IS DVB PCI card same as say a Coolsat?

[bkhess]

New to the PC part of FTA. Does the PCi card do same work as box units?
What is the best PC card out there?

 

[PSB]

Yes, but most do not have Blind Scan. But they can also pick up HD and 4:2:2 signals.

I use the DVB WORLD USB receiver.

http://www.satelliteguys.us/showthread.php?t=55482

 

[greyskies]

Are these USB units Unix/Posix Compatible?

Yes, but most do not have Blind Scan. But they can also pick up HD and 4:2:2 signals.

I use the DVB WORLD USB receiver.

http://www.satelliteguys.us/showthread.php?t=55482

Pete:

Are these units unix/posix compatible? Curious whether these would work with either Mac OSX or various Linux Distributions? Do you have any information which would shed light on this?

greyskies in sunny (slightly rainy) South Florida

 

[mark_calgary]

Pete:

Are these units unix/posix compatible? Curious whether these would work with either Mac OSX or various Linux Distributions? Do you have any information which would shed light on this?

greyskies in sunny (slightly rainy) South Florida

For Linux a few information sources might be the MythTv , Linuxtv, and Video4Linux websites. If there is any work going on to support USB based receivers these are the places to look at that I know of.

For Mac I have not yet heard of software that supports any DVB-S receiver. If you know of any I would love to know about them as Mac OSX is my OS of choice.

 

[scottc98]

Yes, but most do not have Blind Scan. But they can also pick up HD and 4:2:2 signals.

I use the DVB WORLD USB receiver.

http://www.satelliteguys.us/showthread.php?t=55482

Which ones do have Blind scan capabilities?

 

[PSB]

Which ones do have Blind scan capabilities?

Some discussion about it here...........


http://www.satelliteguys.us/archive/index.php/t-58857.html

(skystar2)
Seems to be one European card.