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EyeTV DTT + satellite dish and FTA channels

  • 23-09-2008 2:49pm
    #1
    Tok
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 67 ✭✭


    Hello,

    I've read failsafe's post about sky and eyeTV, but what I wondering is can I use a satellite dish as a large aerial to get BBC and other channels in Dublin.

    I have a friend who has a linux setup and a technotrand usb stick getting this, and I want to know can eyetv do the same thing?

    Thanks in advance


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  • #2
    Breezer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,230 ✭✭✭Breezer


    Hmm... I don't know, to be honest. You're probably better off asking on the Elgato forums. You can however pick up FTA satellite channels from Astra 2 using a standard Sky dish (or any other similar dish), but the EyeTV for DTT stick can't do this, you'll need an EyeTV 310 or equivalent DVB-S decoder (the 310 costs €300, Terratec make a compatible one for €100).


  • #3
    Talisman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,287 ✭✭✭Talisman


    Tok,

    I'm in the process of building a DTT & DVB-S PVR system housed in a Mac mini.

    To my knowledge there are four products capable of feeding the satellite signal to the EyeTV software.

    Terretec Cinergy S USB Mac : €129

    Digital-Everywhere FireDTV S2 : €199.80 (DVB-S & DVB-S2)

    Elgato EyeTV 310 : €299

    Networx SATV : €289 (*Only available in Germany)

    Digital-Everywhere also have a DVB-S/CI model available for €129 but Elgato have refused to support it with the EyeTV software for fear of wiping out their own EyeTV 310. The EyeTV 310 and FireDTV DVB-S/CI appear to be the same product apart from the colour of the box.

    Of the four products the Networx SATV is the coolest looking, it's a DVB-S receiver with CI, USB and Firewire hub and you can put a hard drive in it too. It looks like a Ministack with the added feature of being able to receive a satellite feed. :)

    For my own setup I've got the new EyeTV Hybrid. I have yet to tune the four DTT channels successfully, I suspect that the walls of the house are lined with lead so I may need to install a proper aerial to get the signal right.


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