TV digital tuner

by **bladesmaster** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 12:24 pm

What card do you recommend?

What other things do I need, other than the tuner card and a PC?

Cable to the antennae? (cable splitter?) The wall socket to antennae is on the other side of the house. I think it is at least over 20 meters long.

Does HD stand for high definition? I don't need a setup box would I?

by **aussieboykie** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 3:17 pm

The Digital Broadcasting Australia Forums are a good place to look for anything and everything related to digital broadcasting.

A good place to look for info regarding Standard Definition (SD) and High Definition (HD) TV cards is the DVB Owners Discussion Forum.

In my case I bought a DNTV Live! card which I have been very happy with. I am in a strong signal area and it works very well with an indoor aerial. In fact I can get most channels with no aerial at all!

Regards, AB

by **bladesmaster** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 5:43 pm

So the image/reception is fairly clear?

by **aussieboykie** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 10:44 pm

bladesmaster wrote:So the image/reception is fairly clear?

The image quality is excellent. As long as you have a decent monitor. The digital signal is crisp and clear and the sound is superb. For around $200 you get a TV plus digital (DVD quality) personal video recorder. A good deal, as far as I am concerned.

Regards, AB

by **bladesmaster** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 12:33 am

Thank you, aussieboykie.

Although it is good to know the features of a model, it is far more important to find out if consumer are happy with the product. If it is the picture is clear and sound is good, I am willing to venture in purchasing one. I just wished I had more responses from other members here.

What vendor does this DNTV Live!? I would like to find more info, so do you have the page address?

by **Bop** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 3:25 am

I found the page for the card it is here http://digitalnow.com.au/products.html

Brian

by **AvvY** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 10:38 am

This is my understanding of digital TV reception quality - and feel free to correct me:

Digital TV is "perfect", high quality (dvd quality) reception. As it is made up of 1's and 0's, the reception is either there or it isn't. Thus, the quality doesn't deminish like it does with standard definition/analogue, it either displays/recieves or it doesn't.

I have a Twinhan DVB-T card, and the quality is perfect all the time, but occasionally I get "low singnal" warnings and the picture/sound drops out.

To test whethere you are likely to have problems, if you live in an area with constant good standard/analogue TV you should recieve constant good highdef/digital TV.

The quality of cards is another issue all together, but as for reception it is a very black and white issue.

As for cards, I'd avoid Twinhan - their cards are alright, but I am not satisfied with their software overly, but they are an alright cheap card. I'd personally look at a Fusion/Ultraview card by Divco or the DNTV Live! cards.

by **gto-pontiac** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 11:22 pm

i got a Compro VideoMate DVB-T300
the quality, reception is very good.
it also has Digital as well as Analog tuner.
http://www.comprousa.com/New/en/product/vmt300.html

by **tomflynn** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 1:38 pm

Sounds like the Compro VideoMate DVB-T300 may be the way to go.

I have been considering such a card for some time, so it might just be the time to finally go for it.

Any other recommendations?

by **bladesmaster** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 1:49 pm

Thank you, Brian and gto-pontiac. Those links help.

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