[vdr] Supported HDTV card for use in Europe?

[post <post@mhr.at>]

Dear linux-dvb / vdr users,

Is there any supported HDTV capable card available here in Europe, to be 
used with actual dvb-kernel and VDR?

As I can't get my budget card (SkyStar2) to work with the actually broken 
skystar.c driver, I thought I maybe should replace it with a second FF one, 
but it would make more sense, to have a new HDTV card instead of a second 
Nexus-S.

If something like this is still not available, anybody heard about such a 
card to come (and from which manufacturer)?
Of course it should be a FF card with hardware HDTV support and the 
possibility to use CI-modules.

BTW Can someone explain again, how HDTV should be able with a normal budget 
card (like the SkyStar2)? As I have seen so far, watching a HDTV 
live-stream is impossible, so it is all about recording such a stream, and 
then using a fitting player (like mplayer or VLC) to view it, right? But I 
never got that to work, is there anything special to do? I have VDR 1.3.15 
with the HDTV patch. And what exectly was the reason, why this is not 
possible with a FF card?

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Sincerely,
Master One