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<blockquote data-quote="CriticalMass" data-source="post: 737976" data-attributes="member: 365901"><p>Just to get back to you; Once I'd got the 6891 card installed, it was no prob getting channels off the sat&nbsp; Their branded software that comes with it, TBSViewer, (based on DVBViewer) has proven the easiest software to work with&nbsp; The wider subject of DVB-S\SD on HTPC is much more complicated, with a good bit of arcane &amp; highly specific knowledge - far more than I expected; I'll probably have to read help files to get to grips with it! (mumblegrumblebah!)&nbsp; Too ignorant to say whether it's a good card or not; but it's a good picture\sound and this only using the onboard Motherboard Sound, not a dedicated Daughterboard soundcard. Easy to set up, the software is easy to use, just to get the Freesat channels and start watching\recording - though I suspect their branded version of DVBViewer is a bit limited&nbsp; I've been surprised at just how light a footprint card use has, on system resources, for both watching &amp; recording - Again, having to currently use an old E4300 1.8GHz CPU, as my 3.1 Dual Core E8440 blew just before all this&nbsp; Soon as the shop has the Sony TV in, I'll be straight down, so all's going well, but with lots to learn&nbsp; Thanks for your help guys; once I get the new CPU\dedicated Soundcard and got the signal pumped to the new HD TV, I'll be well pleased; much to learn, but the simple setup has proven easy enough</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="CriticalMass, post: 737976, member: 365901"] Just to get back to you; Once I'd got the 6891 card installed, it was no prob getting channels off the sat Their branded software that comes with it, TBSViewer, (based on DVBViewer) has proven the easiest software to work with The wider subject of DVB-S\SD on HTPC is much more complicated, with a good bit of arcane & highly specific knowledge - far more than I expected; I'll probably have to read help files to get to grips with it! (mumblegrumblebah!) Too ignorant to say whether it's a good card or not; but it's a good picture\sound and this only using the onboard Motherboard Sound, not a dedicated Daughterboard soundcard. Easy to set up, the software is easy to use, just to get the Freesat channels and start watching\recording - though I suspect their branded version of DVBViewer is a bit limited I've been surprised at just how light a footprint card use has, on system resources, for both watching & recording - Again, having to currently use an old E4300 1.8GHz CPU, as my 3.1 Dual Core E8440 blew just before all this Soon as the shop has the Sony TV in, I'll be straight down, so all's going well, but with lots to learn Thanks for your help guys; once I get the new CPU\dedicated Soundcard and got the signal pumped to the new HD TV, I'll be well pleased; much to learn, but the simple setup has proven easy enough [/QUOTE]

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