Any PCI cards for C band FTA?

[BH2K]

Can any of the PCI cards be used for C band FTA? They are alot cheaper than the recievers. I saw some on ebay that are DVB-S. What is that?
DVB-S Satellite HDTV FTA receiver PCI Twinhan 1020A SAT - eBay (item 140290954489 end time Jan-23-09 13:42:19 PST)

 

[Cadsulfide]

Any DVB-S card should work fine on c band, no way to move the dish without a vbox, if it has a corrotor, no way to move that either.

 

[BH2K]

I have an analog receiver, no problem there. Is there one that is confirmed to do HD without some add on chip?

 

[Anole]

We have a whole department here in the forum, devoted to DVB cards on your computer:
Free to Air PC DVB Discussion - SatelliteGuys.US

What may not get discussed too much over there, is the use of the Vboxes or Gboxes to move your dish, nor how to move a co-rotor.
But since you have an analog receiver for those tasks, you're covered. - :up

The output signal from Ku-band and C-band LNB is the same, so a PCI card or USB box doesn't really know nor care which band it's on.
Most DVB-S cards can do HD, but to do the S2, you'd need a DVB-S2 card (or USB box).
Both can be Standard Def, or Hi Def.

 

[BH2K]

ok thanks

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