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Thread ID: 93352 2008-09-13 01:28:00 Freeview/TV Card Metla (12) Press F1
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704842 2008-09-13 01:28:00 Greetings folks,

I know its been asked before, But seeing as I have just got freeview hooked up I'll throw it out there again.

Best current TV card available in NZ that can decode Freeview?

I could buy a second decoder and use my current TV card, But I figure that money would be better spent on an upgraded TV card that can do the job of the decoder.

So, any recommendations?Preferably has to be able to record/encode into any format I want to use/is resident on the machine, But I could live with an onboard mpeg hardware encoder.
Metla (12)
704843 2008-09-13 02:10:00 Hauppauge HVR2200
www.hauppauge.co.uk
www.ascent.co.nz

One of the newer PCi Express cards
Bantu (52)
704844 2008-09-13 02:24:00 sweet.

With this card I can run the coaxial straight from the dish into the card?
Metla (12)
704845 2008-09-13 03:41:00 That's a DVB-T card, not a satellite one - you need a UHF antenna for it, not a dish. Erayd (23)
704846 2008-09-13 06:03:00 Hauppauge Nova S Plus card if you have DVB-S/Satellite Freeview.
They have no hardware encoder like the analog tuner cards/some hybrid cards as the stream via DVB-S is already MPEG2.
Don't need a very grunty PC to view it on, anything that can play a DVD will be fine.
Recordings are about 3/2GB for a one hour show.
CYaBro (73)
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