Media Portal is a bit of a pain to set up! Also, I don't have a remote (I'm planning on using a wireless keyboard/mouse as I'll still surf the web/play games on this pc too) and Media Portal seems to be geared towards remotes. I can use it but it's a bit painful. Is a remote absolutely needed? Are there plug-ins for Media Portal that make the UI more user-friendly? (I'm almost tempted to just forget about HD and use Media Center, haha!)
Anyway, I got one of the two analog cards set up. It turns out that theres something wrong with the rooftop aerial at the place I'm living at for the next 2 1/2 months. It gives a worse signal than rabbit's ears. Out of interest, how strong does a signal need to be to get Freeview HD? I'm getting fairly decent analog reception with rabbit's ears on TV 2, 3, and C4 (One is pretty terrible).
You might need something like this: http://www.dse.co.nz/cgi-bin/dse.storefront/48add69b10043988273fc0a87f3b06ef/Product/View/L0040
House we moved into requires the antenna to be amplified but either the previous owners didn't have one (poossibly just used Sky) or took it with them.
Cheers for all the help - it has been extremely useful!
Are regular rabbits ears UHF? I'm not sure of the difference between UHF and the alternative. Do they just pick up different frequencies?
I think I did pick up a weak analogue signal for Maori TV with the rabbit's ears. When I tried to tune into HD though, it couldn't find a signal. As it went through all the signal presets it acquired varying levels of signal strength, but without exception the signal *quality* was at zero. Is this what you'd expect to see, and does it sound likely that boosting the rabbit's ears signal would help?
As rough guide, get a nice clear picture on prime/Maori analog then you should be set for FreeviewHD, I doubt you'll get much on rabbit ears but of course it depends on your location.
A remote is recommend, it is also recommend to keep an HTPC for just that, treat it like any other remote driven SetTopBox with an absolute minimum of software installed, this will provide much smoother sailing!
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mcraenz: As rough guide, get a nice clear picture on prime/Maori analog then you should be set for FreeviewHD, I doubt you'll get much on rabbit ears but of course it depends on your location.
Our prime/maori signal is disgusting, but freeview seems to work fine. I think its because we have a poorly aligned 91 element which is actually angled upward for some reason.
Generally crap reception, so its very snowy, the HVR-2200 doesnt pick it up on very sensitive, but the other TV's pick it up but its barely watchable. Te aroha transmitter.
I've discovered the fun of being able to watch TV from my laptop over the wireless network. Only thing I've noticed is that it's a bit laggy on the laptop - sound occasionally cuts out for a few tenths of a second, and video occasionally freezes for about the same amount of time. My laptop is fairly decent - a core2 duo, 3 gigs of ram and an 8600GT (only DDR2 though). Are there any tweaks you'd recommend in order to maximise performance?
So youre streaming from TVServer over wireless? Because streaming uses UDP protocol instead of tcp there is no error correction, if packets are lost in the air they don't get re-sent.
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To be honest I'm not sure what the answer to that question is!
I'm setting up a TV server on my desktop using TV Server and SQL Express. Then I'm connecting using Media Portal and SQL Browser. The server name is the name of my desktop computer. Should I be doing it a different way?
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