not to 
my satisfaction), including the G550, two DXR3's, one AverMedia DVB-T 
(now a doorstop), a number of expensive PSU's and CPU coolers (all were 
too loud for me).

Now I'd like to make an informed choice regarding a full-featured DVB-S 
card (which is the only solution which has the potential of satisfying 
ALL my requirements). Please help as the card with CI adapter and CAM 
is going to set me back probably another $800AUS or so and that would 
be a LOT of money to spend on something that can't be returned and I'm 
not certain about.

I don't mean to sound ungrateful but I'd really love an answer to the 
original question.

On 13/12/2003, at 2:04 AM, Edward Wildgoose wrote:

> > Sadly the VGA input on the TV just isn't a practical alternative to a
> > good TV out. It's great for browsing the web, watching downloaded
> > trailers, or just general use but not for TV.
> The only other thing to try (apart from a new full featured card), is 
> one of
> the scan convertor jobs.  "Some" people report very good quality using 
> them,
> others not.  However, a reasonable proportion of people rate even the 
> cheap
> ones as being better than the TV output from your graphics card...  
> However,
> the quality will be unlikely to be as good as getting a full featured 
> DVB
> card, so that sounds like the route to go down...
>
> Good luck
>
>
>
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