Hi guys - not long 'till Xmas now!
Well, it has been a while since trawling through the forums here at Geekzone. My HTPC rig has been running without a hitch so not a lot of need to really.
However, since it was nearly Xmas, I thought I might give myself an early present. One thing that had been on my mind for a while was a dual DVB-S tuner. I'd looked at a few, and had ALMOST convinced myself that something like this could be in order:
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Computers/Components/Other-PCI-cards/auction-334688440.htm
Well, after seeing a review of the Black Gold on GZ, I'm really pleased my sometimes trigger-happy mouse finger didn't hit the "buy now" button.
What's changed? The exchange rate for a start! The New Zealand Dollar buys 0.478 British pence which makes the Black Gold Card at £109.00 come out around $250 NZD delivered! That's only $11 more than the TBS.
The other thing is that the BG gives me a dual DVB-T tuners as well. Now, while this will be of no use to me here is Gisborne at the present time, I am told (again by GZ) that we might be on the list to have terrestrial service in time for the RWC 2011. Fingers crossed!
So all-in-all it has been a fruitful visit to GZ - Dunno why I didn't come back earlier!