Skystar 2 PC where and what else

[pack man]

HI

I used to have an old d-mac decoder but im well out of the loop now! If i was to buy a Skystar 2 what would i need along with with it to be albe to get High Definition TV and the old channles i used to get with d-mac? And any good sites to buy from? I still have my motorised dish.

Thanks for any help.

[rigman]

Hi

I bought mine from

http://www.dvbshop.tv/

It arrived in about a week.
You then use a program called progdvb from here

www.progdvb.com

Do a scan of Astra 19.2E and that should be it.

You can watch it with the bundled software as well (dvbviewer) but progdvb is more versatile.

hope that helps
Darren

[RecordablDVDfan]

How many bouquets and channels can this card store ? MY old Digiquest F1 has a limit of 1000 channels or 200 bouquets. All material will be encrypted from 2005 btw so you'll need a CA card costing 100 euro which will make the skystar 2 useless :-(

[Chris Muriel]

How many channels can be stored is a function of the software you use. It may be different for ProgDVB and, for example, DVBviewer.
I use DVBapps with my Twinhan & Broadlogic cards (doesn't support Skystar as these cards are not common in the USA).
The program reads a CSV-file (comma delimited Excel file) which doesn't really have any limits and is easy to modify (using Excel).

Details of my cards & a little about the s/ware are on Hans' website : http://www.dvbapps.com

(I am an alpha-tester & friend fo the author).

Chris Muriel, Manchester.

[Kramer]

Originally posted by RecordablDVDfan
All material will be encrypted from 2005 btw..........which will make the skystar 2 useless :-(

Should be still OK for loads of FTA programming.

Not to large an outlay either IMO - far cheaper than a set-top box.

:smoke:

[RecordablDVDfan]

Originally posted by Kramer
Should be still OK for loads of FTA programming.

Not to large an outlay either IMO - far cheaper than a set-top box.

:smoke:

I saw a FTA box for £69.95 but forget the site. I paid £220 for my Humax F1 a few years ago :-(

Does the Skystar display the bitrates for radio and also tv channels ? would be interesting to see the bitrates on Sky's radio channels (UK Sky digital)

Also I wonder if the SS2 decodes and displays the weather maps apparently broadcast over the hotbird sats ?

[RecordablDVDfan]

Can anyone help ? I found a pci sat card which also receives analogue as well as digital channels. Can't find it anywhere now. Any ideas anyone ?