elsmandino
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Hello,
I am looking to upgrade my HTPC, which contains a single DVB-S2 card and a dual DVB-T cards.
To meet demand in my house for simultaneous recordings, I have decided that I need four tuners and they all have to be HD.
I was just going to buy either a dual DVB-S2 and a dual DVB-T2 card (or a single card that has both), but it occurred to me that perhaps there is little point in having Freesat anymore.
I find the quality difference to be negligible.
Furthermore, the way Freeview Muxes work increases the chance that a single tuner can be used for multiple recordings.
I have yet to find any really good channels on Freesat that are not available on Freeview.
My biggest irritation is the way that the Freesat channels keep changing frequency - with a PC-based setup, I have to manually keep updating the channels with each change. Freeview channels, by comparison, seldom seem to change.
I was just wondering what other though, before I go and buy a new tuner:
Can you think of any compelling reasons why I should keep Freesat - e.g. any potential new channels that might be coming?
Thanks
I am looking to upgrade my HTPC, which contains a single DVB-S2 card and a dual DVB-T cards.
To meet demand in my house for simultaneous recordings, I have decided that I need four tuners and they all have to be HD.
I was just going to buy either a dual DVB-S2 and a dual DVB-T2 card (or a single card that has both), but it occurred to me that perhaps there is little point in having Freesat anymore.
I find the quality difference to be negligible.
Furthermore, the way Freeview Muxes work increases the chance that a single tuner can be used for multiple recordings.
I have yet to find any really good channels on Freesat that are not available on Freeview.
My biggest irritation is the way that the Freesat channels keep changing frequency - with a PC-based setup, I have to manually keep updating the channels with each change. Freeview channels, by comparison, seldom seem to change.
I was just wondering what other though, before I go and buy a new tuner:
Can you think of any compelling reasons why I should keep Freesat - e.g. any potential new channels that might be coming?
Thanks