Compro VideoMate S900

mojojojo1972 · 28 Jun 2011 at 13:50

Does anyone have this,I have searched for reviews but cant seem to find any.

Does it work with windows media centre, as I have read a lot of bundled software is pretty bad with cards etc.

Do i just connect it to my sky dish and away i go is it as easy as that

Thanks

lurkio · 28 Jun 2011 at 14:00

Just a heads up

I had an earlier compro card , I would never touch one again they are utter sh1te in my opinion

The BBC HD channels now use DVB-S2 encoding , so if you want HD you need an S2 device

Yes indeedy most bundled software is indeed utter gash , try the free mediaportal program it is great

mojojojo1972 · 28 Jun 2011 at 14:15

Yes its a dvb-s2, The only other option is this TBS 6920 DVB-S2

There was another thread discussing the options but not if the tuners were any good

lurkio · 30 Jun 2011 at 12:28

I currently use 3 x Hauppage Nova-HD-S2 cards

http://www.hauppauge.co.uk/site/products/data_novahds2.html

love em

DrBombcrater · 1 Jul 2011 at 00:54

mojojojo1972 said:
Does anyone have this,I have searched for reviews but cant seem to find any.

I've got one. To be honest I don't really have any complaints about it, other than the build quality being a bit low, but for £40-odd it's not realistic to expect anything else. It's nice and cool when in use, a welcome change from the Hauppauge WinTV Nova-S USB I had previously, which ran red hot.

Drivers are solid enough. My only quibble is that they don't seem to provide signal strength information, which is an odd omission. Can't comment on the bundled software, I use the very excellent DVBViewer instead.

(and yes, you can just plug this into a Sky dish. You won't be able to get any of Sky's subscription channels, though, but all the Freesat ones will be available)

mojojojo1972 · 1 Jul 2011 at 21:11

I have decided on the internal TBS6920

Thanks for the replies

Izi · 5 Mar 2012 at 11:41

mojojojo1972 said:
I have decided on the internal TBS6920

Thanks for the replies

Sorry t0 dig up a massively old thread, but how did you get on with the TBS card?

Vegeta · 31 May 2012 at 14:51

All Compro cards work fine now. A few years back they had compatibility issues but they're all fine now I've had about 3/4.

Vegeta · 4 Jun 2012 at 16:25

I take that statement back. I have the Compro S900 and it gives me BSOD's and the channels don't even work.