Best Dual DVB-T card

Looking to upgrade my old Hauppauge Nova-t PCI (model 909) to a much better
card. I've not been following the progression of the market though, and have
no idea who makes the best cards today, with best support (EPG etc). All I
know is Hauppauge don't seem to make a real effort with their stuff, and
would like a move away from their products.

I want a dual DVB-t tuner specifically. Doesn't have to be a PCI card
though, a USB 'dongle' would be fine. I've also heard Pinnacle make the best
ones these days....is that right?

Thanks.

Slitheen wrote:
Looking to upgrade my old Hauppauge Nova-t PCI (model 909) to a much better
card. I've not been following the progression of the market though, and have
no idea who makes the best cards today, with best support (EPG etc). All I
know is Hauppauge don't seem to make a real effort with their stuff, and
would like a move away from their products.

I want a dual DVB-t tuner specifically. Doesn't have to be a PCI card
though, a USB 'dongle' would be fine. I've also heard Pinnacle make the best
ones these days....is that right?

What's wrong with your 909? I have one running alongside the newer
Nova-T (90002), forming a great, reliable twin-tuner PVR system.

If it's just the software you don't like, ITYF that most DVB cards come
with really crap software (most people seem to recommend the Nebula for
this, and there was even someone on here complaining about that
recently). The solution is to uninstall that software and the
Hauppauge drivers, get the BDA drivers (the 909's can be found at
technotrend.de ISTR), then install some better PVR software that can
handle EPGs, managing simultaneous recordings amongst multiple tuners
etc. Check out team-mediaportal.com and gbpvr.com for starters.

TTB

Time To Burn wrote:

: Slitheen wrote:
: I want a dual DVB-t tuner specifically. Doesn't have to be a PCI card
: though, a USB 'dongle' would be fine. I've also heard Pinnacle make the best
: ones these days....is that right?

Nebula would sound to be ideal for what you want. They have worked hard on
getting either PCI or USB "master" units to work with their USB "slave"
tuners.
You basically need a tuner for each mux that you want to record from
simulataneously. The software can already display and/or record multiple
channels on the same mux.

: If it's just the software you don't like, ITYF that most DVB cards come
: with really crap software (most people seem to recommend the Nebula for
: this, and there was even someone on here complaining about that
: recently).

The Nebula software is excellent. There was a new release just last week
which has made it even better.

Time To Burn wrote:
Slitheen wrote:
Looking to upgrade my old Hauppauge Nova-t PCI (model 909) to a much better
card. I've not been following the progression of the market though, and have
no idea who makes the best cards today, with best support (EPG etc). All I
know is Hauppauge don't seem to make a real effort with their stuff, and
would like a move away from their products.

I want a dual DVB-t tuner specifically. Doesn't have to be a PCI card
though, a USB 'dongle' would be fine. I've also heard Pinnacle make the best
ones these days....is that right?

What's wrong with your 909? I have one running alongside the newer
Nova-T (90002), forming a great, reliable twin-tuner PVR system.

If it's just the software you don't like, ITYF that most DVB cards come
with really crap software (most people seem to recommend the Nebula for
this, and there was even someone on here complaining about that
recently). The solution is to uninstall that software and the
Hauppauge drivers, get the BDA drivers (the 909's can be found at
technotrend.de ISTR), then install some better PVR software that can
handle EPGs, managing simultaneous recordings amongst multiple tuners
etc. Check out team-mediaportal.com and gbpvr.com for starters.

TTB

The Nebula is a lot more stable than most and has very good pvr software. The
BDA drivers for any card/unit work with the nebula app but you need a to buy a
licence to watch for more than 2 minutes (£30 for one device, £40 for two, more
£ for more devices to work). This is even if you are using a nebula card with
their BDA drivers :-(