Re: Dual TV Card For Win7
I'd actually recommend the Hauppauge Nova-T 500 or the Nova-TD 500.
Both a dual tuner PCI (really just two USB tuners and a USB controller on a PCI card though), the TD is for poor signal areas and can be configured to use the two tuners in parallel to boost the signal. Doing it this way you do only end up with only one tuner though.
I have two in a Windows 7 system running MediaPortal and they work just fine.
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I dumped my Nova-T 500 because of driver issues and switched to a cheaper pinnacle card which was half the cost and is faster at channel switching.. My MC actually sleeps and wakes perfectly now which was worth the hassle of switching the cards out (i sold the NovaT for 35 quid and got the pinnacle for 22..)
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I also have two Pinnacle dual tuner PCIe cards and they don't get a signal at all, whereas the Nova-Ts get a perfectly strong signal.
I never put my TV server to sleep so that isn't an issue. The Nova-Ts need about 20 seconds between resuming from a S3 sleep to fully wake. MediaPortal has settings to take this into account, which were added specifically for the Nova-T but also come in handy for other cards.
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Honestly, i'm in nirvana with it atm - it just works, perfectly. The fact it magically falls asleep when bored and then wakes up to record tv all by itself completely reliably is wonderful - it took us (wife and I) about two weeks to believe it (and trust it) :) The Nova-T has a documented driver issue (check their forums) with the tuners being unavaible post wake - also the pinnacle drivers just install off WU faster than you can blink and with zero hassle :)
I've no idea why you've got signal problems but I do have a proper aerial with a full rewire etc which gets me a very strong signal where I am. Went with the pinnacle due to a recommendation here tbh.
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Right, are you running Windows 7 32bit or 64bit? Depending on your OS I have different recommendations. Some cards don't work to well/at all under 64bit.
Also what slot are we talking, PCIe or PCI, are you limited in which slot you can use?
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dangel
I've no idea why you've got signal problems but I do have a proper aerial with a full rewire etc which gets me a very strong signal where I am. Went with the pinnacle due to a recommendation here tbh.
Brand new external aerial and RG6 cabling right to the card. Running W7 64bit. MediaPortal would find about 15 channels with the Pinnacles on two MUXs, the Nova-Ts pick up everything.
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Funkstar
Brand new external aerial and RG6 cabling right to the card. Running W7 64bit. MediaPortal would find about 15 channels with the Pinnacles on two MUXs, the Nova-Ts pick up everything.
Interesting.. Well the big difference (possibly) is i'm running 32bit..
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dangel
Interesting.. Well the big difference (possibly) is i'm running 32bit..
You're probably right. Most cards I have tried, with the exception of the TD-500 have had abysimal support for 64bit OSes.
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nightkhaos
Right, are you running Windows 7 32bit or 64bit? Depending on your OS I have different recommendations. Some cards don't work to well/at all under 64bit.
Also what slot are we talking, PCIe or PCI, are you limited in which slot you can use?
I'm running 64bit, and we're talking PCI only, or one of those tiny PCIe x1 things rather than 16 (bout 1 inch long).
I have no idea why it's misbehaving atm, it was fine under Vista.
It looks like the 64bit side of things could be making quite a difference....
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oldskooladdict
I'm running 64bit, and we're talking PCI only, or one of those tiny PCIe x1 things rather than 16 (bout 1 inch long).
I have no idea why it's misbehaving atm, it was fine under Vista.
It looks like the 64bit side of things could be making quite a difference....
Unfortunately every card I have tried, apart from Hauppauge WinTV cards do not work under Windows 7 64bit. You will want to get a card from them. I recommend the WinTV Nova TD-500.
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Sweet, I'll put that on the list :D
Anyone else getting Bad Hostname when trying to go here:
http://www.hauppauge.co.uk/
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oldskooladdict
Link is operational. BTW, I recommend you use this: http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com
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I use a Kworld PC160-2T, pretty the cheapest dual tuner card available. tbh I'm well chuffed with it. Win7 64bit driver support, perfect picture, rapid channel changes - can't fault it.
Ive actually got 3 in my PC, 6 tuner heaven!
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Oh, thanks for the link dude, yeah, I suspected as much, for some reason my connection's been a bit rubbish recently, not sure why, but it seems to sort it's self out fairly quickly. Oddness.
I can ping it but when I do a tracert it times out on hops 3 and 4 then its ok for a few then from 9 on it times out, so I can only assume it's my ISPs dodgy routing to it or something :/
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BTW - you guys on 7, do you just use media center or do you use a 3rd party app to watch and record?