[myth-ie] FreeSat

[John Moylan]

I thought teh idea was that Freesat would use a CAM or card for
watching the UK only services (ala freeview). A quick glance at
www.freeview.co.uk only mentions the special freesat HD decoder box.

J

2008/5/15 Adrian Skehill <adrian.skehill at gmail.com>:
> Hoping to have a go at this myself over the next few months. From my reading
> of the situation you wont need a CAM to decode the signal as there's no
> encryption involved.  I'll be putting up a dish specially for this as I
> don't currently have Sky, so I can send on an update then. This will most
> likely be towards the end of June.
>
> Regarding the LNB, my understanding is that Sky+ needs a dual LNB, as it can
> record one channel while letting you watch another. If you have a quad LNB
> you can take up to two additional feeds from the satellite to do with as you
> wish.
>
> I'll be feeding the signal into a Hauppauge 3000 card which is a hybrid
> DVB-S / DVB-T / Analogue card. So far though I haven't had much joy in using
> it on the DTT signals, but it's meant to work ok with DVB-S feeds. If you're
> buying a card, maybe check out the Hauppauge 4000, which will allow you work
> with Hi-Def stuff they will be broadcasting.
>
> A.
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