On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:57:44 +0100 "karim" kafifi@orange.fr wrote:
Hello,
My vdrbox currently running with 2 Nexus cards. I plan to upgrade the box, for receiving several TVHD FTA channels (from SAT and TNT). At the end, I hope vdr could run with :
- 1 x Technotrend S2-3200 HD
- 1 x Nexus DVB-S (or 1 x Technotrend S2-3200 HD)
- 1 x DVB-T double-tuner, TVHD compatible
I am very interested by PCI-E double-tuner cards, like "Cinergy 2400i DT", unfortunately there is no Linux driver yet, because PCI-E format. Then I've to choose one TVHD compatible double-tuner DVB-T in PCI format.
I found the Hauppauge WinTV Nova-T500 but I don't know if this card is TVHD compatible. Is it true that all budget DVB-T cards (ie without hardware MPEG2 or 4 embedded) are TVHD compatible (like S2-3200 HD for DVB-S) ?
Well, I don't know about France, but here in Finland broadcasters are going to wait for DVB-T2 until adopting HDTV in a wider scale, which means that current DVB-T devices won't be able to receive future HD channels. There are no DVB-T2 cards available now--first models will probably arrive in 2009.
If you already have terrestrial HDTV channels running now, they are sent as DVB-T, and any budget DVB-T card (Nova-T 500 included) can receive them.
Regards,
Niko Mikkilä