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Apr 14, 2010 | 6:10 pm

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Yaatri

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Originally Posted by ScottC

You are still confusing be because you seem to assume that DVB-S can be received using an antenna - but since it is satellite, you'll need a fairly decent size dish. Most certainly not the size of an antenna on a satellite phone. Think 18" or more with an appropriate LNB and a length of coax, plus of course a mounting solution.

Ok. I understand the source of confusion. I think of dish as an antenna too.

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Originally Posted by ScottC

For DVB-T, all you need is a compatible USB receiver, like the Elgato Hybrid. It'll do free to air terrestrial and cable, as well as FM and even analog TV:

http://www.elgato.com/elgato/int/mai...oduct1.en.html

I have the US version (which does ATSC and QAM).

Thanks. I will look into that. As long as it does over the air broadcasts, I am OK.

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Originally Posted by ScottC

DVB-S requires the appropriate tuner and a satellite dish - and I don't recall ever seeing an all in one DVB-C/S/T receiver for the PC.

Here is a DVB-S receiver from a brand I used to use in Europe for receiving stuff off Astra.

http://www.hauppauge.co.uk/site/prod...novasusb2.html

Thanks. I have seen one from hauppage before.

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Originally Posted by ScottC

You confused me not because I don't know the subject, but because you made it sound like you just wanted to plug a dongle into your laptop and pick up satellite signals, but didn't sound aware of the requirement for a large dish.

Sorry, I didn't, in anyway, mean that you didn't know the subject. If anything, as I have already stated, you know more than anyone else here, including me. It seems the main source of your confusion was thinking that I wanted to use DVB-S dongle without any antenna(dish). I can see that my OP was poorly worded.

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