win 8 dvbt and dvbs2 tuner recommendations

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RickW

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#127038 27-Jul-2013 20:04

Hi all,

We are in the process of moving our htpc's accross to windows 8 and need advice on a replacement card for our bgt 3595. The win 7 drivers are having intermittent blue screen issues in win 8 and Black Gold have no plans to provide win 8 compatible drivers.

What we need is a card that has 2x dvbt and 2x dvbs2 tuners that can be used simultaneously.

Gilco2

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#867193 27-Jul-2013 20:11

I am using Hauppuage HVR 3000 still for dvb-s and the HVR-2200 for DVB-T with Windows 8 on my AMD Trinity setup. No problems working very well

HTPC Intel Pentium G3258 cpu, Gigabyte H97n-wifi motherboard, , 8GB DDR3 ram, onboard graphics. Hauppuage HVR 5500 tuner, Silverstone LC16M case, Windows 10 pro 64 bit using Nextpvr and Kodi

RickW

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#867197 27-Jul-2013 20:20

OK sweet, How have you had any issues with the hvr2200 and resuming from sleep. We originally had one of these before the Black Gold and mediaportal was missing recordings.

Gilco2

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#867214 27-Jul-2013 20:52

had no problem on Windows 7. On Windows 8 I just use the 2200 to watch live tv. Havent set recordings so not sure. The 3000 is fine

HTPC Intel Pentium G3258 cpu, Gigabyte H97n-wifi motherboard, , 8GB DDR3 ram, onboard graphics. Hauppuage HVR 5500 tuner, Silverstone LC16M case, Windows 10 pro 64 bit using Nextpvr and Kodi

RickW

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#867403 28-Jul-2013 15:40

Ok thanks, good to know

Benoire

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#867434 28-Jul-2013 16:34

I use TBS DVB-S/S2 cards and they're fine, I can't imagine their DVB-T/T2 cards being any worse... Have a look at www.tbsdtv.com

Chris

pmunnynz

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#867450 28-Jul-2013 16:55

I have an HVR-2200 and Windows 8. I used it with Windows Media Center and now use NextPVR, never had any problems with missing recordings with either programme, whether waking from sleep or hibernation or already awake.

Am having a wee dabble with Mediaportal at the moment. Have recorded a couple of things, but not from sleep though I don't think.

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PANiCnz

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#867452 28-Jul-2013 17:00

I'm using a TeVii S480 without issue, but I bought it for its Linux support so no idea what its like under Windows but I would imagine it's solid.