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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CriticalMass" data-source="post: 734964" data-attributes="member: 365901">I need some advice on a Dual Satellite PC Tuner - new to this aspect of computers and don't understand much of it - the whole field is ridiculously complicated! I've never used one and don't know the brands\jargon etc I've been wading through the tech jargon and think I know the kind of thing I want, but I seem to have come to this at a time when there don't seem to be a lot of those, but I'm probably wrong The end of my street in London gets a very poor reception, even for Freeview, so I've decided to put up a satellite dish myself and use my PC; Cable won't ever come down my street, I don't have a DVD player, or even a digital TV ATM Currently got: 8800 GTX - DVI out E8400 3GHz ASUS P5Q SE+ MoBo Cheap Set-top Freeview boxWin XP SP3 ATM, but doing a clean install of Win7 Ultimate 32bit soon, so will have use of Windows software (Mid range Gaming\multi-use self build) I'm capable with the comp hardware stuff, but much more a software type - I'm not too bothered about the software side, since I'll start on that once I've got the hardware and I'm not concerned with mastering this area At some point, I'll add a sound card, but might move to new socket CPU first....but meantime don't mind using the PC's onboard sound and speakers for the sound (HDMI carries sound and vision, right? I know the different DVI's don't) What I want is: DVB-S (Perhaps an -SD if I have to, though frankly don't see the point of HDTV) Dual Tuner - want to be able to record and watch PCIe since it's so much faster than PCI I'd like to be able to use it as a PVR as well as for pumping live TV to a new Digital TV A 50cm Dish with Dual LNB - for one room - good enough for West London, I believe? Doesn't need to be bigger, does it? Is it easy to find the Satellite? (I've forgotten all my fractions, never mind trigonometry!) Things like motorized satellites might be interesting in the future - is it worth looking at this now? If so, what size is useful? A Full HD 32" TV - no onboard Freeview etc, DVI in, a spare HDMI for PC Gfx upgrades (in\out) I don't watch that much TV, but movies and some 'Net TV\Live sportI believe I'd be best getting a good quality Sony TV, but do I need HDTV? I won't ever bother with BluRay etc and don't believe I'll need to have anything other than the DVB-S to watch Freeview, right? I'll never subscribe to any service for TV. Sony seem extremely reliable and great build quality, but are there other brands worth looking at - I know nothing about TV's - Budget of ~ £350 Do I need to think of things like Refresh rates etc (which doesn't mean much to me when it comes to TV's - isn't 50Hz good enough?) Sony's contrast ratio etc always seem high spec - are there other things to look for? I especially need advice on the PC Tuner Which brands are worthwhile looking at? Which to avoid - My budget goes up to ~ £160 -ish I can't find one that does exactly what I want; too many analogue, DVB-T, Hybrid etc, stuff I don't want to pay for since it's not necessary (What's 'HTPC' stand for btw?) Any advice appreciated Thanks</blockquote>

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