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Originally Posted by DPhil  jon_c0 - the BGT3540 doesn't have DVB-S2 support as I understand it....is it really that big a deal yet? |
Interesting. Not only do Blackgold have a set of existing Core 2 Duo users with fundamental problems with their cards when awakening from S3 that they don't reply to via e-mail, I also see that they've now removed all references to DVB-S2 from the BGT3540 product description. Great. This card is going back for a refund, I think.
Lack of DVB-S2 support depends on what you intend to watch "HD-wise". As it stands, only Sky's encrypted channels are broadcast via DVB-S2 transponders from Astra 28.2/28.5E. The BBC have previously mentioned that they intend to move to DVB-S2 for BBC HD, the encrypted version of C4HD is broadcast via DVB-S2 and we don't really know what ITVHD is going to do. The final "jiggling" of transponders for the eventual launch of freesat wil probably tell us where the land lies on this...