LNB's & DVB-S2

steeb · 2011-04-16, 11:02 AM

Dear all,

looking at getting another Quad LNB for a spare dish I have. I don't yet have any DVB-S2 capable cards to experiment with my current Quad LNB (which was a good make and quite expensive a few years back, Â£20 ish).

Question for now is I see some pretty cheap LNB's on fleabay (around Â£6) described as HD Ready and then some others (much more pricey around Â£23.00) described as DVB-S2 compatible.

I get a very good strength Satellite signal from Astra2 & Eurobird where I am located.

Question Big Grin

Any need to fork out for the more expensive option? Is this just a bells & whistles marketing ploy where a good old cheap and cheerful LNB will suffice or is a better quality LNB going to help me out?

cheers

steeb

martint123 · 2011-04-16, 08:36 PM

Snake oil AFAIK - a bit like the guff of "digital aerials" for DVB-T. All the LNB does is mix the frequency down to something that won't be attenuated to Hell in coax. The only real difference with S2 is the modulation method and that is transparent to an LNB. I got a cheapie ebay Quad a year or so ago and it works a treat - including when I borrowed a Sky HD box when a neighbour went on holiday and I'm assuming some at least were S2.

steeb · 2011-04-17, 12:08 AM

martint123 Wrote:Snake oil AFAIK - a bit like the guff of "digital aerials" for DVB-T. All the LNB does is mix the frequency down to something that won't be attenuated to Hell in coax. The only real difference with S2 is the modulation method and that is transparent to an LNB. I got a cheapie ebay Quad a year or so ago and it works a treat - including when I borrowed a Sky HD box when a neighbour went on holiday and I'm assuming some at least were S2.

Thanks martint123, this confirms as I suspected but wanted to hear it from this community before committing to a purchase Big Grin

'Snake oil', brilliant, haven't heard that for a while.

many thanks

steeb