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Why cant sodding PCI / Mobo designers stick to one gitting form factor!?!
Ive got a PCI Express x16 slot taken up by a ridiculous hippo-sized Nvidia card with it's own fan, so that it blocks the only PCI Express x1 slot. I even have another PCI Ex x16 video card without a fan, and even that is fatter than Vanessa Feltz and I still cant fit my spare Tuner card into my PCI Express X1 slot.
Ive got the best part of £150 of cards here and I cant use the f****s! They'll be obsolete before I find a way round it.
My existing Peak dual tuner seems to be missing a multiplex, I can get it on the TV just not on the computer. The card had been playing silly gits a while back so I got a spare Pinnacle, what I though was a PCI, of course it will only go in the PCI Ex X1 slot. So I cant see if my card is borked, because I cant run my computer without my mahoosive video card covering the slot (its an i5 chip with no onboard video processing which this Mobo needs if you want to use the Mobo vid ports)
Are the USB 2.0 dual tuner sticks any good?
Are there any utilities out there to see if my card is getting a duff signal in the MUX or whether it just cant receive it? Anybody?
If my hand wasn't broken i'd give you more help, but in very brief:
linux, tscan, dvbscan etc will get you raw data.
Sorry, typing is literally a pain!
Are the USB 2.0 dual tuner sticks any good?
not dual, but loving my PCTV Systems DVB-T2 290e, HD free view, and better reception than even the mighty happague kit i had before (even for SD). If you need 2, just get 2.
(on linux for mythtv here)
bit bloody pricey IA - theyre £60+ each!
Not really needing HD either...
any ideas on these duals?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/USB-TV-TUNER-DUAL-DVBT-CARD-DIGITAL-REMOTE-CONTROL-/320765728655?pt=UK_Computing_Video_Capture_TV_Tuner_Cards&hash=item4aaf20978f#ht_2409wt_1185