TBS DVB-T2 cards.

[JP23]

Has anyone tried any of the TBS DVB-T2 cards?

I'm thinking of getting one of these http://www.tbsdtv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=1500

Any reason to think they wouldn't work?

[JP23]

I'll answer my own question then....

I got the card delivered a few days ago, but didn't get round to installing it until today, when I needed a re-scan anyway.

Installed the drivers from the disk, hooked it up with one feed from the aerial, and connected the output from tuner 1&2 to the input for
tuner 3&4 with the supplied cable.

Scanning went fine. I wanted to check that all four tuners would work, so I kept adding recordings until I had at least one running on each tuner, ended up with 13 recordings running at once. I checked them all and they had all worked.

I can't speak for the DVB-T2 capabilities, as those channels won't start transmitting until next week.

Edit- Just realised I didn't spell out exactly which card I'm using - it's the TBS-6284 DVB-T2 quad tuner, PCI-E.

[Lao Pan]

Did you buy this from the online store - looks as though it comes from Singapore direct.
I am thinking about a PCI S2 from them but the latest don't appear to be available in the UK.
Any problems?

[JP23]

I ordered it from Amazon UK, and they seemed to be available from quite a few UK websites.

I've had no problems whatsoever. I was concerned about overheating as it's installed very close to my graphics card, but it's worked flawlessly so far.

[Elmo Putney]

I just received a dual S2 card direct from Singapore took about a week to arrive - not installed it yet so no further comments.

[Lao Pan]

Thanks Elmo
Can feel an order coming on

[JP23]

I case anyone is wondering, the HD channels that started broadcasting yesterday are working well with this card.

[Elmo Putney]

good, keep us posted i'm going down that road myself soon.

[Graham]

I started DVB-T2 and HD with a Blackgold about a month ago and have no complaints.

But, a 32 inch screen doesn't do justice to HD (sigh).

[siliconaudio]

I have the TBS 6981 dual DVB-S2 card. It has been the most stable satellite card I have ever run and S2 is fully supported in NPVR. I got it from their online store buydvb.net. I'm sold on these cards. Before this I'd had some Twinhan/Azurewave cards and a Kworld card - all gave funky driver problems and were unstable in one way or another.