DVB card - best software on Win2K

[Simon Howson]

Hi,

I am looking at buying a digital TV card for my PC. I currently use Windows
2000, and am wondering what is the bests software to use on Win2K, and in
turn, which card uses this software?

Would it be advised to upgrade to Windows XP before considering a digital TV
card? I understand it is a new technology, and that Win2K is getting rather
dated.

I've been reading the VisionPlus forum here:
http://robdvd.radfiles.net/index.php and sure it sounds like a very good
card for the price. But the hoops that you seemingly need to jump through to
play and record TV seems to be rather extreme. Alternatively the Nebula card
seemingly has good software and drivers, but the card itself costs a
premium.

Is it a good time to buy such a card, or should I simply wait? It seems the
software apps for the cards are just rather immature at this stage.

One last thing, I have Cyberlink PowerDVD 5.0 is this a good app regards
MPEG2 filters for use with digital TV cards?

Thanks for any help,

Simon Howson

[nino]

Simon,

If you are interetsed in the viosnplus card, an upgrade to windows xp
would probably be good, as DigiVision and other software run best with
winxp, in any case miosty DVB-t cards run better under XP

Nino

"Simon Howson" <simonhowson@NOSPAMyahoo.com.au> wrote in message news:<dlNWb.53495$Wa.3856@news-server.bigpond.net.au>...
> Hi,
>
> I am looking at buying a digital TV card for my PC. I currently use Windows
> 2000, and am wondering what is the bests software to use on Win2K, and in
> turn, which card uses this software?
>
> Would it be advised to upgrade to Windows XP before considering a digital TV
> card? I understand it is a new technology, and that Win2K is getting rather
> dated.
>
> I've been reading the VisionPlus forum here:
> http://robdvd.radfiles.net/index.php and sure it sounds like a very good
> card for the price. But the hoops that you seemingly need to jump through to
> play and record TV seems to be rather extreme. Alternatively the Nebula card
> seemingly has good software and drivers, but the card itself costs a
> premium.
>
> Is it a good time to buy such a card, or should I simply wait? It seems the
> software apps for the cards are just rather immature at this stage.
>
> One last thing, I have Cyberlink PowerDVD 5.0 is this a good app regards
> MPEG2 filters for use with digital TV cards?
>
> Thanks for any help,
>
> Simon Howson

[rs]

I recommend waiting.
I regret buying mine, because it is so unreliable.

"Simon Howson" <simonhowson@NOSPAMyahoo.com.au> wrote in message
news:dlNWb.53495$Wa.3856@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> Hi,
>
> I am looking at buying a digital TV card for my PC. I currently use
Windows
> 2000, and am wondering what is the bests software to use on Win2K, and in
> turn, which card uses this software?
>
> Would it be advised to upgrade to Windows XP before considering a digital
TV
> card? I understand it is a new technology, and that Win2K is getting
rather
> dated.
>
> I've been reading the VisionPlus forum here:
> http://robdvd.radfiles.net/index.php and sure it sounds like a very good
> card for the price. But the hoops that you seemingly need to jump through
to
> play and record TV seems to be rather extreme. Alternatively the Nebula
card
> seemingly has good software and drivers, but the card itself costs a
> premium.
>
> Is it a good time to buy such a card, or should I simply wait? It seems
the
> software apps for the cards are just rather immature at this stage.
>
> One last thing, I have Cyberlink PowerDVD 5.0 is this a good app regards
> MPEG2 filters for use with digital TV cards?
>
> Thanks for any help,
>
> Simon Howson
>
>

[jrobbo]

On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 11:29:31 +1100, "rs" <u@u.u.u> wrote:

>I recommend waiting.
>I regret buying mine, because it is so unreliable.

Really? I have two of the VisionPlus cards in my HTPC, and using
Digivision with the latest WinDVD filters, it is 100% completely
stable. There are still a few features that I would like that haven;t
yet been included in Digivision, such as time-shifting, but these will
come sooner or later, but it is by no means unreliable.

What software are ou using with your card?

Regards

John



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[Daniel Franklin]

rs wrote:
> I recommend waiting.
> I regret buying mine, because it is so unreliable.

Use Linux. My DVB-T card is rock-solid stable :)

- Daniel
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[Matt Mcleod]

In article <402d6c47@news.alphalink.com.au>, rs <u@u.u.u> wrote:
>I recommend waiting.
>I regret buying mine, because it is so unreliable.

