just bought it
Bill Amount : £44.85 so here goes nothing!rool:
man i can't thank you enough for your post in here and also in the other thread, i have had a look at them on youtube and they look pretty mint, the only thing that's putting me off is the fact that i have struggled to get my laptop to show on my TV and I'm wondering if I'll hit the same problems with this....
i take it I'd need an out put (so a graphics card) and then use the DVB card as the input, i am right in thinking that this will pick up all the cable channels that exist down the feed? I'm just astonished that they can do this..... so any DVB card will do it? it's not just free to air one's is it?
Thanks again buddy.
EDIT: just had a look at that floppy tv and can see the following
so i take it i'll need a reader and then do the keys and that to the card?
The specs don't need to be too impressive, although if you're using a softcam, you'll want quite a bit of free CPU overhead for recording, and it's definitely worth spending a bit of money on a good case and quiet cooling.
Looks sensible enough, although I would recommend you have a think about the case. I personally went for the Antec Fusion, which is extremely popular, but a little bit on the pricey side. KustomPCs.co.uk - Antec Fusion Remote HTPC Case Black
First thing you'll want to do is a service scan, which means you'll have to manually create a transponder list with the frequencies for your area. Somebody posted a UK bruteforce for DVBviewer some time ago, which scans all frequencies, but takes forever as a result. You may be able to find it, unless it got cleared out during the big forum shake-up last year. If you can't, DVBviewer comes with a ton of ready-made ini files in the transponder folder, probably not for the UK, though, but you can look at the syntax and then create your own from the frequencies found in a Dbox/Dreambox services file.
