TeVii S650 DVB-S (USB) card

 
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Ash



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PostPosted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 11:02 pm    Post subject: TeVii S650 DVB-S (USB) card Reply with quote

Old story as I got it about 6-7 months before. anyway...

I've got this nifty little kit, TeVii S650 [DVB S-S2] USB card. My BBC HD captures are brilliant *- no glitches what-so-ever. They regularly update their drivers for both 32 & 64 bit OS's (Win & Linux).

If you're thinking of getting one then get that one the new S660 model.

* BBC HD has recently reduced it avg video bitrate from 15 mbps to 10 mbps. It used to be ~6.07 GB/hour, now varies between 4.25-4.55 GB /hour! Sad

face: if you're planning to get a usb version, then please get a TeVii (S650 or S660).
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 11:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

sounds good, but we're not allowed a satellite dish here

The only way I can get HD is by paying extra to VirginMedia and I can't afford it really.

I'm not surprised they've cut the signal quality - but they're broadcasting in mp4, so that is still pretty high. Can you tell how much has been cut from audio and video streams individually?
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 6:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

mp4? afaik, they use transport stream (.ts). i'll ask my friend about whose capping for me.

They haven't made any change in audio, only video.
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 7:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

maybe the broadcast is different between cable and satellite - I was reading a spec thing about 1080 broadcasting recently and it definitely said the standard format was h264 mp4
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 12:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Face, the HD stream is still in .ts
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 2:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ok, I must have got it wrong, but it really makes no odds. Btw, have you ever seen a dv-cable card available? That would be handy...
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Ash



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 9:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

There are definitely some DVB-C cards available - the good ones I know are from technoTrend, Haupauge, probably TeVii.

ps: sorry for the late reply, face...forgot about it.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 10:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

cool, it's been a few years since I last looked. I saw this one on ebay CLICK, but I'll need to check further into all the options.

It would be great to be able to have the cable channels all at digital SD standard for a start.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 9:43 pm    Post subject: Sounds brilliant Reply with quote

Face please check AB-COM's 9900HD [click] out.




It supports DVB-S2, DVB-T, DVB-C, SATA (int.), eSATA (ext.) drives, etc etc etc! I'm going to get this if my current one goes south.

NOTE: not all SATA Drives are supported. More info here
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 9:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

How much are they? I can't see any prices on the site, but I'm guessing it's not cheap... to be honest though, I'd rather not buy a standalone box as I've already got a computer that should do most of the work. That one on ebay is £55
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 27, 2009 10:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I agree with you face. the only thing missing is the direct use with the computer. I hope they'll do it soon, because there is a big market for such devices...price varies quite a lot...haven't seen it below ~ E400!
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