Robert,

just reading heise newsticker, I wonder whether DVB-S2 is something that really needs new hardware to be received. In the end, you get a data stream from the satellite and my understanding was, what makes the standard DVB-S is basically the specification of the data.

Can someonw shed some light on this for me?

we discussed this in the forums on vdr-portal.de (especially myself and I ;-) ).

There is NO WAY to receive DVB-S2 with DVB-S equipment. DVB-S2 uses a completely different modulation (8PSK in most configurations) and error correction. See dvb.org for the specifications.

There is a compatibility mode of DVB-S2 achieved by Hierarchical Modulation, but this won't be used for the new HD-channels since it raises the complexity and costs of transmission.

Regards,

Alain