Hi,
I am very interested in purchasing this card, however I was hoping for some advice before I take the plunge. I'll be honest having read the other posts in this forum, I would like to add that I am in no way that knowledgeable on the whole satellite setup etc, so if you could keep any answers in layman’s terms that would be great
Basically this card already fits the bill being low profile and PCI (unfortunately I have no PCIe slots available as my Graphics card is installed here), this is my first attempt at building a HTPC, my host unit is a Optiplex 380, with 4Gb RAM, Core 2 Duo 3Ghz processor, 330Gb internal and 2Tb external storage, Radeon 4550 HD 512MB HDMI graphics, Soundblaster Xtreme Audio XFi sound card.
From this unit I want to hook the 8921 card up to my existing FREESAT setup, I have the dish installed and working using the FREESAT tuner in my TV, however I want to run the signal through my HTPC in conjunction with Windows 7 Media Centre and be able to access all the SD and HD channels.
I am looking for something I will pretty much be able to take out of the box install drivers for, configure with W7MC and not really have to mess about with too much before it works, does this card fit the bill ? Also is the card a twin tuner, so will I be able to watch and record at the same time ?
Any other feedback/advice from others who have purchased this card, also reports on how well it works with HD channels would be gratefully received.
As this card and the TeVii seem to be the only low profile PCI's on the market at present, my only other alternative would be to get an interim DVB-T or DVB-S card for the time being and upgrade to T2 or S2 as the technology develops, with the possibility of an external USB T2 or S2 thrown into the mix.
Thanks
Rob