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Chorus Digital Reception!

  • 03-02-2004 4:03pm
    #1
    ThunderStorm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 64 ✭✭


    Hi all,

    I am planning to subscribe to chorus digital service. I want to use my computer to view the transmission. I know many analogue cards for that purpose, but not aware of any good digital card. Can anyone guide me towards the digital cable cards ?

    Thanks in advance


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  • #2
    ixtlan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,213 ✭✭✭ixtlan


    Hi there,

    Not sure what you mean... You can get analog video in TV cards like the WinTV-Go so that you can view TV on your computer.

    However when you talk of digital cards... the only ones that I can think of are DVB cards that can be connected to satellite dishes for importing the direct mpeg stream.

    ????

    Ix


  • #3
    watty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,417 ✭✭✭✭watty


    You can get PCI Digital PC cards of type
    DVB-S = Satellite
    DVB-C = Cable
    DVB-T = Terrestrial = DTT
    DAB = Digital Audio Broadcasting

    I'm not sure if the Sagem is a DVB-C or DVB-T. I don't know if you mean the MMDS Digital or Cable Digital. These may or may not use same CAM and Sagem box.

    Also I don't know which CAM they use.

    The cheap PC cards £60 have no Hardware CAM option nor MPEG-2 Decoder, they need a very powerfull PC for viewing / playback.

    The Software CAMs can use a Phoenix Mouse USB ISO card reader for the offical Chorus viewing card. But I don't know if any of the softcams work with Chorus.

    The expensive PC cards £150 have built in MPEG-2 DSP, built in TV out, Built in IR remote and a connector for a CAM socket / board. You then need the correct CAM for the Chorus viewing card. Which may not exist.

    The Sagem box may be slightly customised for Chorus so no off the shelf PC DVB-T or DVB-c card may work ( www.technotrend.de).

    You would fare far better with a Satellite Digital PCI card. There are many excellent FTA channels on satellite and the card connects direct ot Dish/LNB.
    I can record BBC direct to disk in the "as transmitted" MPEG2 and even author this to DVD without re-encoding.

    I have about 500 FTA TV and 450 FTA Radio on ONE DISH which has LNBs for Hotbird 13E, Astra 19E and Eurobird/Astra 2A,2B,2D (Sky). This is all free and perfectly legal.

    There is no legal way to get free Digtial Chorus. It is unlikely that you can connect Chorus Digital Cable or MMDS direct to PC. An S-VHS recorder with real S-VHS tapes works better than most ANALOG Win TV cards connected to the Chorus box Video out.


    I wouldn't invest in Chorus untill it is obvious if they will stay in business.

    Are you permitted a Dish?
    (You don't need a Sky subscription or Sky Digibox unless you want to, over 18 Satellites are FREE TO AIR with a total of over 1000 free TV and 600+ Radio all freely available on modest equipment in Ireland)


  • #4
    BrianD
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,221 ✭✭✭BrianD


    Why do you want to watch it on your PC and not a TV?


  • #5
    peema
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43 ✭peema


    Originally posted by LurkingIcon
    There is no legal way to get free Digtial Chorus. It is unlikely that you can connect Chorus Digital Cable or MMDS direct to PC. An S-VHS recorder with real S-VHS tapes works better than most ANALOG Win TV cards connected to the Chorus box Video out.

    Define free.

    I currently get my TV via Chorus analog, and pay quite enough for that priviledge. On the other hand, I do now that at least I can currently watch one thing and tape another and/or tape something on an arbitrary channel while I'm not there.

    If I have to use a set top box to all my viewing, there's not much point in me going digital. However, if I can use a DVB card to watch the feed which I'm already paying for that would go some way to bridging the gap.


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