Freesat card question

Nutbusta

Nutbusta

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I've recently moved house and was using my Vista media Centre specs as below.

When I plugged the living room antenna straight into the TV it picks up DVB-T channels ok but the picture quality is pretty poor. However when I plug it into the TV card I get nothing. I've even tried installing the TV card in a spare Windows 7 machine and still nothing.

Now I've noticed that the house has a sat dish and a space coax coming out of the same antenna panel. It looks to me like the old NTL coax I used to have but this place isn't in a cabled area so I guess its the cable for the sky dish. Previous occupants still getting the sky newsletter here so seems good?

If that makes sense then I guess its cheaper to get a FreeSat card than a new aerial put up.

My choices look like:

Hauppauge WinTV-NOVA HD-S2 (about £80) or
Compro Videomate S350 (about £23)

Does anyone know the difference between them? There must be something pretty big to justify the price difference?

Do they both integrate well with Windows 7 Media Centre?

Many thanks
 
The receivers in TV cards seem to be weaker than actual TVs. That would be why you don't get a signal on the TV card. I had a similiar problem in my flat.

Find some reviews of the cards and see how they compare. That might tell you why there's a big price gap.

Are there any dual-tuner Freesat cards yet?
 
Engram said:
The receivers in TV cards seem to be weaker than actual TVs. That would be why you don't get a signal on the TV card. I had a similiar problem in my flat.

Find some reviews of the cards and see how they compare. That might tell you why there's a big price gap.

Are there any dual-tuner Freesat cards yet?
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Yeah i figured the cards were more prone to naff signal as stated above.

Hmmm, try googling for a couple of reviews eh? Never thought of that :D

Welcome to the forums fella and soon you'll be on the members market ;)
 
Much more helpfull. Even led me to a couple of links comfirming its works with Windows 7 MC.

If you know anything about Sat can you confirm that the coax cable would look pretty much the same as the coax in NTL areas?

Sorry for the sarcasm. Just can't help myself sometimes :(

I remind myself of the "Ray" character from the MAry Whitehouse Experience.
 
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