The Windows software for doing DVB is still somewhat immature.
The hardware (well, the Technotrend OEM stuff -- I have no experience
with the others) is pretty much rock-solid and works very well with
Linux.

Matt

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<mjm@unimelb.edu.au> The University of Melbourne
Security Is Not A Line Printer

[Matt Mcleod]

In article <402d6c47@news.alphalink.com.au>, rs <u@u.u.u> wrote:
>I recommend waiting.
>I regret buying mine, because it is so unreliable.

The Windows software for doing DVB is still somewhat immature.
The hardware (well, the Technotrend OEM stuff -- I have no experience
with the others) is pretty much rock-solid and works very well with
Linux.

Matt

--
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<mjm@unimelb.edu.au> The University of Melbourne
Security Is Not A Line Printer

[rs]

"jrobbo" <newsSPAMSUCKS@jrobbo.com> wrote in message

> .... Really? I have two of the VisionPlus .... 100% completely stable.
.....>
> What software are ou using with your card?

DigiTV. CPU leaks Memory Leaks Crashes System Freezes Macroblock errors.
Bleh !

[Louis Solomon [SteelBytes]]

> CPU leaks

:-)
do you loose bits of your CPU ?

--
Louis Solomon
www.steelbytes.com

"rs" <u@u.u.u> wrote in message news:403554cd@news.alphalink.com.au...
>
> "jrobbo" <newsSPAMSUCKS@jrobbo.com> wrote in message
>
>> .... Really? I have two of the VisionPlus .... 100% completely stable.
> ....>
>> What software are ou using with your card?
>
> DigiTV. CPU leaks Memory Leaks Crashes System Freezes Macroblock errors.
> Bleh !
>
>

[bob]

On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 11:29:31 +1100, "rs" <u@u.u.u> wrote:

>I recommend waiting.
>I regret buying mine, because it is so unreliable.

Which card? Which OS?

>
>"Simon Howson" <simonhowson@NOSPAMyahoo.com.au> wrote in message
>news:dlNWb.53495$Wa.3856@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am looking at buying a digital TV card for my PC. I currently use
>Windows
>> 2000, and am wondering what is the bests software to use on Win2K, and in
>> turn, which card uses this software?
>>
>> Would it be advised to upgrade to Windows XP before considering a digital
>TV
>> card? I understand it is a new technology, and that Win2K is getting
>rather
>> dated.
>>
>> I've been reading the VisionPlus forum here:
>> http://robdvd.radfiles.net/index.php and sure it sounds like a very good
>> card for the price. But the hoops that you seemingly need to jump through
>to
>> play and record TV seems to be rather extreme. Alternatively the Nebula
>card
>> seemingly has good software and drivers, but the card itself costs a
>> premium.
>>
>> Is it a good time to buy such a card, or should I simply wait? It seems
>the
>> software apps for the cards are just rather immature at this stage.
>>
>> One last thing, I have Cyberlink PowerDVD 5.0 is this a good app regards
>> MPEG2 filters for use with digital TV cards?
>>
>> Thanks for any help,
>>
>> Simon Howson
>>
>>
>

[bob]

On Mon, 16 Feb 2004 02:52:14 GMT, Matt Mcleod
<mjm+usenet@unimelb.edu.au> wrote:

>In article <402d6c47@news.alphalink.com.au>, rs <u@u.u.u> wrote:
>>I recommend waiting.
>>I regret buying mine, because it is so unreliable.
>
>The Windows software for doing DVB is still somewhat immature.
>The hardware (well, the Technotrend OEM stuff -- I have no experience
>with the others) is pretty much rock-solid and works very well with
>Linux.

Do any of the CD-bootable Linux distros support any of the cards, or
how hard would it be to put one together?

[Matt McLeod]

In article <58g55098as7oe261enueu2prh6ps0mqkgm@4ax.com>, bob <bob> wrote:
>Do any of the CD-bootable Linux distros support any of the cards,

Not sure.

>or how hard would it be to put one together?

Shouldn't be terribly difficult. You just need to add some kernel
modules and whatever apps you want to use to get the data off the
card. The most recent release of the drivers (1.1.1, released only
a short while ago) supports the Technotrend cards and was pretty
much a "no brain required" installation for me.

But if you want to do anything more than simply watch "live" TV
you're going to have to give it some local storage anyway, so I'm
not sure how much benefit there'd be. If you're wanting to test-
drive the software without having to actually install Linux, well,
you're probably going to need a working Linux system to build the
modules anyway, so...

Matt